A MASTERCLASS! | Arab Man Reacts to Dirty Loops - Work Sh** Out

[@ArabManReacts]

So the piano parttt is missinggg...I honestly have no idea what happened. It hasn't been trimmed, and it isn't on the final export from the video editor....and I don't have the master files anymore...Something must have happened either at export, or during the edit. I'm so sorry.

[@fiddlestix3025]

Not to worry too much, we all have to yet works sh** out ☺️, it happens… and I’m sure you loved that missing part just as much as we all do 🫶🏼

[@ingmarkronfeldt6174]

I’m glad you did get to hear it!

[@matto9734]

The piano solo is so important in that piece...

[@tparmenter]

They’re Swedish and went to music school together. They are musically incredible. Please go down this rabbit hole! Check out Next to you, Rock you, Hit me… you won’t regret a second of it!

[@lauriescott3178]

Welcome to the world of Dirty Loops, really enjoyed your reaction. I hope you react to more of their songs (Thriller, Follow the Light, Next to You). Actually they are from Sweden and went to the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. If you do check out Thriller or Follow the Light, what you don't know and it's hard to wrap your head around is that the horns and Cory Wong were recorded in Minnesota, and Dirty Loops was in Sweden, and it's seamless!

[@JamilaGomez82]

I'm glad there's someone just as obsessed with the bassist as I am. He can literally do whatever he wants and it'll be fire, whatever it is. Dirty Loops actually helped me gain more respect for Quincy's ear for talent. Everyone connected to him and his production company is a beast. Just sucks that hardly anyone of them are as well-known as Jacob Collier, but that's not a stab on Jacob because he's other-wordly. But yeah. As others have mentioned, check out their collaborations with Cory Wong and his horn section since you mentioned Vulfpeck.

[@lottawiklund8606]

Dirty Loops is a Swedish band and they started the group as a hobby project in 2008, to have a safe space to try out all their ideas, as they were a bit bored with the constrictions that comes with being a session musician. They never thought it would be anything other than that, but inn 2010 they put up a video on youtube (a cover of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance"), as a booking reference, to see if they could get a gig or two, just for fun, as they thought their music was way too unsexy for anyone to actually like it. Needless to say, they were completely wrong about that. The video went viral and a LOT of people absolutely loved it. Just about everything they've ever released is of this ridiculous musical quality, so if you consider checking out more of them, you could basically pick anything, and you more than likely won't be disappointed. They've all known each other and played together for 20+ years by now, in their mid-to-late-thirties. Jonah (keyboard/vocals) and Henrik (bass) even went to music elementary school together and met when Henrik was 11 and Jonah was 9. Aron (drums) comes from another part of Sweden and came along when he moved to Stockholm at the age of 16, to attend the same music high school as they did (he was in the year between the other two). Then they all attended Kungliga Musikhögskolan (Royal College of Music) in Stockholm, where Henrik and Aron studied jazz/rock, and Jonah opted for music production as his main subject. This is not produced by Quincy Jones, as he's just their manager, and they do everything themselves, with the help of a guy named Simon Petrén. They've said that they don't send Quincy anything, not even demos, until the whole song is done, video and all. All their songs are thoroughly composed and arranged before they record, with the exception of some improvised solo bits here and there (like most of the piano and drum solos in this one), and the music for their videos is recorded beforehand. They do not record the music together for the most part either, but rather add the parts one by one. If you want a deeper insight into their working process, there's a really good interview with Henrik in Bass Magazine. I can't link it here, as youtube won't accept that link for some reason, but if you search for Henrik Linder Songified it'll pop right up. He said the following about Work Shit Out in that interview: Bass Magazine: "“Work Shit Out” has a killer fretless, finger-funk bass line and it’s the most musically adventurous track on the EP." Henrik: "That’s how we conceived it, as a song that would evolve into a long improvised section with keyboard and drums solos. It started with Aron’s octave-jumping MIDI bass line. I wanted to simplify it a bit and remove one of the beats, but Aron insisted on his version, so I had to figure out how to play it because it’s a little unorthodox on bass. From there, Aron and I wrote the verse and the chorus, coming up with the one-note melody concept for the chorus. Then Jonah and Aron added all the harmonies. For Jonah’s solo, I stick pretty much to the root notes so he stretch and change the harmonies above them. It was a lot of fun to play the song live on a few gigs before the pandemic because it took different directions each time." This song is one of my absolute favourites by them, and I just must ask, why did you decide to cut out most of the piano solo? It really doesn't do the song any justice to do that. :/

[@Aurora-cv5to]

One of my favorite reactors and my very favorite band! Love these guys! They've said that they actually meet with pen and paper and write it conceptually first... figure out what they want to do, no instruments. You're right about the joy and the background doing commercial stuff - they started playing together to have fun - to "play the stuff that would get them fired" as session musicians. They all went to the same music school - the top one in Stockholm - from fairly young ages - I think it was 9 or 10. Jonas, the vocalist, was a year behind, but Henrik (bass) and Aron (drums) have literally been playing together for years, and they have that special bass-drum magic that is rare but WONDERFUL. Both Aron and Henrik majored in jazz, Jonas majored in classical. You really nailed so much of what they do! This spotlighted Aron: to hear Henrik (bass) go crazy listen to Follow the Light, and to get a sense of Jonas' vocal range, listen to Breakdown. (Both original compositions). Follow the Light is with Cory Wong, and there is your Vulfpeck tie in, LOL. Wonderful reaction, I enjoyed every second. Thank you!

[@ArabManReacts]

Loll wowwww that awesome. I’m really invested in them now. I think another reaction is due. Thank you for the info!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@Aurora-cv5to]

@@ArabManReacts 👏👏👏👏👏

[@codygiron7814]

As much a I love LOVE Dirty Loops, almost as much, I love others discovering their genius.

[@fiddlestix3025]

👍 yeah ☺️

[@JohnSlaughter-x5m]

Totally agree. Love to watch the first time listener react.

[@mattias5157]

😆

[@spl1x]

THIS

[@CribNotes]

The background stick on string sound is a BERIMBAU, I think.

[@laluba3603]

Musicians that make Joy Great again. So glad you like it. Please react more of their music.

[@AmbassadorJenks7086]

This is what you get when everyone in the band is the best. I have been touring, doing session work and producing for the last 55 years and these guys are extreme next level musicians.

[@StarStuffGal321]

I have seen them pop up on KZbin but never clicked until you reacted. Really enjoyed this! Love the musicianship

[@ArabManReacts]

They’re amazing! Truly truly amazing, and they’re just getting started so absolutely worth investing your time following their journey

[@megatryn]

You mentioned Vulfpeck, you should check Dirty Loops' song Follow the Light and their version of Thriller where they're joined by the guitarist of Vulfpeck Cory Wong and his horn section.

[@dbcanada]

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[@j1974f]

Great reaction! More Dirty Loops please!

[@kungfuhorn1]

Can I just say that as a professional musician, hearing your reaction and ideas are just wonderful. I can tell how deeply you feel and love music and it is so refreshing to hear someone speak about it with knowledge but passion and love and appreciation as well. I just hit the sub button because of your attitude and reaction but also because you clearly know what you are talking about and have experience. The best to you my friend and please keep the fire burning with kindness in your heart at the same time!! Love it!

[@ArabManReacts]

dudeeeeeeeeee

[@magnusson_dan]

They are playing live in Stockholm on thursday. Oh yes, I'll be there. 😃🎶

[@fiddlestix3025]

Let’s all know how it went, Dan! Super exciting 🔥

[@ellenstergaardgravesen1011]

They are just as great live - have fun! ♥🎶🎶

[@danielolson5378]

They began some 15 years ago uploading videos here on YT where they did covers of Adele, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake to name a few. Needless to say they went super viral and more or less everyone from Quincy Jones to David Foster were singing their praises! The latter one kinda took them under his wings as his protogés and as you saw nowadays they belong Quincy Jones Productions. I saw a musician on Facebook saying that these guys made him believe in the biz again! They're truly something special!

[@ArabManReacts]

Thanks for the info!! Should find those old vids

[@fiddlestix3025]

Loved that video, man! Thought it was beautifully done, and the way you listened and commented -also very interesting 🙏 (thanks, Mary for the suggestion 👍!) Everybody’s whinging about that missing bit of piano solo ;) and yes, I scrubbed a few times to see if I was dreaming (we LOVE that slow solo bit, it’s like you’re being flung into a jungle or parallel universe 🌖🪐💫) but I wasn’t dreaming, it’s definitely edited out 😱 Well, there might’ve been a good reason for that, who knows… Others have shed much light on Dirty Loops and their writing process in their comments. I agree, it’s a masterpiece, and you don’t know who to listen to, it’s chockers full of mindblowing fills from all three of them. Henrik with his mad bass skills just brings so much to this piece 🔥 But then, so do Jonah with his voice and keyboard/piano magic 🔥 (Quincy has said of Jonah: “…he’s got soul, and one of the biggest ranges I’ve heard.”) And Aron?! Monster drummer… 🔥 This piece is one of the few DL songs where he gets a dedicated drum solo, and he’s tearing it up! (Although he always tearing it up.) You’ve said it so beautifully: that ‘kindness’ in letting each other shine, it’s very ‘Dirty Loops’ ☺️ And yeah, they’re not afraid of mixing genres, any genre, from classical to pop, jazz, RnB, prog-everything and beyond (the Pat Metheny Group was a huge influence for them, too). As you’ve said, so many artists and bands are getting out of the boxes these days, and Dirty Loops have found a pretty unique sound and way of doing it! And they’re not interested in it if it’s not fun 😉 They often have one of Sweden’s most established percussionists, Andreas Ekstedt, on board (tho never seen on camera), and I’m always guessing that he’s playing that berimbau in the background. It adds so much mystery and texture to that song…. In their cover of “Thriller” they’ve teamed up with guitarist and funk master Cory Wong and his stellar horn section. Cory has also played with Vulfpeck :) Check it out when you have a minute, link below. It would also make for another great reaction video ;) That said, any Dirty Loops song is worth listening and reacting to, they’re just that good ⭐️⭐️⭐️👍

[@fiddlestix3025]

Dirty Loops & Cory Wong, ‘Thriller’ (MJ cover): kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2SXk6yiZ6eHZ9Esi=5RqT_LER7KZMg6We 🔥

[@ArabManReacts]

I’m actually not sure what happened either…I had to watch it over to see. When I’m in the studio I’ll check the pre-uploaded video. KZbin wouldn’t randomly remove something, either something went wrong during uploading or something went wrong with the edit. Sorryyyyyy

[@fiddlestix3025]

@@ArabManReacts no worries, I’ve seen it happen before :) Really enjoyed your listening and your analysis 👍

[@johndias6614]

These guys are so comfortable with their instruments it's like a walk in the country. They are always smiling.

[@johndias6614]

Thriller cover, follow the light are just a couple others you must hear.

[@erykpegaz7399]

I always say that if Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson had a baby together - Jonah Nillson would come out vocally ;)

[@AmbassadorJenks7086]

What's great is Henrik the bass player comes back in on the one precisely.

[@juliem660]

The only thing more fun than experiencing Dirty Loops... is watching someone who gets it experience Dirty Loops. That was a BLAST! THANKS!

[@JohnGunn]

First time seeing your reactions and this is great! Your point of view one what they're doing, and how they're interacting is fantastic, thanks!

[@AmbassadorJenks7086]

The instrument in that constant you are talking about is a Berimbau. It is a Brazilian instrument.

[@stevelloyd6940]

They are three mates from music school, and what a school. The Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm where they studied jazz and musical composition. The lead singer has a Church background and has both range and control, the Bass player is one of the best I have ever seen and the drummer is spectacular. As classically trained musicians WRITE THEIR OWN MUSIC. Try "Next to You” and here is the link kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIecpnajobKEZ8U.

[@ingmarkronfeldt6174]

I listened in the car, not sure, but did we hear Jona’s piano solo? I felt like we got to the crescendo before it, then you talked, then we came in after it. If I am right, you just have to listen to it, it is wuite wonderful!

[@ArabManReacts]

I did listen to it, I think something went wrong with the edit or the upload. I’ll check the pre-upload video when I’m back in the studio. Sorryyyy

[@olafkohler6024]

Thanks for your excellent reaction, always nice to see people with musical knowledge discover diamonds like Dirty Loops from Sweden, or like the “once-in-a-generation-musician” Jacob Collier from UK. Greetings from Germany, good luck to your channel 😎💚🌻

[@andersgranstrom7128]

Thank you for a fine reaction - so much amazing stuff here!! 🙂 Please check out their first song on KZbin next: "Hit me"

[@donnawallington4978]

Great rabbit hole.. 👌❤️🎼 Follow the light is a must‼️

[@andyschnell58]

Dirty Loops are awesome as are your reaction videos. Greatly looking forward to your 2nd reaction to The Warning who will be performing on the MTV Music Awards on September 12th.

[@ArabManReacts]

Aye aye 🫡

[@botto57]

Great reaction . always nice to hear a reaction from someone that gets it and understands what Dl is doing. I love that jazz fusion. Reminds me of when I was a kid back in the late sixties.

[@GeirBordalen]

Great reaction. Please follow the rabbit hole. You will not regret it!

[@markgodleman7709]

You pronounced Vulfpeck perfectly. 🤘

[@miff227]

so Snarky Puppy, led me to Dirty Loops, led me to Angelina.....I have a feeling you're gonna do my journey in reverse :) Dirty Loops are incredibly fun, first, and will ALWAYS make you smile just as AJ ALWAYS bring the tear to your eye. We're here for all of it. Great reaction, picked up on the classical training (Stockholm?) and the "doing stuff for commercial things" (check out Over the Horizon - Samsung (Dirty Loops cover) And Wulfpeck, they have a colab album with Cory Wong who is Wulfpeck I think.

[@fiddlestix3025]

Great comment, and yes, Cory Wong is, amongst some other artists, not an original but a touring member of Vulfpeck 👍

[@ArabManReacts]

Hahaha it sure looks like it ❤️

[@iMake81]

What happened to the piano solo?!?😮

[@ashebanow]

Yeah, that threw me for a loop for sure. And a dirty loop at that.

[@fiddlestix3025]

Yeah, here we all are, waiting for that piano solo, that magical goosebump moment… and it’s not happnin 😶

[@maryramirezgreene1455]

thank you friend for the reaction. so glad to see you enjoy it!

[@ArabManReacts]

Maryyyyy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pattis2641]

Any of their music is a winner, but I love the Thriller cover they did with another group, as well as Follow the Light. Dirty Loops blows me away. The drummer is usually responsible for the arrangements. I love the lead singer because he sounds exactly like Michael Jackson. In fact Quincy Jones is managing these 3 amazing young men to a wonderful future in music!

[@lottawiklund8606]

They are so mindblowingly good. They've said that they're all equally involved in the arranging process though, and they often work two and two with that, in all constellations. Aron is often the one coming up with the rhythmic ideas though (which I guess isn't all that weird considering he's the drummer 😄).

[@fiddlestix3025]

@@lottawiklund8606yeah ;) Although Aron, in this one, also came up with that one-note chorus -which basically is a rhythm, isn’t it? 😉 It’s just so fascinating how their musical minds work together, I find….

[@lottawiklund8606]

@@fiddlestix3025 Aron and Henrik came up with the chorus together, according to that interview in Bass Magazine, but yeah, it's still the rhythm section. 😃 Yeah, they really embody that saying of how something is greater than the sum of its parts.

[@fiddlestix3025]

@@lottawiklund8606 ah…, and yes 👍☺️👍

[@mattias5157]

What I don´t see many people is the responsability the bass takes for the whole construction. He strolls around in the forest a lot on his own, but always come back on time for to be there for the group, he marks the rhytm exactly when it´s about to get lost. Something like that. You can see what a collective spirit he has, being all that skilfull as a solo artist.

[@magnusson_dan]

Aron, Jonah and Henrik live on stage, plus an additional musician (keys/vocals). And, of course, several prerecorded backing tracks. They all performed at their very best, Henrik even better. Maybe because of his new hair color, blond; " I want to fit in.", he said. 😂 Unfortunately the sound was terrible, back at the platform where I sat. A lot of reverbation. Last time they played in Stockholm was 2014(!). This was my third concert with Dirty Loops.

[@kimeklund8880]

Corey Wong from Vulfpeck love Dirty Loops and asked them to do some songs with him… First one was Follow the light… listen to it… its Amazing ❤

[@mattias5157]

So fun what you say about kindness and taking turns, and then they make this big joke about exactly that, the drummer playing pissed that it never seems to be his turn! Very good observation, you nailed it!

[@christerfurberg6538]

That's a berimbau looping in the background

[@rudydjielbi6809]

I was introduced to the berimbau sound with Attitude by Sepultura

[@RichardBourne]

Sounds like Jazz improv to me, I'm always up for Jazzzzz!!!! Rb

[@ingefiddle]

Yes, very jazzy improvs ✌️

[@Nevelepride]

Love Dirty Loops! Phenomenal band ! These 3 guys are very musical well educated! Hi from Sweden! 🙏👌❤️ sorry the piano part was missing, amazing.

[@gregberg6288]

A really great reaction. Dirty Loops is magical and fun to see live.

[@ingmarkronfeldt6174]

Will you do more Dirty Loops reactions, so I should subscribe?

[@mattias5157]

The string that you mentioned at 9.04 and at 10:23 is a supposingly a berimbau, even if they don´t mention that in the credits. A brazilian instrument with African roots, used in Capoeria. Just one string that you hit with an arc.

[@kingvii7250]

Wait! What happened with the piano sektion?

[@AmbassadorJenks7086]

We call it letting one grow and leaving room for it to breathe!

[@Jinjer13]

many thanx for your professional reaction on Dirty Loops! If you want, you can react to another absolutely great band: JINJER - Teacher, teacher! (Official Video) | Napalm Records. I have been a musician in various musical genres for over 40 years. lovely greetings from germany

[@mattias5157]

I´m just laughing looking at you during the drum solo. 😄

[@hollyryalsgrubb1273]

Totally awesome

[@DrMcKay66]

No man, they all went to music academy in Stockholm Södra Latin. No need for Julliard or anything outside Sweden cos we got it all here 😊

[@kimeklund8880]

🔥👊🏼

[@MichaelB12345]

Great comments however a few too many stops for my enjoyment. Keep it up. You are on a good journey.

[@kariannekleven5829]

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[@milesdust3465]

What does "Arab Man Reacts" mean?

[@kingvii7250]

If you're gonna continue skip parts like in this reaction, I'm not shure I want to subscribe. I liked your reaction at the beginning, but then it changed.

[@JanKozak-ww6zz]

No lajf