Gen Z's Splice-Sampling Visionary

[@bennobuto]

thanks so much david!! such a massive honour - never thought i'd be made into my own bentobeat 😭💜

[@DBruce]

Was fun and fascinating to hang out. Definitely a good combination!

[@carstenaltena]

Ben, you blew our minds in a good way.

[@CarlosMurgueitio]

Ben, your music and integral vision has inspired me to continue going further the path of sampling + traditional acoustics. Congratulations on having such a humble, and refreshing perspective on the nature of sound and composing. Lots of love from Ecuador. - And lots of love to you as well, David !

[@Mr.TeETH78]

I love it! Beautiful music!

[@mitskilover6471]

incredibly cool . you inspire me

[@Tantacrul]

Really brilliant concept for a video! Beautifully realised.

[@marcussmithereens-smithert5409]

Thanks for bringing me here, fantastic video indeed!

[@radutopor8389]

yes, thanks for bringing me here!

[@CappeSun]

Truly, thanks for bringing me here too!

[@AdamNeely]

Oh hell yeah, I love Ben's stuff! So sick

[@BryanLu0]

repetition legitimizes

[@SpencerTwiddy]

I thought the same thing when I saw the title

[@woubaey]

His workflow reminded me of your cult of the written score video. It's interesting to see elements that are normally reserved for music created in a DAW to be performed by musicians reading sheet music.

[@richarddecosta]

PM me if you would. I would like to talk to you about my opera/choral VST/AU singing synthesizer called cantai. Thanks!

[@SeruggaRodneyWilliam]

I'm absolutely obsessed with KZbinrs who use editing as a way to represent theme. Fragmenting the cuts, Fragmenting the frame, Fragmenting the audio, Fragmenting the structure of the script as a whole. Bravo!!!! The medium becomes the message.

[@MikeyJ1572]

who else does that? :)

[@RedzaMusic]

the first david bruce video structured like To Pimp a Butterfly

[@DBruce]

and you're the first to notice, congrats!

[@torterrakart7249]

What do you mean exactly, if you don’t mind me asking?

[@SRVaintme]

@@torterrakart7249 the poem that recurs throughout the album with a bit more each time adding further context and unfolding the larger meaning of the work

[@ricochetsixtyten]

i remember you was composed, misusing your orchestra

[@adamh7299]

I'm loving the evolution of your editing style

[@andrewnicon]

I'm pretty confident its because he hired somebody else to do it.

[@DBruce]

nope. have done that for a future video, but not this one!

[@lachnessmonster1]

Love how your video mirrors Ben's music and turns the viewing experience into a sort of meta-composition of its own

[@clay112]

i love how the editing matches how expiremental his music is

[@mcchickenmcdicken]

more impressed by this video than Nobuto's compositions tbh

[@TwoLeggedTriceratops]

Yeah, kinda left me scratching my head, the video production and the opening orchestra scene lead me to imagine more than a live sampling mish-mash. I watched some more of his work and he definitely has talent, but yeah, just not my cup of tea I guess!

[@thomasn9227]

What Ben Nobuto is doing with his music is interesting enough, but I don't get why you would call him a classical music composer. I would call what I heard in the video electronic pop experimentations or electronic avant garde.

[@TowerofGuitars]

It's definitely in the tradition of academic experimental music.

[@josephunderwood1875]

"Classical music" has become a placeholder for sounds from the ivory tower that are awful and painful to listen to but we pretend it's profound anyway

[@FelixLo]

Fantastic video. Informative and entertaining. Loved it!

[@HenkBok]

This is a fun and creatively made video. Thanks!

[@GerardPoels]

Amazing music, amazing storytelling, amazing editing!

[@MedlifeCrisis]

Loved the editing and whole concept!

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

I was literally looking just today for content about anyone using a daw to produce "classical/art" music (for lack of any better term). This is really cool.

[@archangecamilien1879]

11:56 that's a good question, what makes a piece of music classical or not...I think classical music isn't one kind of music, etc, I've heard other people say things like that, etc...there are so many kinds of music that are thrown under that label, etc...but if you wrote down a pop, rock, or whatever, song, and notated it with great precision, I don't think that would mean it's classical music...and even though Vangelis didn't write his music down, I would still consider a lot of stuff he wrote as "classical"...it was begging for an orchestra, lol...which I think was the problem with him not knowing notation...so, even if there are many kinds of music thrown under that label, I think the type of music still decides whether it is classical or not...of course, perhaps it gets a little less clearly defined when it comes to deciding if something is an opera or a musical, etc, and there I've read that a huge element is what music the people who "deal with them" usually deal with, I mean...not my personal opinion, I was reading an article saying that The Phantom of the Opera, or Sweeney Todd aren't operas because the people who put them on usually do musicals...a case like that is more like what he's saying, that being classically trained and writing a piece of music makes the music classical music, but in general I don't think so...the singer from the rock band Disturbed used to sing opera...there are people in classical music who write non-classical music and the music isn't considered classical music...so there is an element about what the piece sounds like...rhythm is a defining characteristic, I would guess, for jazz, along with harmony, perhaps harmony is less a defining element for classical music, etc...but the presence of strings, the importance of bowed string instruments, perhaps is an element...I don't know...or whether the piece of music sounds like something written by X or Y, etc...

[@archangecamilien1879]

Vangelis' electronic instruments didn't prevent something about the way his music "went" from screaming "classical music" to me at least, lol...I would feel like it would have sounded better with an orchestra, etc...well, not that I am that familiar with his music, etc, I'm talking the few films scored by him that I've watched...so there's something more than merely being written down and being classically trained (well, he did receive some training, I guess, but he hated it and never really learned music notation, etc)...

[@archangecamilien1879]

...working with classical musicians doesn't work either, I would say...a lot of rock, pop, I don't know, a lot of those songs have a string section...perhaps even more so in the 60s, 70s, etc...nobody considers that makes the music itself classical, etc...

[@avsystem3142]

in popular culture the word "classical" has completely lost any definable meaning. "Classical" music hasn't been composed since around 1820. The accepted term for all music by, primarily, academically trained composers is "art music".The term for modern art music is "Contemporary" art music. I'm not going to reply to comments claiming I don't know what I am talking about. I got into one flame war with a commenter claiming film music is classical music. If you think otherwise please post your definition of classical music and we will see how it holds up to scrutiny.

[@ShanevsDCsniperr]

@@avsystem3142 im well aware, that's why i put the term in scare quotes. the issue with the pretentious term "contemporary" is that all new music, including popular styles, is contemporary, and it refers to a time rather than a specific style or tradition. In another 50 years we will not be referring to the "art" music from this period as "contemporary."

[@thedford]

the composition somewhat reminds me of bill wurtz.

[@yourlilbrudder5766]

They are both very abrupt and spontaneous and heterogenous

[@discotanzo]

Damn you beat me to it.

[@Nooticus]

similar to bill wurtz’s two viral history videos? yea definitely. but similar to bill’s phenomenal music? no not in the slightest.

[@itinerantghost]

Loved this. Really enjoyed the approach you took for the video. Did not know about Ben, but the music is super cool! Thanks for the introduction to his music.

[@Biel7318]

I don't knwo what is more genious, the composer or the way the video explains the experiencing of the gain of knowledge! Kudos for the video and to the Composer too!

[@SastredelDesastre]

Great video again, David!I didn't know about Ben, and he's a big discovering for me. Thank you! I really appreciate all your content so much :)

[@duvelr]

Didn’t knew anything of Mr Nobuto until now, thank you very much! And what a fantastic video! A fantastic piece of art in itself. Congratulations

[@masterchain3335]

I love how once every several years, people seem to act like sampling hasn't been done until now.

[@HPMichalke]

hey David! thank you so much for your work and this wonderful art/music/school of thinking essay. everything about is is so much thought out and taken care of. so many take aways! and as a musician I really appreciate that you paid ben. that really makes a difference! it's wonderful to see how much good you bring to the world with this one channel and how many people you affect by it! that's a great way of creating community!

[@radutopor8389]

this video is fantastic!

[@zariwawa]

YEAHHHH I love Ben's music! Super glad to see him getting a spotlight here!

[@robertofilho6060]

I'm a massive admirer of Ben. He makes colorful, creative, interesting music. No words enough

[@Meikulish]

"Try to imagine how and why he would make music like this" is a really cool prompt.

[@_jared]

This is a terrific video. I loved every minute.

[@owenbloomfield1177]

I really enjoyed the form of your video. I had to just listen to it as I was driving. It reminded me of radiophonics like Glenn Gould's Idea of North.

[@gorak9000]

as I said in a different comment, I think there's a big distinction between 'composing' where you come up with melodies, harmonies, instrumentation etc to end up with a piece of 'music', and 'sequencing' where you're sequencing a bunch of 'fragments' together in a daw to make a piece of 'sound' or something - I don't think they're the same thing at all.

[@owenbloomfield1177]

@gorak9000 that has nothing to do with my comment.I was was talking about the presentation of the video itself. In regards to the music in the video it is very much composed.

[@gracelandtoo6240]

You can absolutely 'compose' (haha) music by just 'sequencing' in a DAW. The big producers nowadays aren't notating their stuff, they just play or click in the MIDI, or record the audio of the instrument. That's not 'composing' according to your definition, yet it clearly is music, not just sound.

[@owenbloomfield1177]

@@gracelandtoo6240 that's true, but that's not what's happening here.

[@gabrielmarciu69]

Amazing video! I'm impressed by how you structured it and matched the vibe of Ben's music! Very interesting and inspiring to hear him talk and I'm low-key jealous you got to spend a full day talking and jamming with him

[@robkb4559]

That was brilliant. I loved "Halleujah Sim" at the Proms and have been meaning to check out more of Ben's work - this has given me the kick-start I needed. Keep up the great work, David!

[@timdoring8571]

Props to the editor! (In case you edited it yourself, props to you)

[@JeeZeh]

Brilliant video, I feel like you really embodied Ben's approach to art. Playful and respectful, but in a way that develops it for your channel.

[@timgee2035]

Incredible production quality, super creative!

[@sitearm]

this video illustrates superb multimedia audio video cognitive composition, in my opinion :-) ty both for your collaboration!

[@jacobmaurer9810]

I loved this video. I loved the narrative, it took me a little bit to get the gag but once it became clear I had a massive smile on my face. Also! if you can't interview well, you call it a conversation, or you get really good at editing! And we as a community love the idea of anything involving money!regardless of the ethics of when and how much to pay a musician, they all need money!

[@MSchultheis]

Such an enthusiastic video about contemporary music (like so many other of yours) can do so much for spreading knowledge and love for this music that deserves so much more publicity.

[@bradleysampson8230]

Brilliant video, thanks for sharing!

[@rainbowkrampus]

Excellent video. Really enjoyed the format.

[@MQWalkman]

This is an amazing video! Everything is fantastic - the framing, the repeated fragments, the ideas discussed - OUTSTANDING work.

[@Sundji]

His music is very clearly not for my taste or sensibilities but I have to respect his ingenuity as a lover of hip hop and electronic music production. I love weird sounds, I love fragmented music, I love interesting relationships between seemingly incompatible pieces.

[@littleblackrail]

YESSSSS Ben fucking rocks really awesome to see you feature him :)

[@Grymt]

David, your videoskills are becoming as great as your composing skills! Thank you, and thank you Ben Nobuto. I was hoping you two would join to make a video some day. Bitcoin Dream is fantastic!

[@theproblembelief7549]

Isn't this quite close to John Zorn's approach with e.g. Naked City?

[@newQns]

That was awesome! Thank you for showing me Ben and for this really awesome video (style). And thank you algorithm for suggesting me this. Subscribed just for this video.

[@TheMoonmoonmoon]

Really excellent video, the style of film making reflecting the subject, which you don't often see. Ben's music is incredible too, a great intro to his creativity.

[@CaseyFulton-n4y]

Fantastic work David & Ben ! Lovely to hear the cultural and personal reasons that influence the fragmentation as the form of the music composition. It speaks to our experience of consuming disparate chunks of media through technology but it also reminds me of Kintsugi - the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery.

[@hakanl135]

Splicing is just another way to explore the sonic world and i really like his CREATIVE approach to unify these granular and fragmented pieces into something delightful . Late Frank Zappa also explored similar creative expressions with his music , his album Civilisation is a very good example.

[@marcdefaoite]

Love the editing. Well done. And thanks for introducing me to a new composer.

[@Vinlut]

What a fantastic video. The whole concept and editing is just great!

[@gamesformusic]

Japanese music is well-known for its horizontal organization (consecution, instead of "vertical" harmony) -- so this part fits very well!

[@TrevorPellikaan]

It's so cool to learn more about the thoughts that go into Ben's work! I discovered hum last year and was very interested about what goes into his music. Thank you both so much for making this video!

[@JackJenningsGuitarist]

I saw the Hallelujah piece on the Proms new music episode and it was clearly a masterpiece and expanded the concepts of orchestral textures so effectively and imaginatively. Really happy to go deeper into his process with the help of this video and looking forward to discover more of Ben's music. ❤✨️🙏🙌🎶🌿

[@HarmonicRezolution]

Brilliant production!

[@andycordy5190]

Bitcoin dream is a little marvel IMHO. I have mostly cut myself off from the media, so it was lucky to stumble across this piece in my KZbin recommendations. Your exposition of this young man's ideas and methods was really refreshing. I got a very good idea of who he is and what he can do and in 10 years time he will be different and doing different thing.

[@psyaprod]

love the editing Dav

[@GordonKindlmann]

thank you for this refreshing and inspiring 20 minute interlude

[@joshviggiani9844]

This video is on to something!!! One of the greatest youtube videos ive seen, and ive seen Bobby Fingers videos... haha... I feel like I may have just watched the future of educational video style. You seem to know exactly this with your use of video game visuals after each lesson tracking and internalizing learner growth in digestible chunks. Yes, there are plenty of new things under the sun if you're always digging into the dirt.

[@mcblahflooper94]

Cool video, some interesting ideas for sure. Its motivating me to sample my favorite video game sounds now, and i really like the idea of mixing 12 tone temperment with other temperments. Someone said the editing reminded them of TPAB, maybe it's just because its fresh on my mind but this makes me think of Synecdoche, New York, with the sunniest Philip Seymour Hoffman ever, lol. Cool stuff, thanks for sharing.

[@RedstoneManiac13]

Been loving this guy’s music ever since I discovered him through score follower. Thank you for the highlight!

[@Ana_crusis]

So tell me about score follower

[@seanriedy]

Same here!! SERENITY 2.0 changed my life

[@departedinajalopy]

@@seanriedy Same-SERENITY 2.0 is incredible!

[@jabelsjabels]

yesss that's where I found him too!

[@AlexanderBillione]

So inspiring!

[@jossspear]

Wow! What an interesting person, and what a fantastically edited video. So enthralling!

[@soulscape5083]

Amazing video production by the way!

[@sleepi4689]

i love it. maybe now the ancestral originators like akufen, kid606, people like us etc. that did this exact thing (without splice) 20 years ago get some recognition.

[@lukee7442]

a collab with hakushi hasegawa would be awesome

[@ClaudeWernerMusic]

What a marvellous composer, thank you for bringing it to my attention! ❤

[@jamesonrichards5105]

this exercises the understanding part of my brain. thank you

[@jabelsjabels]

Yessss I've loved this guy's stuff since I heard Serenity 2.0. Glad to see other folks find his stuff!

[@3FootStudio]

Great video. Thanks to you and Ben.

[@richdecibels]

wow this video is such an epic development in your style

[@arxaaron]

Excellent concept and editing -- sort of transposes Ben's music into the key of video [appreciation from a seasoned video editor who's been part of an eclectic group of regional music makers that have been doing regular "experimental music jams" for decades. We've just been labeling it Open Improv with performances billed as the Available Resources Band😁].

[@tukoijarrett9155]

I don't often listen to classical but I'm a fan of your videos nonetheless, precisely because of things like this! I've never heard Ben's music but I'm quite interested in changing that now, the compositions discussed here sound so interesting

[@tukoijarrett9155]

i am interested in how many of these things are perhaps ideas I've taken for granted in the genres i work in, but approached differently

[@leolovsen1448]

The whole video is a work of art!!

[@dominikjdieterle]

Such a beautiful video!

[@KokowaSarunoKuniDesu]

Seems to have triggered a revolution in David Bruce's video production method, too. Christopher Nolan's Memento springs to mind as an early example of getting the story to unfold, through repetition and expansion, but by starting at the end and episodically working backwards.

[@jamesholdername]

THIS IS A POST-VIDEO-ESSAY! Like it use video essays as itself as an art form, very cool and unique!

[@nirandangol]

I was waiting for this video. loved it!

[@LearningMusicSkills]

Great video. Very inspirational!

[@yannisgutmann3566]

This is pure gold. Sending this to every musician I know.

[@nithinsuku]

Love this video. I didn't know who Ben was but the bitcoin dream made me remember Bill Wurtz' music. Both possess weird interesting minds!

[@daveenrando1820]

Impressive editing! Bravo

[@googleguy-ft8xh]

Wow!! ben’s music is dope.

[@daanbaas2962]

Thanks for another great video!

[@ScaleParasitoid]

Good gateway to contemporary art and opening our mind 🦀

[@originalmossman]

Stopping at four minutes since I can't help myself: as a kid who was very into Kraftwerk, Mike Oldfield, Jean-Michel Jarre and was then blown away by the Art of Noise - I see absolutely nothing wrong with this idea. It is exactly where I thought music was going all the way back circa 1984.

[@GaborNMP]

Electronic music development started way before Kraftwerk, Oldfield or Jarre… This should be taken more as the continuation of Stockhausen’s experimentation; is more related to Ligeti’s “Artikulation” than “Das Modell”.

[@frohlichbergbier4182]

I lie in awe before this video ! Bravo and thank you 🤩

[@tuc5987]

Also, maybe replace "SPLICE" with just audio samples in general, I don't think there's anything splice-specific here, that's merely where he downloads stuff.

[@WizardOfArc]

Your visuals game is fire!

[@BrunoWiebelt]

I love your video skills...brilliant

[@shanithezimhoni]

I love how the video is as unhinged as the music itself

[@OfficialSiriusmusic]

yeah thanks for exposing me to ben's music.

[@Itsleakim]

David Bruce out here giving us all the content we once hoped Rick Beato would give us but never did

[@xebio6]

No need to bash Rick, it's ok to have a range of approaches.

[@GaborNMP]

Rick is on a different path. He’s not into classical as David is.

[@Itsleakim]

@ I miss positive Rick. He had a period where he explored modern music and talked about things he liked in modern music production. It seems like most of Rick's recent content is more about trying to prove that modern music is objectively bad. And if it is good, it's because It's similar to music from the 70s. I like that David Bruce is actively looking for new and interesting approaches to music creation.

[@JBorda]

amazing music concept! and kick ass video

[@thejohnsweeney]

The Ben’s Mind™️ stuff was awesome

[@jestempies]

His "Trio" is the best thing I've heard in a while.

[@IIIIIIIILLLLLLLLVVVVVVVV]

nice, very much like James Ferraro, especially Human Story 3

[@kspacja]

yes! the same thought. and about at least 10 years earlier. So yeah - it's interesting, but not that innovating ;)

[@SuperMANgino]

These videos are visionary

[@arcussounds]

Video's are looking beautiful these days David! This is amazing all round though, great collab! If you do want to try a bit of experimental music jamming in London, we'd be happy to thank you for your wonderful videos with free time in our studio space, more than welcome if interested :) all the best, Team Arcus

[@4dultw1thj0b]

Mmm giving me a bit of a musique concrete vibe!

[@paulwilson4594]

It's like out of The School of Keigo Oyamada and a School of it's own! Fantastic use of the DAW in Performance based art! So Good!

[@NesCroft]

Cool use of 31EDO