Jazz drummer reacts: Jay Postones (Tesseract)

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[@blakeyeatsteaky]

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[@thetrashmanoooh]

Dope as fuck to see you watching these!!!

[@garrettmillerdrums]

Fuck yea, buddy.

[@v3rm1ilio0n]

Holy shit, is Blake

[@Palavalve]

Sup, stream daddy, nice work on your charity streams

[@andreitimofti]

Oh shit Blakey! Wassup man?

[@MaskJambi]

Tesseract is a really underrated band, One, Altered state, Polaris, actually every single song of every single album is a truly unique and beautiful ear candy for Prog and complex music lovers.

[@retrohipster994]

Tesseract is definitely my favorite Progressive group. I can listen to Dan or Ash until I die. LOL

[@HoraceTheLion]

Yep and yep

[@Jin_Raiden]

Not to mention they’re all very talented and one of the few bands that pull off not only timing but the execution of vocals live are comparable to the album. Normally live there’s obviously different circumstances regarding performance but they’ve never disappointed. Incredibly talented.

[@TheBadThad]

Every song is excellence with Tesseract!

[@MyDadIsBillGates]

I think Good Tiger are underrated too - i know at least one member is from tesseract

[@FisherKot]

Saw them live front row next to stage years ago in Boston and they immediately became my favorite band and still are today. I went to the show for animals as leaders, but left in shock of Tess.

[@zumarrag]

It is really nice to see one of my favorite bands in your channel! WOW.

[@happygilmore8321]

i was glad to see you enjoy these guys so much lo

[@Sabin41]

Weird time signatures glued together with soaring vocal melodies and guitar harmonies is basically TessaracTs MO. What makes them so incredible is it never sounds contrived. It always sounds like it's exactly what should be happening even though as you said, it's very hard to tap along or bang your head to at times.

[@dathioz]

The G-Man goes double down ... Sweet ! Good to see you just digging it. Stay safe and in sweats

[@brentniemi961]

Great choice for sure....Morgan Rose from Sevendust might peak your interest as well....love the reaction vids....keep em coming :)

[@TheCrumbleOne]

Dude, please do Juno. I need to know what the outro time signature is! You're the man to know.

[@salvulcano3726]

Fun fact, when they play live they play with up to 3 clicks simultaneously

[@jaredkronenwetter7460]

I don't know if I'll ever get used to bald Jay.

[@abhishekkayasth7761]

This is a new channel for me during coronavirus ! Thanks KZbin for the recommendation !! I love watching your videos man ! Please cover Nic Peterson from Northlane. Nic Peterson - Rot

[@bryanmckenna5105]

Marvin Tabosa of Vitalism, Pagan Pt 2

[@SouthernCross_]

Tesseract are kings of restraint. They could go nuts like Meshuggah, but prefer to excel at atmosphere. I reccommend Deception and Juno.

[@iau]

Anthony Kerr Absolutely nailed it. They make extremely complex music, while keeping it musical and groovy. They could go on and jerk off with a barrage of notes and fills and crazy time signature changes, but they don't. They actually aim to make good music.

[@Andyw1228]

iau they do indeed very crazy time changes but it’s embedded in good songwriting and is very listenable by the average person

[@TheBadThad]

Great description! The first time I listened to them I kept waiting for the crunching and it never happened - but I was banging my head the whole time. LOLOLOL I immediately listened several more times trying to figure out the time signatures - nope, Postones wins, I lose. hehehe

[@Kira-qc4qi]

Yea but Meshuggah is definitely the wrong example. Meshuggah uses incredible restraint as well. They're probably the most disciplined and refined extreme metal band of all time as a matter of fact. A much better counter-example would have been Dillinger Escape Plan, Oceans ate Alaska etc. if you were looking for chaotic, or "nuts".

[@Kira-qc4qi]

@La Nausée agreed. I hate to sound like an elitist, but if someone thinks meshuggah is nuts or unrestrained, they probably just don't get them.

[@justingray5719]

Tesseract’s Altered States album is an absolute masterpiece. I can listen to it on repeat for days. If you liked the second song you listened to, you’ll like the album.

[@educatedmonkey2066]

Same. One of those albums I can listen to any time, any day, any mood. There are maybe four or five other albums I can say the same thing about.

[@XxMETALJAREDxX]

It really is quite remarkable in that it is incredibly listenable but at the same time sports a constant intensity.

[@user-uk9er5vw4c]

thanks dude

[@buckfuttler2877]

*state

[@ConnorHammond]

agreed. Can never get sick of it. Esp the sax solo *splooge*

[@weixianng]

Oh yeah Tesseract are one of those quintessential Djent/Modern Prog bands from the past few years. Very nice music you should check their music out in your own time!

[@paravarium]

Did you not see the end lol.. he finished the video by just saying "see you on spotify"

[@thatdudeparra8803]

"I'll see you guys on Spotify" ah yes he will be part of the tesseract family 🙏

[@nobodyknowsrhys]

He did what we all did the first time we heard TesseracT haha, you can’t help but immediately go find more of it!

[@Vall619]

@@nobodyknowsrhys ikr

[@ContaminatedBeef]

post the sweatpant rant

[@Diesel_Budgie]

I don't need sleep I need answers

[@Xxmax8maxxX]

I came here for Tesseract, but I don't care anymore. I need to know about the sweatpants

[@rand0mturk3y]

I’m glad you got round to doing this vid, Jay is my all time favourite drummer. He streams regularly on twitch so you can go and ask him questions about his playing or ask for song requests and he just learns them by ear on the spot it’s wild. Nicest guy you could imagine as well

[@kylerespondek7068]

Here's the twitch link for those who want more. He does song requests and jams out with the chat like a madman. www.twitch.tv/jaypostones/

[@alexntemperley]

He really is an incredibly nice guy. I love his drumming and ideas too

[@TwoandaHater]

fyi- the 2nd song was "Nocturne"

[@TwoandaHater]

this is not intended to be dickish.

[@jbasti227]

One of my favorite Tesseract songs. That intro is nasty.

[@ghstttt542]

As I’ve expected. Lmao. A Jay Postones after Joey Baca.

[@Koivisto147]

The power prog duo

[@JusTVIDSE]

Dude yeesss haha

[@dingdongs5208]

Wait hes reviewed Baca too??? Ok I gotta check that out

[@ghstttt542]

Definitely you should

[@BionicleSaurus]

That right there: 4:43 that's what we call TesseracT face.

[@NintendoCaprisunish]

Are these grooves even legal???

[@joemannix007]

Take a look at rick beato's last vid about karnivool...it's about a 27/4 groove^^

[@dasenase]

listen to their album "One" I'd describe it as Djent with nu-metal and tool influences. The first lyrics to "Concealing Fate Part IV - Perfection" are like a lost, early Mudvayne record.

[@bakedspade]

Really? That sounds interesting as fuck. I saw them years ago at a festival but never really checked their music despite having a good time watching them.

[@patrick_gingras]

The Concealing Fate EP in particular is an all time favourite for sure

[@zero_zero107]

DONT YOU DARE COMPARE THEM WITH NU METAL OR MUDVAYNE

[@Gwunhar]

@@zero_zero107 Mudvayne was incredible for a while. Put aside your distaste for nu-metal and give a good listen to what they were doing. WAY ahead of their peers.

[@reiniervanzwieten7092]

Pretty much all tesseract stuff is played to a 4/4 click is what jay says.

[@DickEnchilada]

Just shows that Jay is a fuckin time machine capable of turning 4/4 into whatever

[@deathonion404]

Yeah they pioneered the polyrhythms over 4/4 thing

[@benfairbank1]

Death Onion ...Meshuggah

[@Sabin41]

@@deathonion404 Meshuggah literally took songs written in 4/4 and deleted random notes to create rhythmic absurdity. Even though they don't sound the same as Meshuggah tons of bands from Tesseract to Gojira are heavily influenced by them

[@franlovelsimic8421]

I think you would dig Vola and their drummer Adam Janzi, he has a really interesting approach to groove like Postones!

[@ckokomo808]

Vola is super underrated. Really groovy but secretly complex music!

[@AidanMmusic96]

Definitely! Seen them 5 times and they just get better!

[@franlovelsimic8421]

@@AidanMmusic96 seen them once with Monuments and they were amazing! Super humble and polite guys as well!

[@AmaraNott]

Hell yeah!

[@benjaminanderson1476]

You should do Steve Judd of Karnivool for their song “Goliath”

[@nicholasstuart2357]

I know this is a drum channel but their guitar tunings are bonkers too. Drop B on the bottom 3 strings and then standard on the top 3. How they get those chords in Cote.

[@urmumsbaps]

Yeah let's just go through all of the boring prog drummers that play in exactly the same styles. Yawn.

[@progbloke6655]

He kinda reminds me of Simon Phillips, in the sense that he's so smooth, totally in control, never fighting the kit.

[@ckokomo808]

Progbloke 66 You should check out his live-streams. He looks like he’s just chillin.

[@progbloke6655]

@@ckokomo808 I'll definitely do that. Thanks.

[@hedlund]

"Cube within a cube that is skewed" is a hella poetic way of getting around calling it a tesseract :D

[@sylvestercalzone1003]

Best sounding live band I’ve ever witnessed. Not the wildest physical performance, but you can hear every ghost note during a live show which is just mad impressive.

[@that_one_guy_austin]

Jay and those ghost notes. That snare is HAUNTED!

[@TheVeganFreediver]

The second one is older. You can tell by him having hair in the second :D Also: Good closing statement!

[@Artunen]

I hope this is drug-free rock music, otherwise my mom would be really mad.

[@Longy4life]

After listening to Ackley's process, I think the only drugs that would help would be performance enhancing. He's on another level

[@MGM88123]

Tesseract is purely amazing they do not underwhelm at a live show either so good, so complex, so many feels!

[@rafaeldurand23]

Listen to álbum "one" and "altered state" to see more of this

[@Deceiver493]

TesseracT is one of my favorites! Jay streams a bunch on Twitch (mostly drums, does some game stuff) if you want to see more of him. Polaris is my favorite album, Cages and Dystopia being my favorites off of that, but One is a fantastic album as well. What's really nice about seeing you react to them is that I understand that they are "fucking time up", but knowing when they do it in these reactions and seeing you react the same way to the music at the same parts just validates all the time I spent listening to them. Thanks!

[@istratetm]

And the best part is that the guitarist is writing/programming all the drum parts. Jay only records what he is given. Sonder doesn't even have the recorded drums. It's all programmed drums due to lack of time.

[@rodimestrih8830]

I recommend the: old drummer of Opeth Martín López (also the main Soen's drummer) or the new drummer Martin Axenrot (also the main Bloodbath's drummer) both are machines :D

[@auracle6184]

How to be in the audience of a Tesseract gig: Clap every 16th note, then you'll *probably* not miss a bar line.

[@Koivisto147]

or just head bang to the pulse which is almost always present on the cymbals

[@AidanMmusic96]

A really funny moment from when I saw TesseracT in Manchester 4 years ago: during Acceptance the entire crowd were clapping a 16th note away from the correct beat for the entire intro. That was fun...!

[@surveil3548]

@@AidanMmusic96 probably funnier for the band hahaha

[@Sabin41]

There's always a distinct feel usually layed down by the bass even if it's in a weird time signature. If you listen to them a lot you can always feel where the song is going even if you can't follow the individual notes.

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Follow the snare. Always follow the snare. That was an advice given to me by a drummer fella :) Try it with any band that is known to have confusing time signatures. AAL, Tesseract, Meshuggah, Sithu Aye. Anything. 99% of the time the rule stands true - headbang to the snare.

[@rcjd7834]

React to these! Great vids of an amazing drummer. Richie Martinez "Stella" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2qldoqtd8uLq7M Richie Martinez "Afterburger" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4aZqJ6FYrBrpKs

[@bhgdetjbngfd]

I have worked with Jay and you'll find he is usually playing in more than one time signature at the same time

[@FranciscoRodriguez-nz5to]

Please checkout Jay’s playthrough of Dystopia by Tesseract. You won’t be disappointed.

[@denniskoore]

I would really recommend "Exile", that epic long song just mind blows me every time

[@39.Brizio]

Do Nathan Camarena from CHON you wont regret it !!!! @garrettmillerdrums

[@blakeu8547]

Now do Troy Wright playing with plini live! there is a great video of him playing selenium forest!!!

[@benharris144]

Altered State (instrumental version) is honestly one of my favorite albums. The thing is a masterpiece.

[@auracle6184]

Yes! TesseracT is one of my favourite all-time bands. I can listen to One and Altered State end-to-end any time.

[@antalwahlers3574]

Props to the 2 guys in the audience actually managing to bang in time

[@dingdongs5208]

Crowd following is so difficult in prog gigs, there's the AALs video from brutal assault where javier guides the crowd how to clap to time in that weird part in cafo

[@TheVeganFreediver]

they're probably drummers

[@BeanAppreciator]

They should really save that for when they're at home.

[@nicholash4525]

BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME.... VIRIDIAN WHITE WALLS ON THE COLORS LIVE DVD THE ENDING IS SOOO EPIC THEY ALL NAIL IT! BY THE WAY THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO NEVER HERD OF THESE GUYS BEFORE THEY ARE AMAZING! YOUR CHANNEL HAS SHOWED ME BANDS I NEVER HERD OF AND I THANK FOR THAT SIR!

[@VerdeDrums]

Thumbs up if he should do more Matt halpern vids

[@willpestka2745]

It would be awesome if you could find a drum cam of Andrew from The Ghost Inside. He had his right leg (his dominant leg) amputated mid thigh after the tour bus the band was in got in a head on collision with a semi truck. Every member of the band experienced life altering injuries. They just started to released new music and he uses a funky contraption that his dad made to rock the kit again.

[@EvanAgee]

Jay is awesome, he's one of those drummers that I won't even attempt to learn their parts, way too random.

[@BarstucksCoffee]

Structured and curated to Jay, but sounds random for us who are mere mortal men.

[@Koivisto147]

'Random' is the last word I would think of to describe his playing. His parts are extremely structured and organized, but very complex with lots of polymeter and time-fuckery.

[@Sabin41]

@@Koivisto147 Mario Duplantier is similar in that you basically have to learn it bar by bar because of all the note displacement and accents. They're both incredible at making something that complex sound easily digestible and not just like someone randomly hitting drums.

[@thefishvette3163]

So if you're rocking this, I'd love to see a,react to Mike Malyan. The dude was/is a super talented drummer for Monuments but had to drop out for personal reasons. He's recently joined back with them but I would suggest his play through videos with The Algorithm as it is a different tone to what you would expect for a metal drummer.

[@WitzyZed]

His drum cover of Zomboy's City 2 City HAUNTS me to this day.

[@jayj8664]

Altered State is an enduring masterpiece ... it is a mind trip from beginning to end

[@greysonwagner]

FINALLY! Been waiting for a Jay reaction. He's the man.

[@crowing3886]

Baard Kolstad - The Sky Is Red. Pleeeaassseee

[@Akuzuma]

I love tesseract but for the longest I thought it was a girl singing on Altered state albums lmao!

[@DickEnchilada]

Ashe O'Hara is a god amongst men, but I still prefer Dan's voice for TesseracT's overall sound

[@maynarddrivesfast804]

@@DickEnchilada I totally agree. I've been a fan since One, but I've only seen them live once, and that was when they toured Altered States with Ashe singing. It was mesmerizing.

[@badrandom3rd]

Years ago a guitar hero KZbinr emailed him asking about time signatures and got the response that jay doesn’t know how to read them.

[@petrenkolexandr]

Please check this one: Dan Searle of Architects - Naysayer

[@jungobungo327]

Holy shit. I was literally just thinking about you reacting to this guy and then BOOM ya already fackin did it! Whoooah. I know you’ve already checked Eloy Casagrande but you have to take a look at his playthrough of Raging Void. It’s pretty bonkers.

[@jungobungo327]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIXJhZSGpaqYe7M

[@007samd]

Still waiting for the next non-metal jaw dropper like the Snarky Puppy video to drop x

[@imabry1]

“See you on Spotify “ 😆 hell yea!

[@clanvids7043]

Joseph Arrington please 🥺

[@lfcomg101]

I love seeing you react to these bands that I've listened to for years, and always known they were doing some weird shit with time but not having a clue what, to then watch a much more experienced and competent drummer have the same reaction is very reassuring

[@Crcmvnt]

Enjoy the Tesseract. If I can make a recommendation, listen to the albums in order. My personal favorite is altered state, littered with poly rhythms, intricate guitar work, phenomenal vocals (Ashe not Daniel although both a amazing just different), truly unique and enjoyable.

[@KiraPlaysGuitar]

1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2, 1-2-3 | 1-2-3, 1-2-3-4, 1-2-3, 1-2-3. Awesome displacement -in the chorus- throughout. So fuckin' catchy.

[@BrianGivensYtube]

I don’t mean to brag but I talked with Jay in the comments of one of his videos... For real, there are some “full show” videos out there with pro mixing and I listen to them all the time in the car. Besides Matt for Animals as Leaders Jay is my favorite all time drummer from his ability to make truly unique drum parts.

[@CryMyName100]

"I'm just liking it" that's exactly how I feel for your channel dude. Keep it going.

[@hrldhns1]

Duuuuudeeee!!! You should check out Aaron Stechauner playing Inadequate!!! That shit’ll blow your mind!

[@mikeyj3512]

Listen to obrother

[@MixonBro]

You should check out Clay Aeschliman from Polyphia playing "O.D." or "Icronic" !

[@rickdamian846]

"Luminary and So Above So Below" lol that second one is Nocturne man👍helluva track

[@meppstue1036]

Pls try Matt Lynchs playthrough of Richard Henshall - Twisted Shadows You'll love it!

[@neuroticgothguy]

Seriously need to check Hannes Grossmann, i would recommend the song "In Turmoil's Swirling Reaches" kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJ_ZanSAr7tlf8k or "Alter Magnitudes" kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKuZnK2uhLVojbc

[@RetroTVOfficial]

Hey, please react to *Mick Tucker* from *Sweet* . He was *LEGENDARY* This is *No You Don't* : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJXRmpelqJp7iLc

[@swayamtailor]

Man you should definitely react to the drummer for Plini 'CHRIS ALLISON- GLASS BEAD GAME'

[@Intensity2U]

More suggestions: Sydney Taieb - Atlantis Chronicles - "Back To Hadatopia" Starkill - Whispers of Heresy (Spencer Weidner drum playthrough) Other excellent metal with ridiculous drums worth mentioning: Norther - Dreams of Endless War Ouroboros - Glorification of a Myth Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason Uncreation - Burning Blood

[@MusicPancho]

I second Chimaira.

[@thecharlestonchew197]

Check out Alex Camarena from Silent Planet. Dude SLAYSSS. Jay's left hand is crazy.

[@ThiagoTheobald]

Hi Garrett. You should really check Johanne James, from the British band "Threshold". The song is "falling away" from the Critical Energy DVD. That song has a really tricky ride/hi-hat rythm. Keep up with the great videos!!

[@qmiller9]

Yeah!! Spotify up Concealing Fate from their first album.... It's magical!! And there's a video of them doing it all love in the studio... Very impressive!

[@stephraggaman7645]

please do a react to steve flynn (Atheist). here are two videos of them /watch?v=9JaH0TbSxR4 /watch?v=A7uD9WoTJTI

[@deedos]

Jay has his own KZbin channel where he has loads of playthroughs and also does livestreams

[@The73rdSecret]

Jay also streams everyday on Twitch

[@youmasajp]

You should react to Trey Williams from Dying Fetus - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKLaqJeCrcl0gKc or kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKqlg4Z6ipqbY7M

[@RobbHollen]

I think you'd really enjoy Vladislav Ulasevich from Jinjer. He has a very unique setup. Try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYO9n5egoLSnjMk

[@joshjohnson1699]

TesseracT is awesome. Totally different style, but worthy of mention, the new Black Dahlia Murder album is kick-ass, as expected. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHjIfqSMrLCllas

[@larrysepultura]

Any chance you could do a video on one of the following? Igor Cavalera- Sepultura Hellhammer- Mayhem Trym- Emperor Frost- Satyricon

[@gSWG3R]

It's nearly 4am, I've been writing assignments all evening, I was about to go to bed... But then this popped up in my notifications 😍

[@SuburbanConan]

Be interested to hear what you'd say about Wyatt Stav.....not only technicality, but showmanship to boot,spinning sticks, baton twirling 'n' shit.....

[@qmiller9]

Haha!! Well, this is from the album Altered States so yeah... Fucking with minds for sure. So glad you went for 2! Check out Trenches by Brandon Burkalter.... You will be impressed!

[@jean-noelbazin8152]

Suggestion for another reaction : Mystic Triad of Artistry with Karol Diers, from Gorod : kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6CllXtprLehf6c

[@infinite7501]

Ya......Where's one now????? I tried to play some of this. The concentration level is off the charts. This guy has an atomic clock metronome. Impressive stuff!!!

[@Cory942]

Please react to Shadow Of Intent's Anthony Barone. His official drum playthrough of Underneath a Sullen Moon is sick.

[@shewatt]

You really need to react to Alex Bent of Trivium. The dude is a beast

[@KT-cz7rm]

I hope he does Alex and Flo of cryptopsy.

[@CatchReleaseRepeat]

For something a little different, you should check out Aquiles "THE OCTOPUS" Priester's playthrough of The Shadow Hunter. If not for the red cymbals and drumheads, then to watch him use every dang piece of that amazing kit!

[@disndat2225]

Jazz drummer reacts to Chris Adler playing Hourglass or Now You've Got Something To Die For? Maybe you can do both? :D

[@KingJerbear]

Great band and great drummer. He streams pretty regularly on Twitch and KZbin. You should definitely check out his streams and some more of their music. Amazing stuff

[@tomyboumboum9822]

Thank you Garrett for checking these fantastic drummers! The Algorithm is a French DJ, heavily influenced by metal music, who performs with a drummer Mike Malyan (the Monuments). Here is one of his/their most famous song, Will Smith: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKKZdXeDoMh_p80

[@daniolus]

Tesseract are fucking marvellous, really good picks lately with them and The Contortionist especially! You HAVE to check out Steve Judd from Karnivool. Theres' not much good-shot footage of him playing, but there's specifically one of The Refusal which is really good!

[@bmsumner]

Love it! He’s so good! Check out Dancing Machines by Nova Collective. Would love to see what you think! Kinda Snarky Puppy-ish

[@alexeypolevoybass]

Was at their show in Moscow about six years ago. This was dope! They were there with another band, Xerath, you should definitely check out their drummer, Mike Pitman, too. He's pretty good.