SLIFT - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

KEXP.ORG presents SLIFT performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded September 1, 2023.
Songs:
Ilion
Nimh
The Words That Have Never Been Heard
Jean Fossat - Guitar / Vocals
Rémi Fossat - Bass / Vocals
Canek Flores - Drums
Host: Kevin Cole
Audio Engineers: Max Gottesman, Jon Roberts
Audio Mixers: Olivier Cussac, Jean Fossat
Mastering: Matt Ogaz
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Carlos Cruz, Luke Knecht, Scott Holpainen
Editor: Scott Holpainen
sliftrock.com
kexp.org
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[@Woodstockpl]

If only there could be a SG drum set

[@bogdancapitanoiu]

:)

[@silverjaw138]

😂

[@eightfootmanchild]

There's a way where there's a will I once sold shoes in Footlessville -Shel Silverstein

[@hennydarmse]

Hmm... Maybe a "Solid Gretsch"...? Although I think solid drums would sound rather dead.

[@mikeplummer26]

Imagine performing at this interstellar level with your brother and your best friend from school! Really, how cool is that? Thanks KEXP for continuing to support SLIFT!!!

[@northerntao]

Finally!

[@itachi-hf3kv]

Thats bad ass!!!

[@benguarno1363]

shitt i had no clue they were brothers!

[@ewillyp]

that's how they get there, connected for life.

[@georgegeorge522]

Rock Rock till you drop$$$

[@osmark86]

The KEXP sound engineering team are just on another level. Hats off to them.

[@nholife]

Seriously. I bought the Ilion CD on release. This KEXP recording is superior. Still love the album, but when I want to rock Slift, this is what I play.

[@donkeydongle3691]

jean the guitarist mixed this set. like stu mckanzie from king gizz

[@Fakewhack-st8fl]

They're setting the bar 10 miles above the surface 😂 It's gotta be magic

[@heirkraft]

Them, gizz, and OCs are the sound engineer final boss

[@mrthunder8190]

The future of guitar rock is solid. Holy fucking hell, what a performance.

[@Aburner1109]

I put this on while laying on the floor feeling shitty about life, just wanted some background noise. On that first drop, I literally sat up and my jaw dropped. Incredible work

[@Dhieen]

I saw them in toulouse (france) a few years ago randomly, i was walking in the street at night with 2 friends and one told me he heard about a concert in a house, it was at the last floor of the house We were like 14 people watching those 3 musicians play and it was amazing

[@StONed-yx5qq]

What a great experience!! It’s 4am in Texas and this was recommended on YT…

[@Botkiller666]

You have the coolest band in France with the name OVERDRIVERS.

[@user-yw1hd3dq8h]

я сам ах14мин.хуел!sorry for may anglish))

[@TurbulentJuice]

That woulda been nuts

[@alexwicked3111]

"-How much distort and echo you need? - YES!!!"

[@stevebeye1585]

🤣

[@davidrewit]

YES YES YES yes yes yes ʸᵉˢ ʸᵉˢ ʸᵉˢ

[@Munchable420]

Came for the cool looking SG, stayed for that absolute awesome sonic experience.

[@yairrodriguez3591]

Same here

[@smashingpunkkids]

Dude. Same.

[@Rocketman1.3.1.2]

the guitar is a Daguet SG P90

[@neb999]

Same😅

[@DirtyDirkDiggler]

Nothing like throwing some duct tape on a $5,000 guitar 🤔 🤣

[@lkym2481]

12:20 for anyone wondering, this is a bar of 9/8 and a bar of 7/8 repeated together. i typically count 7/8 as "1 and 2 and 3 and a", 9/8 the same but "4 and a" what makes it really hard to feel comfortably, with that in mind, is that the musical phrase starts on the 2nd beat of the 9/8 bar with a low bass note. so we're feeling music in what ultimately adds up to two very normal 4/4 bars of music *in literal time*, but that time spent getting there is split up in a way that is disorienting and chaotic. it provides a great tension and excitement building up to the release, and what a release! absolutely gargantuan distorted bass chords, heavier than the earth

[@hijv]

Oh my lord....THE TONES. KEXP has to have the best sound engineers in the game right now.

[@bryinthe6197]

Hell fucking yeah!!! In a sea of top 40 garbage, it's refreshing to see rock n' roll is still alive. These guys are tight and fierce. Shout-out to the sound engineer...and the camera crew. Bravo!

[@hauntological]

SLIFT are just mindblowing. One of the most intense bands on the planet right now. We're lucky to have them. Give them the love they deserve.

[@walterlippmann9496]

good but there are levels my friend

[@CraigBassett]

​@@walterlippmann9496I'm rejecting your Pitchfork attitude out to half-court and there's nothing you can do about it

[@walterlippmann9496]

thats fine - I do like that live album though@@CraigBassett

[@juanliriano30]

haha what would you recommernt sir?@@walterlippmann9496

[@DiscreetHobo]

SLIFT SONG TIMESTAMPS 0:36: Illion 14:18: Nimh 24:45: The Words That Have Never Been Heard Another headbanger of a record from Slift. Can't wait to take a trip to the stars when I seem them Live in February

[@dickfitts132]

Caught them in Portland Aug 31st!! You're in for a friggin treat, friend, they're just catching more and more fire lately...

[@Bilbocosity58]

Their live show is SO good dude

[@antonhaq3503]

Me too, the Manchester gig

[@corex72]

Instant fan. The words song is like a universe of sound.

[@corex72]

Where did they fall from?

[@bandofbledsoe1193]

Glad to see they are still using the same s.g's after the years

[@legalizexit]

just saw them in Copenhagen a friend of my invited me ... I didn't know it but Mann for sure was of the best concert I even be!! intense and his performance simply another universe in his minds! merciiii

[@jonathantoles9376]

I am jealous of the drummer's perfect hair even through all the power.

[@pistola_grande]

it's like the teleported from the last KEXP session .

[@smokingboots]

Holy SHEEEEEEEET! YT algorithm did me a solid this time around. New fan!

[@Robodude_0528]

That’s a lot of sound from just three dudes. Glad I stumbled onto this powerhouse

[@dickfitts132]

ALL CAPS COULDN'T POSSIBLY CONVEY HOW EXCITED I'VE BEEN FOR THIS HOLY FRIGGIN' COW IT ABSOLUTELY DELIVERED SLIFT TODAY SLIFT TOMORROW SLIFT FOREVER YEOWSAHHHHH BOOYAKASHAAAAAA

[@Dogsrule777]

4 words: Genuine, completely psychedelic, awesome-

[@kipwhitler6804]

I cannot begin to describe the pure joy and delight I'm feeling knowing that the algorithm sent me here to experience this music. it's like I've been transported into a parallel world where these three gentlemen get to live out my dream and make the exact kind of music I wish I could make. the exact kind of sound I want. thank you so much 🥺😭

[@presstash]

How the fuck did this band get even better, my mind is simply blown away.

[@dale8809]

Holy crap this is mixed perfect. Awesome band

[@K0sm]

The french metal seen is grossly underrated internationally

[@chassegardee7694]

Because the french fans are the worst/inexisting... Concerts are just ridiculously expensive in France, and touring is even worse for underground bands here... Slift is a great band!!!

[@dinosaursr]

Oui tu peu le dire mon ami!

[@luxaeterna2959]

i've just seen them in paris for 24 euros... which is a fair price... and they were AWESOME!!!!!!!

[@chassegardee7694]

@@luxaeterna2959 as long as you don't eat and / or drink ...

[@francoisjoly7696]

@@chassegardee7694 WTF are you saying? I'll see them tomorrow in Toulouse (THEIR home town, yum yum!) for 21 euros. Nothing in your comment is true... except that Slift is (already) a great band.

[@szabolcsmezei4088]

My favourite medieval-space-kraut-progrock dudes keep berserking on 🙂🔥🌠

[@metalgunnerapoorva]

Holy shit that bass sound. These boys are amazing. Also for new fans, check out their Levitation session recorded in an electron microscope. It looks like they're powered by a Van de Graaff generator, which is extremely appropriate.

[@sambennett5203]

Seriously. Makes me want to run out and buy a short scale bass NOW. Any idea what it is?

[@jasonanderson5980]

​@@sambennett5203The instrument maker is Dauget (or something very close)

[@aaronmoore2164]

Haha. That's not an electron microscope bro. But it was certainly cool

[@larsbouwmeester5022]

He unlocked the second part of his beard!

[@lancefowler4737]

Slift are the gigantic unstoppable asteroid we stare at, transfixed, mesmerised, before sweet sweet oblivion :-)

[@hektic1017]

And kexp delivered me an other astonishing band I didn’t know abaut!

[@stalwartzero7001]

Mars Volta really went back to their roots and I’m for it!

[@tomryan9412]

These guys are so damn good. The music hits that spot of being exactly what I wanted but never even knew I needed. Unexpected and inevitable. That and their skill and energy levels are off the charts. Haven't been this excited to see a band in a while.

[@drewbocop]

The guitar tone The bass tone The drum tone That's a lot of tone

[@markbuchholtzSacramentoCAUSA]

Plus synth tone and any pre-recorded or pre-programmed 'tones.'

[@drewbocop]

@@markbuchholtzSacramentoCAUSA tone tones

[@erudite_beats]

You could say a tonne of tones!

[@nicolabelle1415]

Loopy tones

[@yannickp5454]

Gojira and Slift, brought to you with love by Southwest France 🤘

[@remileclair]

brothers from the southwest of France too!

[@Unshortafleur]

Toulouse brotheeeeeer

[@yellowboot6629]

Thank'YOU Seattle ❣️

[@bfors8498]

I kept turning up the volume throughout this performance

[@barny15]

I didn't think anything could top Slift's KEXP session from 2020, but here we are. This is ultimate.

[@nowone666]

brooo their LEVITATION sessions is fucking insaaaaaaane, be sure to check that one out if you haven't already!

[@serkanyldz4207]

What a sound. A true powertrio! Doomy and atmospheric without compromising clarity and openness. Plus, give that sound engineer a medal.

[@corex72]

Preach. Great mix.

[@racializedkanadian]

I'm passed the 20 min mark, have it cranked, and do not 'feel' my ears wanting to turn it down. Impressive.

[@ravenkliff]

Sounds way better than the mix on the Illion single

[@corex72]

@@ravenkliff well I’m glad this is the first time in my life that I heard them.

[@greensFPV]

Both the KEXP and Levitation Sessions sound amazing.

[@user-fs9lf1sf6m]

Some French rocket fuel that we don't deserve, but need. Love these boys.

[@jimburkett9799]

My eyes got wide real quick..

[@elciervocarmesi]

Slift the future of the space rock🔥

[@MattKeenanMusic]

absolutely insane

[@albinrose418]

I will confess, I clicked here hoping that Slint had reformed and this was a typo. The good news is, I am not disappointed.

[@cirilorivera]

My faith in humanity has been restored after seeing this performance, jaw dropping 😮

[@amark_berlin]

I get constant warning of exceeding the noise exposure limit. A musical masterpiece, which is so homogeneous, brilliant, present, crisp and wide-ranging in its intensity and outstanding sound quality that words fail me - runs in a continuous loop. The symbiosis of my favourite bands Vágtázó Halottkémek and Shellac in a new next level, in a higher dimension. Maximum respect and a deep bow to the sound and video engineers. Thanks alot SLIFT and KEXP! See you live in Berlin!

[@corex72]

As predicted in the “shape of punk to come” still blown away.

[@whitekr0ss]

i've got huge Radio Moscow vibe from them ! it's awesome

[@RayneOfChange]

What! The! Fcuk! Did I just experience?!?!? Sober af and I’m tripping balls rn. Y’all are amazing! ❤

[@jorgelandaverde9513]

KEXP, THANK YOU FOR CONSISTENTLY SHOWCASING MUSICIANS WITH AMAZING AND HELLA DIVERSE SOUNDS THAT IM NOT SURE ID STUMBLE UPON ELSEWHERE!

[@alex24mamba]

If you like this, the AustinTV set is dope. They're a really cool post rock band out of Mexico

[@bobbysquinch5085]

KEXP shows are the best sounding music on YT

[@tdb517]

Tiny desk has better sound

[@oatmealeverymorning]

TOULOUSE!!!!

[@eoin2]

Holy shit, just wow. This band is right up my street and I just found them.

[@joaquinmurrieta8912]

Ha! I remember that....awesome...

[@scottcooneymusic6736]

Ummon is one hell of an album

[@Shadow_vr2015]

Wow..... Thats what I love about music, it never ceases to amaze me, at my age you think you've heard it all then..... BOOM, life is further enhanced😊

[@matthewbecker7389]

Traditionally, I'm always late to every party. This... Right NOW... is the first time I've heard these lads. Holy shit. I'm just stoked that I got here eventually. Fantastic stuff.

[@drejcd9137]

Same story - BOOM - big fan, right away, fell in to the "soundhole" after 2 songs!

[@barny15]

Check out the previous KEXP session they did. It should blow your mind.

[@KingPenn13]

Three past albums and a new one coming in January. They’ve just gotten better as they’ve gone on. Their last album, Ummon, was one of the best albums I’ve heard in years.

[@SKi4o5]

OH FUCK YES I NEEEDED THIS

[@dnldkaplan]

This performance was transcendent.

[@scott555]

Absolutely delighted to discover these guys haven't flamed out or softened - this is powerful epic stuff.

[@williamstrong2068]

Dont know what is the most amazing, that incredible band, or the kexp's sound engineer

[@groovespoon3376]

Thanks KEXP. I found another band to love.

[@Thymorian]

Discovered these guys through KEXP, so happy to have another session!

[@lourowaa]

That bass ROARS at 1:36

[@ActuallyDarcy]

Need these guys in Australia ASAP. They'd kill as an opener for Gizz

[@harrisonjr98]

I can’t imagine playing AFTER this band though 😂

[@iwaspaidtoflywithyoubatman]

Yeah Gizz might have to open for these guys.

[@swampmagicians4541]

I'd love to attend that dual concert until sunrise 🎉👽 😂

[@shroomlord682]

Slift Psychedelic porn crumpets Gizz Would go so hard

[@floxratrak]

chanmé 'the words that have never been heard' Merci Slift et KEXP (hey, on aimerait bien vous revoir en france)

[@doudoubaubau]

La tournée est annoncée, fonce!

[@daniele.82]

Never heard this band. No words. Incredible.

[@andrewzimmerman6059]

Their previous set on KEXP was fire as well... if you haven't already found it yet.

[@daniele.82]

@@andrewzimmerman6059 thanks man

[@colbeeroyal3375]

@@daniele.82 watch their levitation set!

[@KingPenn13]

Happy deep dive time. Their last album was an absolute masterpiece.

[@janacaicedo3181]

Saludos desde COLOMBIA!! The World needs more bands like this !! ♥♥♥

[@jc-esl5238]

Damn!

[@corex72]

Thankyou thankyou thankyou brothers. Come to australia.

[@somedude8548]

These dudes are next level.

[@hanovergreen4091]

Holy Crap! They hit like a mack truck. Glad I heard them. New fan..Saw SG with P90's...Clicked. Love me some P90 goodness I do!

[@CarlitoxDrums]

I'd click this video when I saw a SG on miniature capture of the video! SG player's always are mindblowing!

[@markboom66]

OUI OUI OUI

[@simonwayd6705]

yeeesyesyes!!

[@el_kraken]

Damn what kind of rock have I been living under and why I am only hearing of these dudes now.

[@glennshuman4770]

A heavy rock.

[@fatsuperfly]

Damn! This is awesome, just got recommended this, and digging it.

[@alienchow680]

Great Band....Monster Guitarist!!!!!!

[@michaelcooper2799]

this is like All Them Witches, King Gizz and At the Drive In had a glorious child. God I wish a radio station like this existed in Australia.

[@Alexanderrrrrrrrrrrr]

This is an incredibly accurate comment. Props to your good taste in music, friend.

[@milosherman]

MASSIVE

[@luddewho]

Here we go!

[@MichaelMoore-zn3ql]

Christ! These guys fucking rock hard!

[@JustK009]

The guys with the White SG’R are Back🍻

[@matycee]

would love to see these guys tour with Earthless and Motorpsycho

[@RegularDude00]

The Album is so gorgeous its insane. This raises the bar.

[@liooftheblue]

Oh yeah baby that's what we've been looking for !

[@miyavizim]

I'm experiencing shivers like never before.

[@KrisBarton432]

This was just a month ago..... I am so bummed I missed them. My new favorite band \m/

[@zombi3907]

holy crap. wow. Just preordered their vinyl.

[@northerntao]

Finally - I was on the train back to Seattle after seeing them in Portland when this happened. Bummed I missed it but glad the video is on YT now.

[@christopherribar1504]

come to NYC!

[@EVILTAPO]

HOLY FUCK YES!!!!!

[@jimhestermanphotography]

cool sounds

[@JuanMorales-qe3ym]

power power

[@fabriccouch]

This is unbelievable.

[@maximebur9411]

SLIFT is over this fucking world

[@jaresh5536]

Merci KEXP !! bought Ummon thanks to you. ❤ Hopefully won't miss their gig this time..

[@brianwayneevans4136]

Best thing I have heard in years. Wow.

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

The production quality and sound of the videos on this channel is awesome. Talented crew behind the scenes.

[@VoidMaker407]

sick bass tone !

[@Sasasala386]

Amazing, just as I though they were gone

[@BlankRami]

I knew of these guys before this video and am proud of it B)

[@LotBoy87]

Kick ass👍