Old Composer REACTS to CHON SPLASH | A Decomposers Point of View

[@DearFreja]

Man, Polyphia and Ichika Nito took over the conversation on this type of music, but CHON has been doing it so good for so many years now.

[@Lsquared97]

Check out Covet and I Built the Sky!

[@nickhaas9185]

@@Lsquared97 Yes!!! and also Their Dogs Were Astronauts is criminally underrated

[@jacobteesdale5987]

@@Lsquared97 Yes Covet!

[@MaxJoplin]

I like chon way more than those two, as well.

[@TS-ez3rf]

Chon and polyphia are still different though.

[@prodchronic]

This band changed my life

[@novander]

same

[@wofu0914]

Same here

[@ericcorleto4434]

dude dont get me started. Newborn Sun instantly changed how look at listening and playing music. so much personality and fun in what they do.

[@ether2006]

chon had me pick up a guitar in july 2020

[@maradiaga8808]

same

[@kpsig]

Chon sounds more organic that Polyphia, so I would suspect that it should be easier for them to perform live shows with a minimal loss of fidelity (or even be better)

[@DarkDanteM4]

They are hella tight live, which is even more amazing seeing how little gain and distortion they use with their guitars. Watch the audiotree session or the rooftop session

[@abcrx32j]

And they do sound nice live, of course the guitars sound slimmer and the drums also sound different, but you don't feel like missing anything

[@Victorvonbass]

I'll see Chon live one day. Hopefully this year or next? Polyphia I've seen 3 times and they killed it each time.

[@InsomniakDrums]

Chon was absolutely FANTASTIC live, I saw them with Polyphia in SD on their Super Chon Bros 2 tour, and while Polyphia of course played very well, a very large portion of their performance was somewhat overshadowed by their backing tracks. Polyphia almost felt like a band playing over some other music, whereas Chon more so felt like a band performing with a few additions underneath in the background. Still doesn't change how fantastic the players in Polyphia are.

[@aaronwhite1786]

Yeah, can confirm. They're incredible live.

[@maxalottalovin6210]

"Intimate" is the best way to describe Chon for sure. That's always the word that comes to mind when I hear "Rosewood." Thanks for giving them a listen!

[@cafoEQ]

You should check out The Contortionist - Language I: Intuition & Language II: Conspire

[@Josiah-ve6su]

Absolutely!

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

Yesss

[@mmatthews90]

Intuition live!

[@guitarkid2184]

One of my favourite albums. It's so good

[@stevenestevez8288]

Cant forget the opening track! The Source!

[@raghavkandhari1838]

Please go to Covet after this, Yvette Young will blow your mind. My recommendation would be Falkor

[@DarkDanteM4]

Shibuya with San Holo is such a tune

[@versoooo]

Agreed, I'd love to see Falkor as well.

[@xSulky]

I love her solo stuff. Her 'Piano EP' is so fucking good.

[@zryhmer]

I’m all for farewell or Ares. I’m learning farewell right now. The way Yvette Young writes music boggles my mind.

[@Victorvonbass]

Falkor would definitely be my pick

[@Dannyhota]

I literally had to stop what I was doing to watch this, love your reactions man.

[@ganas3]

Same

[@geoffnolan1053]

Saw these guys live twice and they sounded just like the record. Love the reactions and love to see your perspective.

[@SmokedHam444]

I haven't seen them live yet but I saw some live performances on KZbin and they sound so damn tight

[@MrKawika64]

Perfect Pillow is my favorite CHON song

[@drphdmd7064]

Hey hey! Chon is quite fun music. I dig their tunes, even some of those with vocals (though I feel their instrumental stuff is far superior).

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

I think it was on the player's pick podcast that mario and eric (the two guitarists) said they would enter a writing a mode where they get in the room together for hours and hours for as many days as necessary to hammer out their stuff. Bassists for chon tend to change per record and touring cycle although back here they were working with drew nowadays they mainly work with Mario's cousin. In the early days they would've written the drums for nathan (drummer/Mario's younger brother) as they taught him to play so they could have someone on the demo tape. Nowadays I think drums are written mostly by Nathan's teacher but nathan clearly has his own ideas for some of the songs when you compare the live performance to record. So the guess that it's a lot more traditionally constructed was a good one. It would be cool to hear you check out Knot by them. It's a personal favourite, although you probably get enough suggestions already.

[@Kaonashimusic]

yupp pretty much except for the bass in the last 2 albums is written and recorded by anthony crawford, but esiah camarena (he's a camarena brother too not cousin) is the one who plays it live!

[@CuttoothsRoom]

Very cool, I've never heard of Chon. Nice sounding jazzy/prog rock sound. Mahalos for the upload.

[@alexmarion2674]

look them up from 2008...the drummer was 13..

[@nilssonschmillson5395]

I love Chons “bright” and “wistful” approach to the sound and composition.

[@dstain0]

Between Polyphia and Chon you're hitting some of my favorite bands with these videos! As someone who's not a musician I love learning the technical reason why I like these bands so much. Keep it up

[@6mikey9]

I'm so glad you listened to my request to listen to chon!

[@majormajormajortom]

If you would like to react to some more jazzy/mathy, Chon vibes of a different order, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE could you react to some Toe and Elephant Gym? I'd recommend Toe's tracks, "All I Understand Is That I Don't Understand", "C" and "Goodbye (Album Version)" and Elephant Gym's tracks "Finger" and "Underwater".

[@6ic6ic6ic]

Finger is a great track. In that vein I've suggested Piglet as well before. Great stuff

[@tlester19]

just react to all of "my idle plot..." and i agree with the guy below, piglet might be hard to come across high quality recordings but i would absolutely love to watch you dissect "little bubble, where are you going?". dilute is another band you would have fun with, but it might be too out there for the common viewer

[@rogeliomartinezmoran2298]

elephant gym, i hope I can watch them live in taiwan

[@vectred7959]

Been a fan of theirs for a decade now and it's one of the handful of bands I always come back to. Every one of their songs can uniquely put me in a headspace and I have a lot of emotions and memories tied to them. Changed me as a musician and also as a listener. Your videos have been really entertaining so far. It's refreshing when a reaction channel actually has a reaction.

[@ganas3]

If you can check out Bubble Dream (my favorite) perfect pillow, or Sleepy Tea.

[@transparentbystander253]

Bubble dreams riffs are so amazing

[@joshuarichard2509]

i want to also put in a vote for bubble dream.

[@drincc]

Fluffy

[@zachtolley8216]

All my favorites

[@ganas3]

@@zachtolley8216 riiiight

[@kirehj_sm]

Yeah that friendship kind of feeling is so precent in his stuff... Another good songs by them are: Fall, Fluffy, Waterslide, Bubble Dream, Puddle, Story...

[@DarkDanteM4]

You forgot Book and Perfect Pillow :D

[@kirehj_sm]

@@DarkDanteM4 I forgot all their discography to be fair XD

[@DarkDanteM4]

@@kirehj_sm ahh, that's a man of culture right there 😁

[@jasonlovesmusicreacting882]

@@kirehj_sm I wanna see him reach to the Waterslide or Sleepy Tea videos next fr.

[@DarkDanteM4]

@@jasonlovesmusicreacting882 bro waterslide music video is great, it suits their style of music so well :D

[@Mykahaia]

The cool thing about this channel is that it explores and gives visibility to not so usual (but good) music. I hope you get all the views and subs you can get...

[@thisnotdog]

if i remember correctly either the guitarists, or the band as a whole, learned their instruments together that helped create their incredible cohesion. food for thought.

[@waylonbahazhonii1880]

Been waiting for you to react to Chon. Love these guys. Love your videos! 🤙🏽

[@AltezzaDrifter]

Chon is always a favorite! Their final riff in Bubble Dream is just insane and really showcases their talent, imo. Loved the video, as usual!

[@dooddoodly256]

So glad you checked these guys out. You rock 🤙🏻

[@zhalo18]

Check "Thank you Scientist - son of serpent live studio"

[@ganas3]

DEFINITELY CHECK OUT THANK YOU SCIENTIST

[@2und2sind4]

Chon and wasabi nuts. That's the vibe right there

[@TheAverlorn]

I enjoyed this song so much, never heard of these guys. My ears were so grateful. And very happy for the extra insight to help me out as to what I'm hearing

[@9Skiddlerip9]

Chon - Perfect Pillow first. But then Strawberry Girls - Spanish Bay. Thanks! Also, arpeggiation... this guy's good!

[@chrismiller3898]

What does it for me is that there is almost no distortion on their guitars. It really shows skill when you're not hiding stuff like this behind a heavily distorted guitar. I remember watching Alex Rudinger cover a song by Necrophagist, and the dudes from Chon recorded the guitar tracks for the cover. There is, once again, next to no distortion on the guitars. It blows me away how clean they're playing at all times.

[@AmielGesta]

More Chon content please! Enjoyed your reactions btw!

[@MossCoffin]

I strongly recommend Rivers Dancing by Gordian Knot. The song as a whole is a beautiful journey and the outro solo work is incredible. Their bassist Sean Malone recently passed and he is widely regarded as one of the greatest prog bassists. You will not be disappointed. Love your reactions brother!

[@RyanSmithers2015]

So to me, my like 10 second synopsis of Chon is that they are 10/10 EPIC modern elevator music. Like they're so sooooo good as just not very produced, absolute stellar punchy and to-the-point elevator music. Like SO AMBIENT and absolutely perfect mood-setting, background music. Which is 1000% a compliment, no disrespect. It's SO universal and listenable and that is honestly a compliment. SO happy you did a reaction video to them and you nailed it :)

[@tragusrock]

Open hand, caress face, and smack ass... I assume

[@technopathgamestudios3858]

I am so happy you found Chon.

[@bordergoly]

I love CHON SO MUCH

[@boblarry7879]

Oh man I love that you're doing all the bands that I love. I appreciate your knowledge.

[@tonyrapa-tonyrapa]

Agree... Love the mix of this track.

[@ksaladp9420]

Great track, if you look at any more from them maybe try some of they're newer stuff like 'continue'

[@M_reapr]

I remember seeing an interview they said they wanted to try arranging like a piano where the guitars play like 2 hands on a piano and you can see it they way they play together

[@MrKinPimpin]

chon is fuckin crazy good man. what a gift they are.

[@guitarskategirlsrepeat3792]

I suggested this yesterday and see this and animals as leaders now, this is insanneeee, ps you’re a badass dude

[@jamesmurray5132]

Hey Geebz! I'd love to see you revisit Chon! I think they're a really interesting band, admittedly a little more chill than what you normally cover, but it's cool to listen to you dissect the instrumentation. Also, if I may, in your Dancers to a Discordant System video today you mentioned suggesting new bands for your next 52-week run. I would love it if you could check out Mother Mother. They're a really interesting indie-rock band from Canada and I think you'll enjoy their unique vocal melodies in particular ;) "O My Heart" is a good album to start with. Keep up the great work! Aloha!

[@ryanthompson8340]

I've really been enjoying your videos, man. Thanks for taking the time to do them. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Vulfpeck.

[@coriderita5859]

“Wasabi Peas!” can’t be that intro! Lol really digging this jam and thanks for not chewing into the mic!

[@williamchristian8705]

Aren’t they more or less Fam? Two brothers,cousin,longtime close friend. With their musical closeness everything the do is nearly intuitive. The almost know instinctively how to move things along with each other. It’s as if they’re eating a meal and each is ok with sampling from each other’s plate. They all get done at the same time and each is full. Simply put the groups dynamic is in near perfect synch.

[@joshkeener878]

the reason u say you can see them sitting in a room writing the music together. Is because they literally do. As brothers they actually have probably been writing music together since middle school in a room.

[@ModernOak]

This is a great deconstruction of opinion and thoughts both as a composer and listener :)

[@alexrico9989]

Good stuff! You have a way of explaining things so easily and clearly

[@deliriumofendless]

After Chon, you are like one step away from japanese “electro/pop/rock” bands like Frederic or Polkadot stingray, you know more happy and possitive

[@jeremiahpradhan3294]

Polkadot Stingray is soo good man.

[@hambletonorama]

Check out Giraffes? Giraffes! Either "I Am Shimmer" or "A Quick One While She's Away" from the More Skin With Milk Mouth EP.

[@mattjackson8133]

I love that you're reacting to all these bands I've been following! If I could recommend anyone else to listen too I'd probably say: Covet, Elephant Gym or Tricot! Please keep doing these though they're great!

[@dnn-dragonnewsnetwork3413]

You really need to check out "Drip" by Tirgan Hamasyan (the version recorded at Berkely)

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

Absolutely brilliant song and performance.

[@dnn-dragonnewsnetwork3413]

@@Isaiah_McIntosh Isn't it, though? By far my favorite musician. Some other great ones: Shadow Theater - Court Jester Cave of Rebirth 37 Newlyweds Vardavar

[@brenofernandes7768]

@@dnn-dragonnewsnetwork3413 Drip!!! please

[@victorbitencourt9481]

@@dnn-dragonnewsnetwork3413 yeah these are good but court jester is simply legendary.

[@pedrocardoso19]

i come to watch geebz just to chill, i mean i really think this is like type of music (math rock, djent, progresive instrumental, jazz metal, ambience rock, wtv im a layman) which i love is going to become a movement and will be mainstream, and will be in history books

[@gonth6286]

please react to plini - papermoon, also chon is just an amazing band!

[@The_Horse-leafs_Cabbage]

I fuckin love that snappy snare

[@bbqseitan7106]

As much love as the guitar work gets, all deserved Ofcourse. The drummer steals the show for me, he really drives and completes everything Chon is not Chon without him

[@DarkDanteM4]

Yessss this tingles all my dingleberries :D do newborn sun next time, it'll be a totally different sound. Or watch perfect pillow/waterslide rooftop sessions, or the audiotree session. These dudes are SUPER TIGHT LIVE Edit : I just noticed that Erick has a Toro Y Moi tee on! I love him even more now 😁

[@gish2465]

That human-like doll on couch causing "uncanny valley" effect on me. He-he. 🙈

[@n0handles]

Another Instrumentalist group to check out, Intervals. Especially their latest album that was released not too long ago

[@junesee4227]

YES! CHON! Great great band. There are some great bands they have toured with like Animals as Leaders and Circa Survive you should check out!

[@Amminidab]

If you want some Prog Rock to check out, I recommend Coheed & Cambria. The Dark Sentencer is a newer song from the first LP in their pentalogy concept album. kzbin.info/www/bejne/imTdnmSVf7iDhbM I highly suggest looking up a bit of the story before listening since it's got a good bit of storytelling in the track.

[@garthstevenson777]

Thanks for the vids. Been really enjoying them. Would love to hear your thoughts on a band Brass Against. Maybe there 46 & 2 cover. I think it will be something you will enjoy. Thanks and keep the great music coming.

[@호몰로지]

I love his precious face smiling at 8:03

[@juanvillanueva2848]

Love seeing enjoy on a video!

[@BrowneePointz]

I Highly Recommend Covet. Literally anything from their discography. CHON and Covet are both Math Rock(specifically Western Math Rock, Japan also has Math Rock but it's less prog more Jazz so it usually gets called Eastern Math Rock)

[@citizenshoop]

I'd recommend their song Bubble Dream if you want to hear some really crazy creative back and forth techniques between the two guitarists. You'll know exactly what section I'm talking about once you hear it.

[@joejohnson974]

CHON doesn't need post processing because they play the guitar perfectly

[@AustinJSchaeffer]

Great video as always. Might I recommend 'Causality' by The Contortionist? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoSTmqqhgpqqrqM If you'd prefer a softer and newer song by them I also recommend their song 'Language I: Intuition' kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJWqpYdshpieo6s . I know other people would probably recommend different songs by them but these are two of my personal favorites. Always love hearing your insights into music, keep up the great work! PS: I know you prefer links without music videos but for Causality that is the best upload of the audio on KZbin sadly.

[@DarkDanteM4]

Intuition is so fucking good, it's been on repeat for me the past few weeks

[@DearFreja]

Conspire as well though, they're basically 1 song. So good.

[@Aviatorj25]

I second that, I want to see his reaction to Contortionist so badly! And I suggest just going with kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmiccoqjqMSSr7c - one does not simply react to a single part of "Language" without hearing the other, that's illegal!

[@DearFreja]

@@Aviatorj25 This! That video is perfect. My favourite song ever.

[@someperson9052]

I asked this before but I'm going to keep doing it. Could you look at Aviator by Polyphia? It also features Jason Richardson who you've probably heard of from your comments.

[@liliIiliIilil]

These guys covered Necrophagist's song Stabwound, which is pretty great. It's kind of funny because their guitars were still too clean sounding for that song, haha. I wouldn't make a video about it, but it's neat to see that these guys take influences from all over (And you can actually hear the shred/metal influence in their playing): kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYG3e62betaefNU

[@rareformx]

A looooong time ago Mario had a cover up of Symbiotic in Theory that was so sick haha

[@shinydragonite5681]

Chon let’s go!!!

[@brendonmay4176]

AVIATIONS - Outliers (Retrospect) Absolutely incredible composition!

[@kirbsauce]

loving these videos! Im a new sub and it's nice to hear your take on this genre.

[@KeyOfGeebz]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@GrahamBrooker]

Great video man, love your reactions. Should 100% check out The Brain Dance by Animals as Leaders. Got similar vibes to Periphery, Plini, Chon, etc etc

[@Wizard747]

You should check out save us from the archon, they broke up a few years ago but they have some of the most technically and powerful music ive ever heard

[@13StJimmy]

Just waiting for that Ichika reaction, dude is a monster player

[@fabescolmsinc1200]

From two years in the future: “it’s Puh-lif-ee-uh” 💀 thanks for reminding me Chon is the dopest 🤘🏼

[@anthonyhaderxhanaj1325]

Please do more Chon!! Do the song Sleepy Tea!! Sorry I don't know how to connect the link...

[@stevenestevez8288]

The Contortionist- The Source Language I Language II Gotta react to these 3 tracks please! All together cause it blends together!

[@jacked_charlie]

would love to see a reaction on the omnific, they don’t get the recognition they deserve and would enjoy seeing your view on them.

[@brianyates3504]

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[@PearlDrummerFTW]

Yeah. Chon is pretty special to me man.

[@josephmcnelis4443]

3:01 came here solely to see his reaction to this part of the song. Did not disappoint

[@shawndurham8707]

You should check out dance gavin dance, inspire the liars is my personal favorite, they blend styles better then most bands. I think you will enjoy them.👍

[@sahrinazdi]

You should check them on Audiotree live session, you will love that!!!

[@AdtriDonsson]

Hey mate. I love hearing your insight on composition! :) Dream Theater - 6 O’clock. I think you will appreciate it!

[@jbasti227]

I HIGHLY recommend checking out CHON - Bubble Dream

[@zryhmer]

If you’re looking for more instrumental, check out farewell (minimal lyrics) or ares by Covet and Brain Dance by Animals As Leaders

[@michaelneuber1120]

Crunchy Munchy Good!

[@damiankirkwood7924]

Geebz got that green eye haze

[@adultcrash13]

band: Medications song: I Am The Harvest

[@coolguy132435]

I think you should give Pitch Dark by Chon a shot. I think you'll appreciate some interesting rhythmic ideas and also the better inclusion of bass vs older albums.

[@vanandmunter181]

Would watch any other Chon videos in about .02 seconds

[@jefhed8524]

Check out chinchilla by this town needs guns, extremely fun song you’ll have a blast!!

[@biancathomas7697]

yes siiir

[@gienkerlo123]

Can I be your nephew?! Hahahaha would be amazing to have you as uncle!

[@kaynesantor8136]

Scale the summit, and pomegranate tiger are some older bands in this style but very good. Actually, I guess theyre more like animals as leaders. I'd lump them all close together. Cheers.

[@jonlukevandam]

Oh man. If you like this you gotta hear the music off their newest album. Particularly I think Pitch Dark.

[@deliriumofendless]

Hey cool videos! You should react to Pain of Salvation, think it’s a band you would thoroughly enjoy! Any song would be amazing, but specially “King of Loss”, “Nihil Morari”, or any really.

[@-R.Gray-]

Another instrumental band - The Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan gtr., Marco Minnemann dr., Bryan Beller bs.) "Furtive Jack" Tokyo.

[@0xdecaf]

please do Covet! Shibuya and Falkor are both awesome. Yvette Young is awesome

[@ChimasRegal72]

I've been binge watching your content for the last few days and it's the best belated christmas present ever. Super duper cool stuff I love your open approach to everything and the ocean of knowledge that you share with us all, speaking especially as a huge Tool fan and a fellow musician. That being said, I have two suggestions and since they are a bit older there is a chance you already heard some of it but none the less I would just love to hear your take on it. First would be one of the greatest and creative metal bands of all time and that is Death and their song Symbolic ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKGbY6yYaq-mibc ) and the second one, true pioneers of their sound a prog magicians Cynic and their song King of those who know ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGjafoWJbcaIqLs ) Whenever you get the chance, you won't regret it, and it's a rabbit hole worth falling face-first down into :D Cheers