Louis Cole | Recreating Iconic Drum Sounds

Louis Cole is a master of mixing genres and presenting his music in a way that's always fun to watch. More then 10 years ago he started creating his first KZbin videos and later on started publishing full length albums as well. Besides his own solo project the multi instrumentalist is well known for his duo project Knower. Here's our take on his drum sound.
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00:00 Intro
01:15 F It Up (Original)
01:44 Recreation Process
04:59 F It Up (Performance)
06:08 Overtime (Original)
07:02 Overtime (Performance)
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Drumming and mixing by Pascal Thielen
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Drum Kit:
Bass Drum:
Sonor AQX 16x15
Finish: Blue Ocean Sparkle
Toms:
Sonor AQ2 12x8; 14x13
Finish: White Pearl
Snare:
14x5 Pearl Sensitone Brass
Cymbals:
Zildjian
14" HiHat A New Beat (top)/ S Dark (Bottom
18" A Rock Crash
6" Zilbell
Microphones:
Beyerdynamic
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Bassdrum: TG D 70 (batter side)/ MC 740 (reso side)
Overheads: M 90 Pro X
Wurst Mic: M 160
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[@JumpStop1]

Luis once said that he would use the microphone from his laptop. Definitely a unique sound from a unique drummer!

[@nope5994]

you can hear it in his first album the drums sound awful but it works quite well

[@zkassai.audio.2]

It's like he breaks "rules" on purpose. Even for drum mixing, which is one of the areas of mizing where you're most likely to see aggressive, destructive compression and drive, Louis just pushes it to hell

[@teodordl]

In a masterclass, he told everyone that he put the garageband distortion on the master channel, then was told not to by mastering engineers, then did it anyway

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

the laptop is actually part of the band, they meme on this in their videos often , i love how silly Louis is.. also I need this drum pack.. instant buy, what a legend ArtofDrumming is for making this.. i need this kinda raw sound for my video game music it mixes with synth music very well

[@coreyw5981]

Haha i love how pascal really gets into the chracter. Even chose to play at the top of the stairs and wear jammies😆

[@sterlingpratt4901]

In Fuck It Up Louis is actually striking the bell in groupings of 3, not 2 like Pascal plays. Which is just bananas.

[@pascal_thielen]

I was trying to blend both Louis‘ and Nate Wood‘s parts. But doing the Louis part for as long as the song is, is admittedly very exhausting 😅

[@sterlingpratt4901]

@@pascal_thielen your rendition was stellar, thanks for the video and all your hard work! 😁🔥

[@Brunototguitar]

"Just bananas"? Bc of one more hit on the bell... The art of insulting in the tech era, jezz....

[@sterlingpratt4901]

@@Brunototguitar this wasn't meant as an insult, it's just pointing out how impressive the original part is. Pascal is an extremely talented player and I appreciated this video very much. I'm a huge fan of this channel and of Louis Cole. I'm not sure if English is your native language but calling something "bananas" means it's crazy, or doesn't make any sense. I'm saying the original part that Louis Cole plays is crazy difficult. That's not meant to insult Pascal's attempt at all. Also, it might not seem like a huge difference, but the grouping of 3 notes is SIGNIFICANTLY harder to play. I hope in the future you can approach people with a little more optimism.

[@rafa_rds]

@@sterlingpratt4901 you said everything right, my man. Those groupings of 3 notes are really hard to play, because the coordination u gotta have have to be on point, to not flam the snare with the bell, it gotta be a unisom. It is difficult because you're doing a triple with the right, and gotta have the independence to do a full motion with the left hand. Also, Louis Cole always changes the bass drum pattern on songs, which makes life even harder.

[@hwangman]

Thank you for covering Louis and his sound! I find his style endlessly inspiring and off the wall. Bonus points for nailing the video FX in the cover.

[@stevereed2472]

At first you said he uses cheap entry level drums, but then Saya he usually used a Ludwig black beauty. Only one of the most expensive snares on thr market lol

[@Abaddon231]

I think you nailed that sound ! Also nice to know he approaches recording very minimalistic, easy and budget oriented

[@matrixv01]

Love Louis Cole, Knower, and CLOWNCORE. Great video.

[@gabrielcayer2705]

Louis Cole has emphatically rejected the idea that he has anything to do with Clownc0re, stop associating him with that nonsense.

[@mister.catfish]

@@gabrielcayer2705 clowncore denier

[@aer0plane_]

who let clowncore in the mix, Louis would never clown around!

[@evanc.1591]

I don't know what Clownc0re has to do with these other bands, they're not affiliated at all.

[@vulfura]

The drummer from clowncore has a mask, Louis doesn’t, so he’s not the same guy

[@Brandondrumkc]

We love all of Louis's amazing music but we all know what his best group is. Lol

[@coreyw5981]

CLOWNCORE!!

[@lizmendoza152]

@@coreyw5981 YES!!

[@Steakfinger]

Clown Core is his best group.

[@wome1542]

@@Steakfingerlouis cole isnt in clowncore bro

[@OskarSvan]

@@wome1542yes he is

[@mlgcraftserver3698]

JD Beck recreation next please!

[@krusher74]

its pretty much this on a ludwig.

[@dhaitmanek]

you sir, Pascal, are awesome. And extra awesome for doing this piece on the mighty Louis Cole!

[@davidperaza9526]

Everything about this video is great! Fantastic job y’all.

[@SamFrenchMusician]

Loved this breakdown, Louis' drum sound is so distinctive and I presume very difficult to recreate. Great work!

[@poopyjoe7883]

YEAHHHHHHH I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG!!!!

[@doofs]

i had no clue you guys did a video on LC until now!! by far one of my favourite modern drummers.

[@isaacthehuman]

Those cookie monster pants are absolutely fire 🔥

[@andrewpappas9311]

I’ve never heard of Louis Cole but I gotta admit that his minimalist setup is pretty cool, I’d love to see a video on Nick Mason, Joey Kramer (Aerosmith), Matt Halpern, Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen), Ginger Baker, John Densmore (The Doors), Patrick Carney (Thd Black Keys), Bill Bruford, Matt Garstka (Animals As Leaders), Aaron Solowonuik (Billy Talent), Tim “Herb” Alexander (Primus) or Brandon Barnes (Rise Against) if you haven’t gotten to any of them yet

[@RBDrums]

dude, seconded on matt halpern's sound, especially with the new periphery album and the crazy powerful drum sound on it

[@andrewpappas9311]

@@RBDrums Yeah, his playing on all Periphery's material is awesome. Absolute beast of a player and definitely one of the best modern metal drummers imo

[@KinktendoShamecube]

This is everything I could have hoped for and then some

[@DavidOakesMusic]

Pascal in a vest 🥰🥰😘

[@maxwellgrossman]

You are goated for posting this. Tomorrow we tune 😏😏😏

[@hiptoalieu]

THAT was BRILLIANT!

[@thedrinkerofH2O]

oh my god these are two of my favourite louis cole songs and you people recreated them perfectly, sincerely thank you art of drumming!

[@lionelmandrake9362]

Boom! Tolle Arbeit wie immer, meine Herren!

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Danke für das Lob!

[@smokedkillbasa544]

Do Tommy Ramone’s drum sound from Ramones’ first album! The drums on there are immense!

[@Khempejjer]

Great job :)

[@memedealer7587]

I would love to see a video about Nick Mason, I want to recreate his sound myself.

[@eunaosabiamaseufiz]

Excellent

[@nikolaiplotnikov7243]

The drum sounds you should tag on in the future should be Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest.

[@gregkrazanski]

awesome video. didn't bank account come out in 2017?

[@loudpengu8991]

i love louis cole

[@rickenbacker40011]

fucking legendary for covering louis cole

[@sentry6332]

I love Louis cole, man. Another drummer you could tackle is Mario Duplantier, of Gojira. He’s the most unique metal drummer today, and his sound engineering is crazy.

[@hannesdrumss]

Then you need to check out Luke Holland, Alex Rudinger, Zev Rose and Matt Garstka. Those are some unique drummers.

[@hazardeur]

@@hannesdrumss exactly. duplantier is good but he's nothing special with all the god drummers around these days. also, as long as haake is around, the number one for metal drummer is safely secured with him. always fresh ideas, pushing boundaries and sounds like he powers the machinations of hell and a ton of style. doesn't get any more metal than that.

[@PossiblyOfficialStickyNote]

Please do one on Morgan Rose from Sevendust. Or Abe Cunningham of Deftones. Or both idc.

[@BadWallaby]

Louis paved the way for guys like Marc Rebeillet and I fucking love him for it

[@chrislopez1391]

hell yes, luv Louis Cole and this vid. Atom Willard, Jimmy Chamberlin or Tim Alexander of Primus would be a great drummers to cover in a vid!

[@dodecafono]

We need the bass drum fill of Overtime

[@andrewmcfall]

Thank you for the amazing videos! Would like to see Bill Ward Black Sabbath (Iron man, NIB, etc ).

[@sortebill]

you taped down that crash a little too much, but other than that it's pretty much spot on

[@sirkibble4135]

now do clowncore from clowncore. I would love to see pascal recreate the drum sound from clowncores first album. And Brendan Fraser would be such a good song to cover. Thanks for this video as well AOD.

[@Colo.Valenzuela]

you could do parcels drum sounddd!!!!

[@_gigi_1143]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Y E S

[@JosBlomsma]

Nice Cole-simulation, except for the European doors!

[@SuidAkrA1]

Hey 👋 I really enjoyed this sound recreation, but I thought the march episode would be the sound of Korn!?

[@SuidAkrA1]

Hey Jungs von AOD, zunächst mal tausend Dank für solch geilen und offensichtlich extrem aufwändigen Drum Content! Chapeau! Trotzdem, um meine Chancen zu erhöhen, dass ihr vielleicht antwortet, möchte ich hiermit nochmal locker flockig auf meine Frage verweisen. Wäre cool, von euch zu hören. LG ein Fanboy ❤️🤟🥁😘

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Wir mussten leider verlegen. Kommt im April.

[@mousasha-]

The floor tom sounds like the default musescore 4 floor tom lol

[@ArtOfDrumming]

Maybe we should do a musescore 4 recreation then 😄😄

[@FunkyDrumm3r]

almost perfect recreation

[@timurdavitaya8797]

I would love you to do the sepultura classical sound of album Roots

[@jao_banana779]

All them witches drum sound pls

[@mcruz9063]

you guys should do the drum sound for Cissy Strut by The Meters

[@TiqueO6]

Zigaboo Modeliste!

[@stephencarlson7297]

Ben Thatcher (Royal Blood) next for drum sounds?

[@failedstates5315]

Where's the clowncore?

[@roryhensen]

finally.

[@ttikki]

Not a word on the brickwall limiting employed on louis tracks (kick and snare specialy) ?

[@smitske1990]

I love every single one of those recreating video's! But the fact you havent done a video about the greatest groove master Steve Jordan yet, is a serious drumable offense ;)

[@coreyw5981]

I mean what snare sound would you even choose? Frick, John Mayer's Continuum has like at least 7 different snare sounds, even

[@smitske1990]

@@coreyw5981 the high funk tunings are pretty much his signature sound

[@coreyw5981]

@@smitske1990 ah okay. My favorite is still his swampy fat tuning used in a couple tunes

[@nirvana_o_negative13]

Johnny kelly from type o negative?

[@wilhamcobly3805]

It's not enough to play in your pajamas in the hallway at home to be Louis Cole.

[@eternalinfestation]

Abe Cunningham from Deftones PLEASE!

[@jonashellborg8320]

Good work covering Louis Cole! It’s not easy to do. Very specific setup, and fast and dense drumming in a very specific style. I love small setups myself, as I live in a large city and travelling with lots of gear sucks. Good work covering Louis’ own stuff, KNOWer, but you missed one project. Just saying….

[@jesuspa98]

Do Uli Kusch, The Time of the Oath from Helloween

[@user-rq6th7eb5c]

루이스콜 폼 미쳤다ㄷㄷ

[@hiptoalieu]

Fun FACT! On "EFF it up" (LOL) Louis uses a cheapo splash, on his tom rather than a bell...

[@MyPosible]

Just use 18" bass drum?

[@E_studio11]

Imagine dragon, please 😢

[@heidevolk_le_gueux]

Not even speaking about Clowncore :o

[@radioguy1667]

Now do the guy from Clowncore.

[@thespeakersreview99]

Pls bob bryar from mcr

[@JamesOKlippel]

too hires

[@samholder196]

Now do ClownCore

[@M43STR0_dnb]

Kinda disappointed there was no mention of clown core 😢

[@MechaAkuma]

Sad because no clowncore

[@hmstack6049]

12 inch tom as a holding place for a cymbal: Am I a joke to you?

[@nicola.terraroli]

and after that video we can say: drums don't make the drummer😂

[@gretschludwigdrummer209]

Wearing a vest and pyjamas in the intro is a bit off putting !!!

[@kentosalazar]

smh the song is f it up, not fuck it up

[@gustavakesson2758]

he is a genuis, u are not.