Meshuggah's light operator (Paris 02/12/2012)

Meet Edvard Hansson, Meshuggah's light tech. Thanks to him!
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[@hewparu]

-What instrument do you play? -Lights.

[@TheFloatingBartender]

+Hewparu isn't it!!!

[@stephenvaldez8097]

Hewparu ha

[@farhanbadru3671]

Lol😆

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

When you've been doing it a few years it gets to the point you feel exactly the same as being on stage and feel a completely integrated part of the band. I feels like jammin!

[@eugenkramaric5784]

Hew 😁😁😁😁😊

[@dexterdrifus3522]

he's basically as skilled in polyrhythm, totally awesome

[@HittokiriBattousai17]

He memorized the songs, is not that hard...

[@dexterdrifus3522]

@@HittokiriBattousai17 do you like hhahahahahahhah

[@TronciM]

@@HittokiriBattousai17 it's still pretty hard bro, he definitely also needs to learn how odd signatures/polyrhythms work

[@internetexplorer3596]

@@TronciM Nah when you listen to the songs enough times you start to memorize the rythms and it all becomes familiar.

[@TronciM]

@@internetexplorer3596 you still kinda need to understand why a part goes a certain way or atleast be a musical person

[@burnzy3210]

he should be considered a member of the band

[@davecrupel2817]

He is.

[@mindgraine]

he is

[@artificialinsolence3182]

He is.

[@sprthhfk]

He is.

[@bompaasa5949]

He is.

[@Sporacle]

Slipknot: We got a spiky guy who hits buttons and doesn't talk Meshuggah: You don't even know our guy exists. He's a pro Dance Dance Revolution light-pianist.

[@sauxstall]

slipknot members runs away crying when they receive the sound waves of meshuggah's skull-crushing, malevolent and abyssal punch of djenty and technically ambitious death metal carnage.

[@sonntagbeiomi6960]

@@sauxstall what

[@DarthDerpOfficial]

@@sauxstall what

[@rennie8063]

@@sauxstall words

[@christianjohnson7228]

@@sauxstall I’m a big fan of slipknot as well as Meshuggah, I don’t know what you’re talking about...

[@DexelMayther]

there's more action going on the light desk than in the crowd

[@MoonshineSazerac]

He's amazing and everything but can we appreciate how little latency there is between his inputs and the lights?

[@BigLowry]

DMX is a very light weight protocol

[@tbucker2247]

I guess that's the speed of light. I'll see myself out.

[@Alex-ABPerson]

@@BigLowry There's _so_ _much_ more than just DMX those inputs have to go through, the most intense thing they have to go through being, well, the lighting console itself. But yeah, it should all be very responsive

[@nicolasbarbosa8270]

Slim to none

[@multiestonian]

Dude, that's so crazy. I was 100% sure, the light show was pre-recorded with the songs or something like that. That's a skill on it's own, and Meshuggah's songs are not the easiest to follow. Huge props to the light operator, he deserves a beer.

[@reallyeffingcooltechnodude]

They've been using programmed lights for a while now.

[@reallyeffingcooltechnodude]

@@pokemonboardgame He has a youtube channel where you can see the stuff he's programmed for Meshuggah. kzbin.info/www/bejne/apLdn6mKob-ba8U

[@Answer4canceR]

I always thought that the lights were triggered automatically by drum hits and things like that! Pretty cool!

[@Pulverpojken]

It's often programmed, but with a band that plays music as complicated as Meshuggah it would be one hell of a job. If you already know their music and know your setup this is probably better and gives the tech something fun to do on the job.

[@Salvamachine]

same here :D

[@BaldBearded101]

Putting more work in than most DJs.

[@atech9020]

Not sure why this showed up in my suggestions? I'm not an LD by any means, but can tell you that this is the definition of what is called " busking " in the industry. This is not a bad thing, just the LD equivalent of it. Nice job! Although this form of work is typically frowned upon, the answer is yes, this can be done so that a single button push does a majority of the stuff he is doing. The issue is that the amount of time spent programming those sequences would take forever with a lighting system that is different on most any night. I.E. it can't be done on a fly-in date, so you have to rely on this form of LD to get the job done. Pro tip: Many of these shows are done in a venue that already has a pre-existing lighting and sound system. The lighting team typically taps into the system and quickly creates a " profile " that allows them to control the lights as groups or independently if desired. This allows them to use effects built into the board and other scene creations to quickly arrive at a place where they can do what this guy is doing; busking as it's called. Rock on everyone!!

[@maniacguitar]

Thanks for taking your time to write this out.

[@Metalliklem]

This guy deserves million times more recognition ! He makes half of the show by himself and he is totally unknown, I hope for him he is well paid at least :)

[@jeremybishop1623]

This mans job is playing finger drums to meshuggah... ladies take that into account 😂

[@blackfrancis33]

Saw them in Dublin a few years ago. Best light show I have ever seen.

[@harvestthemoonband]

Stood behind the lighting desk at Meshuggah and Lamb of God's concert on Friday night. Was so impressed we've ordered a basic lighting rig and a lights for the jam room and advertised for a lighting guy to come practice with us. WIsh I'd had the chance to tell Edvard in person how much we enjoyed "seeing" the band. He put his hoodie on and bailed from the desk pretty quickly.

[@jacksparrow-ie8uq]

I would be turning back whole time just to watch what he is doing. Absolutely killing it

[@visionaeon]

Damn, when the music takes all the audio you can clearly see see he playing drums with his keyboard. He hit all the notes perfectly. Maybe the lights have a little delay but goddamn, this guy is a fucking beast!

[@bdc-muzik]

Dude is like a maestro manually workin MESHUGGAH’s lights geez.

[@charliesarmmole704]

3 years later 89 or so people lost their lives in that building. Eerie and sad

[@josephdues833]

It was awesome that this legendary light show had a band to perform under it

[@apothecurio]

Reminds me of Phish’s light guy who does lights on time with their improvising. The light guy is absolutely a secret but very real part of the band.

[@craigparrish7139]

Man this is cool. I'm fairly sure that their recent tours have had the lights and everything electronically synced up with the guitars and drums, but maybe not.

[@MrMethadrine]

electricity bill was probably more than the tickets made that day..

[@leogeraldo4872]

Lol!

[@ripmyheadof]

Actually the tickets are priced so they cover all coatst

[@blackskate_unltd95]

@@ripmyheadof oh really? I thought they price them so they go bankrupt

[@visij]

You have to be a real fan of the music to be able to keep up like this. Nice work!! \m/

[@Goodpointtips]

Dude imagine how fucking hard his job is, to learn all those polyrhythms and odd note spacing, homie is on another level

[@henrikjensen3340]

Thought it was like programmed, he just plays along on the lightswitches👍👍👍👍

[@Gkh_lx]

+Henrik Jensen well, he's programmed lots of looks and states, puts them on playback faders and then flashes them up

[@gearzdesign]

The light actions (color/motion/strobe etc) are pre-programmed, but he's essentially hitting numerous on/off states of each program as well as changing the programs mid song/action (when he moves his hands up. He's basically hitting the on/off switches to each program/light cluster in time with the music.

[@akuolavi29]

All lighting is pre programmed. There would be nothing behind those faders or buttons if he didn't program something.

[@szabolcsmate5254]

The kick drum triggers should definitely be wired into the lights board so the signal could be linked directly.

[@mikewagner7041]

Its like a lighting piano rig thats just badass

[@Metapuff1]

god and they're doing it perfectly in time with the tracks too

[@BugOperator]

The crazy thing is that bands with infinitely simpler music completely automate their live lighting effects 🤯

[@DankoHidalgo]

Why is that crazy to you?

[@bananaclipper9343]

Could you imagine having to know their songs as well as they do ? Fucking nuts

[@VertigaDesignMEDIA]

The operators job is to captivate as fully as possible.

[@goobienoob3589]

This is probably just as hard as playing the riffs, seriously impressive light work.

[@shigeon2668]

my mans getting the 100% FC in the booth

[@BeardedOneDuh]

Does he do a whole tour for them? He hits buttons with the kick drums like he knows these songs off by heart

[@andmcd1996]

The light operator is literally the rhythm Guitarist for the entire band!

[@aarynhale]

Why do people go to concerts and just stand in the back like CMON GET HYPED UP LETS FUCKING MOOOOVE

[@Metalobsession94]

Of course you want to see them performing. If you only go to listen to the music, you might as well stay home and listen to the cd.

[@jvon3885]

I actually need more videos like this.....

[@jimbometal1734]

so ... basically, there's no delay between the button and the actual light ... impressive

[@Thrillrider10]

Light operators at metal shows are the unsung heroes of the industry.

[@rio_mn]

2:16 "I LIKE JUICE FINISH YOUR JUICE FILTERED VITAMIN SUBSTANCE" This guy is a badass.

[@DJAMES1017]

Damn that looks both fun and satisfying...what a badass job

[@e1337air]

i didnt know they did the lighting like that. it's like an extra musician. very impressive

[@Suene91]

This band is unique AF in every possible ways.

[@lordstinson8095]

As of today, this has 480k views, 4.8k likes and 48 dislikes.

[@HybridZephirus]

wow, he should be on stage with the band headbanging like a beast!

[@XxSTARMeRcYX]

All those years of guitar hero and rock band i can finally use those skills in real life now

[@ATRestoration]

Interesting lyrics.

[@emt99a]

I truly do not understand how anyone can listen to death-metal for more than 10 seconds. I've tried... I've honestly tried... but I just can't do it. Edit - Ok, so apparently there's a difference between Death Metal and "Extreme Metal". Since I don't listen to either, I just figured it was all the same. My bad.

[@cubekatten2]

calls meshuggah death metal xD

[@thisscreensucks]

goltoof ummm, more extreme than some death metal....not more extreme than all

[@deathmonger420]

meshuggah is NOT death metal. i am sure you would LOVE cannibal corpse.

[@EpicNade]

***** Hah! Especially for metal, everyone gets pissy and tells the other genres that they're not as good as their own genre.

[@mc045]

***** That's the truth. Gotta work your way up to it. I remember hearing death metal as a youth and it scared the shit out of me. You slowly become bored with nu-metal or metalcore and just dig deep and dirty.

[@SeeMick1]

Wow when I saw them I figured the lights must be triggered by Tomas's drums but he's literally playing the lights.

[@ZehelCloudy]

Damn it was my birthday and it's one of my fav metal bands ever.

[@jordno]

I remember an interview Tomas mentioned that Edvard literary did his light work live as he knew the songs just as well as them but now I've finally seen it damn! Last time I saw them I thought about it occasionally that a guy would be actually doing all the light work but hell!

[@zhamoua]

I alway thought that those lights show were setup in digitally since this mainly play with background music wow

[@mutatednut]

This guy realizes he can automate it right

[@bluecollar5384]

I wish I had known this back when I saw them in my hometown...it was a fantastic show, but I guess I always assumed that they were just somehow pre-programmed or automated in some way. This makes it even cooler for sure =D

[@flavortown5124]

In recent years the lights have been fully pre-programmed. Edvard has some videos on his channel showing the process.

[@bluecollar5384]

@@flavortown5124 I think I saw them in June of 2017

[@guitargodjoe3621]

I wonder how many people went into epileptic seizures from the strobe light overkill?

[@dylanaguilar6545]

Wtf i thought it was programmed before hand according to the song, this is insane. So much more respect for these dudes, they have to learn the whole setlists

[@ushuturface]

He belongs on the stage with the band. Sorta like Rammstein without a treadmill.

[@Christopher-md7tf]

So basically the band's got two drummers

[@AbsentProductions]

This dude better be getting paid well! He's the man!

[@duckster4637]

I'd really like to see Pantera's or Gojira's light operators, it's disgusting how insanely well timed all the light swtiches are !

[@tarkusvontortellini1877]

When you put "I can get an S rank on most rhythm games" on your CV

[@BLacknesmonstaz]

This dude better get a big chunk of venues gigs $$$

[@PiyushSingh-cg2ef]

He djents so well

[@havefunmusic1956]

Respect to this member of the band that nobody sees

[@GUITARRIFIED]

That's visual music !! Awesome.

[@Notabeliber]

Man what a crowd.......

[@AttilatheThrilla]

I remember with my old band we had a strobe light... and it would flash along with the tempo that we were playing at.... I never understood how it worked..

[@chrisgsauce]

Mad respect!

[@yoshiki.g1450]

You know this job requires you to not omky know the song but also music theory in general. Wow. This brother has to be highly underrated. 😎🤘

[@llowlio]

KZbin algorithm is kinda strange but i like this

[@orsonprosser3324]

Kinda sad to think that this room got shot up by terrorists in November 2015. Everyone at the entry and the bar, they all died. Feels weird to see bands playing in there before the tragic events

[@xemmanuelemanx]

You know that kid who always got in trouble for tapping on his desk? Welp....

[@matthewtop]

This guy picked this up after Step-Mania went outta style

[@liquidtension94]

3:44 doing the herta with one hand and the quarters on another super dopeness haha

[@siceastwood2714]

Where are all those people doing the Meshuggah dancing youtube was so eager to recommend me? 🤔

[@altverskov]

Now it is a death palace.

[@IlNyaPasdOrchestre]

+altverskov Is it the bataclan..?

[@altverskov]

Yes

[@IlNyaPasdOrchestre]

+altverskov * sigh *

[@danhems5617]

+altverskov I know, right? I saw the name and thought "shit - a few years after this was shot there was a massacre here". It defies belief.

[@theartofgoldenlily]

This is art

[@mozisgrimm140]

This dude probably has stepmania records

[@Fabio-df4fo]

you deserves a promotion

[@berkerk9579]

Last minutes of a person who has epilepsy.

[@andritti]

JAYSUS!!!!!!!!!! Awesome work man!!!!

[@omthapliyal5082]

He's probably a good keyboard player

[@Frankovelli]

Well...That audience seems super into the music...lol

[@Bob-ew5pp]

That would be a fun job. I wonder how long he has been doing it.

[@cooliovasquez]

that would be such an awesome job

[@stanzwithpwnies]

This guy rules. Awesome.

[@G0re0bsessed]

All the ladies love him.

[@Val0000-1]

Those fingers must hurt at the end of the concert

[@blackjpoey]

Of course we were moving! ;)

[@HenrickMello]

As a MMORPG player, I think I just found my profession.

[@raavenstark5905]

Only MMORPG player can understand his technic

[@Bkesal14]

Correction: "Meshuggah's Epilepsy inducer"

[@widhasulley]

Next video : Meshuggah - Bleeds (Stage light Cover)

[@evan4534]

Hmm should’ve tapped on my desk more.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

Wow, not all members of the band are on the stage..

[@100PercentJoseph]

I was about to say that... Holy shit, during Bleed, man. I operate the light board for plays and shit but wow, this is a whole other thing. I bet he practices as much as the band.

[@zsolt533]

Oh My God!!!! Good job! Grat!!!

[@wallthemart]

4:00 he's doing hertas for the lights im fucking dead lmfao

[@nickroberts8011]

Finger drum world champion right here y'all