My reaction when I understand the rhythm of Cafo by Animals As Leaders 🤪

[@suopsos9502]

Tosin is an absolute unit

[@AnthonyBowman]

Units actually call things absolute Tosins

[@tunsaree]

Based

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

No one shows love for Misha 😢 Probably one of most underrated producers of all time. Drum programming/writing + bass + mixing + mastering all on his own. He honestly deserves as much credit as Tosin. Both of them are legendary.

[@holyshiet787]

No, thats KSI bro smh

[@JasonLuther1]

​@@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 people overlook Javier as well. His compositions are beautiful

[@ImSnowtek]

Seeing Animals As Leaders live in Melbourne was surreal, the whole crowd was silent and just standing in awe of the absolute wizardry being performed right in front of them all.

[@benjaminpikoikj7090]

They're here in April2023 again

[@ImSnowtek]

@@benjaminpikoikj7090 I’m fucking there!!

[@benjaminpikoikj7090]

@@ImSnowtek me too mate!

[@Dyingwood.]

damn thats sad, i was moshing the fuck out when i saw them a few years ago

[@miguitarraesunaibane]

​@@Dyingwood.100% like it should be!

[@ShipMonster]

This is the 1 st time I've understood musical time clearly, Thank you!

[@tschantz]

Somethin about 18:8 just made it click for ya I guess

[@ellg5278]

Reminds me of how I felt when I got the beat from Meshuggah, bleed

[@henriklybeck579]

Try to figure out their song Phantoms next!

[@ellg5278]

@@henriklybeck579 really? It must be harder .

[@henriklybeck579]

@@ellg5278 It is! There doesn’t seem to be any pattern at all. There is though, but it’s complicated… Really fun to figure out.

[@thewildhealer541]

I loved the new Meshuggah album :)@@henriklybeck579

[@jaakezzz_G]

bleed is just a paradiddle... until you get later in the song anyway

[@stephenbrady4352]

Thank you for this please make more!!

[@craigsmith6045]

I love it. Love your awesome visual as opposed to reading time signatures.

[@MrVandresan]

Make more of these please! I struggle with rhythm and time signatures when writing and this made it way easier to understand

[@podunkest]

just write from your heart first man, don't *try* to be technical, it'll sound lame. Not trying to be a dick it's the best advice anyone ever gave me. Make the sounds in your head come to life first, polish it later. Hendrix couldn't read a lick of music.

[@Rejii16]

Just saw them in Shibuya after not being able to see them for 8 years. Fkn legendary as usual

[@jgssessions]

8 years !?!!?

[@JGBDYT]

As usual ? 8 years ? Wut ?

[@KirkWilson86]

Animals as Leaders, Invent Animate, Erra, Oceans Ate Alaska, Periphery My kind of music!

[@sebastiansantolalla9184]

YESSS OMG I AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE BAND YOU MENTIONED

[@sebastiansantolalla9184]

Best comment ever

[@fuckcensorship69]

ive only heard 2 of these but i hate em. ZERO feel. but damn are they "talented"

[@justinmadison513]

​@@fuckcensorship69 listen to invent animate's album Heavener.

[@fuckcensorship69]

@@justinmadison513 i cant handle the deftones vocals....I'm into shit like Electric Wizard, Black Tongue, Neurosis, etc....Mastadon is one of the few metal bands I listen to that has clean vox

[@prolevelcallout4597]

When Prog metal theory is the metal equivalent to the Computer Science Binary Tree Algorithm

[@frakus3068]

That's not at binary tree

[@rekermoma1254]

This is my #1 gym track. Especially when attempting a new PR.

[@spimbles]

this meme introduced me to this amazing incredible song yesterday and ive already listened it over two dozen times

[@TheUnd3rd0g]

tbh its the only way to really understand AAL polyrhythms

[@DarkenedGlobe]

Great band! One of my favorites!

[@subsume7904]

People should check out the artist Cloudkicker, he's like if Meshuggah and Pink Floyd had a baby

[@Silvanor0]

Bro, this short literally helped me understand even more about time signature. Thank you.

[@krosyn2990]

i just seen AAL 2 weeks ago in Detroit. absolutely a life fulfillment experience seeing these guys play. Seeing this diagram for Cafo is sick. need more like this please people

[@2bitanalyst39]

This makes me unbelievably happy.

[@pattol666]

When meshuggah came out people though what more can be done with polyrhythms, then matt started showing up and were all like wtf is going on. Matts a beast big time. And nowadays literally , the dudes jacked

[@Kinshinobi]

This is the single greatest thing I've ever seen..well done

[@LastMagMan]

Punk/metal crowds mosh and bounce, Animals as Leaders/Prog crowds stand there, mouths agape, as the primordial beings basically born with guitars and sticks in their hands play something that thrusts their inner souls to the next dimension.

[@8eight104]

Goosebumps still listening to this track

[@devendasmusic]

I can’t imagine what this record would sound like with good production. I hope they redo It someday.

[@c0hink176]

TRUE, such a great album but kinda ruined by shitty production

[@0Artilary0]

@@c0hink176 i think its a cool introspective into the time period, methods available and stylistic choices

[@p0lish]

this is what i needed i can rest now

[@greysinclaire]

Sidemen x AAL The collab I never knew I needed lol

[@Ahrorxa]

This makes things like 10x more easier

[@ATthemusician]

Tosin doesn't even think of it this way, it's literally just a 9/4 pulse. A lot of people like to over complicate rhythms, just try feeling it rather than turning it into a math equation, it'll make you a better musician.

[@elkira1700]

9/8

[@Lil-lau96]

No part in the video said Tosin thinks about it like this lol Yes, this part is in 9/4 (the drum cymbal makes it easier to count it and feel it) Nonetheless, this is a nice breakdown (a “math equation” just fun) of the whole time signature in this section. I don’t see the problem in doing this in order to understand what’s happening as a whole, like the accents of the cymbals in these measures. And yes, some musicians likes to over complicate things at the moment of playing, can’t deny that, which is not so practical at the end, but this video helps well to understand more this section. It’s just an analysis lol

[@elkira1700]

@@Lil-lau96 is it not 9/8? To me, it didn’t make sense to count 9 in quarter notes but counting 9 to eighth notes made sense. X/4 is slower if that makes sense, idk how to word it lol

[@Lil-lau96]

@@elkira1700 Oh lol my reply wasn't at you 😅but i like to count it like 9/4 at 155 BPM (It could be 1 or 2 beats higher tho) The cymbals at the end helps me to count it like that, specially during the big ass drum fill almost at the end lol

[@elkira1700]

@@Lil-lau96 hahaha I think I follow what you’re saying. It’s interesting to hear how people keep track of music like this and I notice everyone has a different way

[@bobloblawlablabla]

Love everyone coming to bat for Tom. I was caught way off guard with Pat talking to Tom like that, and knew Adam would be slimy and try to join in. You can tell Adam knows people love Tom way more than Adam and he's salty. 😂

[@orionjudd2892]

Bro I love that song

[@ItsFinigan]

I really hope the kids can understand how hot this shit was when it came out over 10 years ago - ole man fin

[@dipchips2067]

Love this jam. Shit goes hard

[@VintageBalderdash]

I just got it, now I'm really happy. This kind of stuff is so fun and rewarding. I'm not good at math, but I love music theory.

[@altairibnla-ahad92]

Высшая математика😁🤟👍🔥 В каком то интервью он рассказывал что специально придумывает нечётные последовательности для своих риффов.

[@stivengil]

El baterista de ANIMALS AS LEADERS es una máquina 💯💎

[@TheChicagoJunkie]

This is fucking amazing for people who don't understand theory!! Amazing visual!!

[@1Enkidu]

Finally I understand this magic, thank you!

[@Phymatic]

What a genius way to both teach and show how difference time sigs work

[@zaksmith9274]

And Tosin is on record saying this is Animals’ easiest song to play😂😂

[@patatejambom6310]

para mexer is one of the hardest, i have seen tosin himself failed the solo part so many time, more time then i saw him flawlessly play it. Saw im hime 10 time in live show at montreal (yes im a big big fan of tosin since he did TRAM

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

No one gives love for Misha 😢 Probably one of most underrated producers of all time. Not even mentioning drum programming + bass + mixing + mastering all on his own. He honestly deserves as much credit as Tosin.

[@jaystephens2759]

He gets plenty of it. You're probably stroking yourself for some identitarian validation. Periphery is more popular on release most of the time, and AAL is a talent that most require some time to recognize.

[@sr60030]

​@@jaystephens2759way more popular I would say. Just look at the venues they play and the frequency of sold outs

[@soulslur]

You're kidding, right? No love for Misha? Boo fkn hoo

[@HenritheHorse]

Tosin wanted to stop playing the guitar, but Misha convinced him to make this one AAL album.

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

@@jaystephens2759 Just looking to give credit to a lgenend my man.

[@rafanj824]

I can't wait to listen this and others AAL songs on good headphones. Soon i will!!! This song is unbelievable. Alien craft.

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

the fact he can shred for like two entire sections of the song

[@coupe-lee]

Good job with this. It’s the same number of beats. For the two groups of seven, I would probably make them 4+3 instead of 3+4 the way they’re written here to show the accents/strong beats. For the people overly criticizing breaking down the rhythm this way, this approach totally makes sense when you hear Tosin talk about how he goes about writing this music. He likes that Meshugga has all of the accents of another time signature moving around a quarter note pulse. What he does is break large sections into different time signatures so when he writes each individual sub-bar, those interesting accents are built-in; just like this.

[@edwardglenn9310]

It's like magic. At first it seems impossible, then when you see it explained it seems possible but very hard. Without the explanation I for one struggle to count that fast.

[@mahavishnuorchestra]

This is so cool 😎

[@someonespecial1329]

Lmao I think of it as a measure of 9/4

[@drummersnare6276]

Exactly it’s so simple

[@c0hink176]

It's probably easier to count it that way but this is just broken down to account for the accents which is easier for me (a drummer) tbh

[@drummerboy9768]

I think of it as 9/4 time signature lol

[@ivankyselov2030]

For some reason it's easier for me to count backwards... And I say 1 2 3 4 in the end

[@AntonovX57]

understand is the 1st step, feel is the goal

[@user-uk9er5vw4c]

I'd like to watch this for all the Tool's songs

[@eriklarson4082]

Mr. Beast should take an acting class. He always has the most emotionless fake "surprised" face.

[@ERRORRubiksZeraBrand]

Now to entertain me by... i forgot but the start is exactly 256/16 time sig

[@elementsofphysicalreality]

Tempting time also has an odd timed ostinato with a little doo hickey at the end to round it back out to common time.

[@TheAssassin2299]

Drumline folks will recognize the crash pattern from the 4-2-1 triplet grid. The 2s pattern creates this rhythm. Listen for the cymbal pattern and you'll find how it's supposed to work. TRIpuhlet TRIpuhlet, triPUHlet triPUHlet, tripuhLET TRI- (downbeat of next 18-counts, rinse-repeat) If you add the snare in between as the other notes of the grid, then you get both hands. Then you only have to learn the kick part.

[@omerquiaragua2]

Bruh.. I was so stupid, thanks for this man

[@rudoxblaze1333]

Unpopular opinion- it's easier to make your own prog track composition than learning any other musician's work, providing you have good knowledge on music theory.

[@speakinterest]

I pretty much also react this way every listen

[@Skrillon]

The signature changes once it drops no?

[@robertprichard9310]

Cafo is my favorite song by animals as leaders but I've never known what it means?

[@MyOwnSummer_]

CAFO stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. you can look up what that is on your own

[@Variety_Pack]

CAFO is how you get beef jerky. It smells awful when you drive by. Generally found in the Midwest.

[@pawebiaas1512]

Daaaaaamn

[@xluciferlux]

😂😂 💯

[@fkfakemusic3172]

lol and today it just sounds like a bunch of noise

[@AG-ur1lj]

although not what I consider the difficult rhythm portion of the track…. It’s the 13/4 section that gives me a headache

[@britmusiq7026]

all these years I wondered!! 18!!! NICE

[@dylonsky4347]

It’s 4/4 for 4 bars and then a bar of 2/4 and then it resets

[@paulyvee]

This is funny

[@John-lw5xc]

Bro is playing a jazz swing beat in metal 😂

[@ricochetpig]

Best editing ever

[@Maddoxxx]

I think they're future prog heavy metal. .

[@mahavishnuorchestra]

Dope as fuck !! 😝

[@jordanmillican6429]

I'm here to appreciate the choice of the top video. It's great

[@michaelsudduth2405]

once the beat comes it's different grouping of notes.

[@topheat2318]

its sad that most people cant get down with any type of music that isn’t in 4/4. i get its hard to understand and tap your foot too, but once you can get the rythym and understand the complexity, you can truly appreciate it. progressive music in odd time signatures just does something for me

[@freas8520]

Also, you are forced to clap in that... on their live shows!

[@coryjones7832]

Math metal!!!! 🤘🤓

[@jeffjefferson8137]

my dads god father was teaching a music class and he showed this song and some guy said that the fill at the beginning was off rhythm or something. and my dad said well that fill is programmed and the one thing computers aren’t is off rhythm

[@aleksandarfrick2656]

We heard many space -math instrumentals already ...give me a Song !

[@matiasalanya6838]

Lol

[@gustadreams5389]

beautiful

[@davorbuklijas1777]

Killer song

[@pawz007]

Most music works that way 🤷‍♂️ Im a huge AAL fan but this is not unique to them. Rush - YYZ the opening rhythme is "yyz" in morse code, yyz is the call sign of the Toronto airport where theyre from.

[@pascaljacobs5514]

Listen meshuggah !

[@levig384]

9/4

[@wtwrush]

I think the 3 and 4 subdivisions make it more confusing honestly, I just feel it as 7/4 7/4 4/4

[@drummersnare6276]

No that would be 7/8 7/8 4/8 = 18/8

[@drummersnare6276]

If those are quarter notes then the tempo would be unnecessarily high lol

[@wtwrush]

@@drummersnare6276oh true, you right. I guess I’d just write it in 9/4 then lol

[@drummersnare6276]

@@wtwrush yeah you could also do one bar or 4/4 and one bar of 5/4

[@bpooboi]

This is great

[@OGieru]

Just count to one and you can play it.

[@Fehrex]

Not that hard but, still sounds amazing + pretty sure this song has like 35 time signatures or smthg

[@sebastiansantolalla9184]

Amazing

[@punchgod]

It’s 9/4 guys ffs calm down

[@drummersnare6276]

Yeah it’s really simple, these guys aren’t musicians lol

[@jobzagudn]

When you put this on you take off don't ya 🚀

[@TRUNCHENIZE]

🎉

[@michaelabiera]

More sir more!

[@adamhorner3950]

Hol'up. Is that what they mean when they say "Math Metal?"

[@Joscheer]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mjdeben]

Do some Meshuggah tunes next

[@cualquiera5187]

Really?

[@hiro6406]

What? Those are just numbers to me

[@oxfordbambooshootify]

Matt Garstka is a monster

[@mexicanmaggot666]

Do the intro for Periphery's Dracul Gras next!

[@narayanahough7003]

Yooooo 🤘

[@NIKKO500]

Merci...