Patch Notes: Church Andrews & Matt Davies

Church Andrews (aka Kirk Barley) and percussionist Matt Davies describe their recent collaborative project NEIGHBOURS as a “conversation” between their instruments, in which digital synthesis and drums combine in an exploration of timbre, tuning and time signatures influenced by jazz, hip-hop and dub techno.
On this episode of Patch Notes, the duo present a performance that marks what they say is marks a “transitional period” in their development as a duo, which sees them experimenting with two of Polyend’s Perc drum robots to add some unique acoustic percussive elements to their setup, which also includes a Boss KM-60 Mixer for adding subtle distortion, Roland RT-30 drum trigger and Akai MPD 226 MIDI controller.
“The first two tracks are Patch Notes exclusives, new jams we haven’t documented yet,” the duo says. “The third track is a live rendition of ‘TRACE’ from our EP, with additions of the Polyend Perc on a handpan. The final track is an improvisation exploring a sound palette and rhythmic interaction between Matt and the Polyend Perc.”
NEIGHBOURS is available now from Bandcamp: health.bandcam...
Filmed by Kyle Macfadzean: www.kylemacfad...

[@timbrechopper]

That drummer absolutely paid their dues on the rudiments and you can hear it! This is awesome.

[@zikey812]

внатуре, только барабанщик нормальный... он знает свое дело

[@hubristmusic]

Tasty n crisp! :)

[@thelmc]

He became one with the pocket🤘

[@Getthenderson]

As a drummer who moved into synths and music production this kind of thing is exactly where I hope to end up some day.

[@Soulpuddinghtx]

Dam what a good drummer. Holding it down in everyway and his accents are NUTS

[@smarmar400]

I love that younger musicians are taking music into such different directions. Whenever I think that music can't get any better, more challenging, or more enjoyable they surprise the crap out of me.

[@derrenleepoole]

Matt (Mattronome) Davies. One of the best drummers I've played with and had the pleasure of seeing live. The guy is machine! Sounding very good this :)

[@iancain6647]

It's awesome to have creative people around you. Sometimes you'll get lucky and have something like these two

[@konstantinleonenko4934]

FFFF******CCCKKKK!!!!!! where you've guys been all this time??? I needed this so bad :) Thank you!!!!

[@bbroro1]

excellent drummer

[@anthonybryan9620]

Loved it sounds like all of Mark Fell's best works reinterpreted for live playback Meaning if they release it I would buy it

[@jarueb]

Holy shit his drum set is melting!

[@efebezmez6903]

I would like this ten times if I could, thank you. This is also so in line with what I wish for the popular hip-hop derived music of our day. I found it very inspiring, I hope other people do as well.

[@angelserrano3655]

Actually I prefer hip hop. Al least it has lyrics.

[@Dsowers777]

Ever listen to Mike?

[@Dsowers777]

JPEG mafia?

[@sczarnecki5887]

Got those Salvador Dali cymbals.

[@Porkpiepoopscoop]

genius!

[@SunsetRC]

That drummer is tight as hell. Some next level James Brown

[@QUANTUMprojection]

Great time on everything!

[@dvandamme00]

that first track is incredible track 2 reminded me of Car bomb: Lights Out with its creeping time signature. very very cool

[@jlink791]

This video had me checking the brightness level of my browser...

[@InnerHacking]

Super cool!

[@marzbitenhaussen]

reminds me the album Envane from Autechre, good job!

[@julesvegaart]

freaking good

[@josh_rdgrs]

i hit the like button with a stank face.

[@vprice509]

I do hope your face is OK, sir.

[@specialized415]

Hahaha me too bro 😶

[@mach489i]

My stank face expression was held throughout the video

[@hubristmusic]

hit the stank button with my whole face

[@Decoy303]

2020 really has brought out the musicianship in musicians. It's forced real artists to really take a look at their craft and fall in love all over again. It's a wake up call that monetary influence is a destructive musical force when used to pander to the masses.

[@LoudPaul1]

yeah this is one of my absolute fav things on this website

[@QUANTUMprojection]

Very nice!

[@claudiojaramillo5177]

What a fantastic performance!

[@Jon-ct7bl]

Really impressed. Good job.

[@timelanguid4813]

I like the drum percussion kit, unique sounds.

[@robbe4711]

Grandios! Bravo!

[@heedrums]

Totally knocked out. Matt reminds me Martin Brandlmayr of Radian. Hope I can see them in Japan soon!

[@nicolascarta2626]

This is genius !! Love it ❤

[@Sticks922]

All I can say is that these guys are awesome

[@davidpugh5265]

This is great!

[@verdielg]

how beautiful and rad!

[@666Nightshift]

Great!

[@celiaayneto9232]

brilliant impro !!

[@Stbnfr]

thanks for this.... extremly cool

[@adamjames9503]

Wow! What have I even been doing?

[@OnafetsOradoD]

Really inspirational, thank you!

[@janstaugaard4098]

Amazing

[@christoroppolo8742]

Perfect👽

[@wolfi7428]

Sound is amazing

[@elijahdelporte]

This is actually fire. So creative

[@stevenbeechey]

Soo dope.

[@cacomartin]

brilliant!! 👏👏👏👏

[@sergeyprihodko1044]

Unreal🖤💥

[@suburbanimal]

Karplus Strong meets drums ! :D

[@MSHRadio-dj5zn]

amazing performance and sounds!

[@jonhrabko3240]

reminds me a little of The Lymbyc System circa 2006/07 : )

[@JerryGartnerPersonal]

The syncopation on the second track is sick.

[@djthatguysmitty]

Dope!

[@locksh]

The drummer's understanding of rhythm is insane. Like a more groove-based Eli Keszler. One of the best albums I've heard this year.

[@Nomanchesqueruidajal]

This is the best thing to ever happen.

[@angelserrano3655]

Ni de coña.

[@Nomanchesqueruidajal]

@@angelserrano3655 Te vas a poner al tiro o que rey.

[@angelserrano3655]

¿¿¿???

[@angelserrano3655]

Yo ahí lo único que oigo es 1, 2, 3, 4; con mucho adorno, eso sí.

[@angelserrano3655]

En los primeros 02:30. Luego cambia para repetirse un montón de tiempo otra vez; etc.

[@cmattbrown]

Really impressive!

[@danielmcnamara_]

more please

[@ideologikal]

Inspiring!

[@tutoreale5181]

Escuche 40 segundos y ya se merecia un like !!

[@angelserrano3655]

Lo siento. Me aburre desde el primer momento. No le pongo un dislike por respeto al esfuerzo.

[@DontFeedTheTrolls]

dope!

[@luizinhosalles1]

Great 🇧🇷🥁🎛

[@Jooonaz]

HOLY SHIT

[@nurel08]

OMG 💜

[@karlklee9418]

Wow this is a very unique kind of music! Never heard something like this before! Amazing. Can someone Tell me where I can find the first 2 Tracks?

[@ThisIsTheInternet]

From the description, “The first two tracks are Patch Notes exclusives, new jams we haven’t documented yet,”

[@peterhardy6490]

Purity dam good Peter 'xx

[@omeren8796]

You guys just keep it up 👍

[@bkinsman]

Dudes omg rad. So tight

[@user-fw9nb6pk9m]

Damn I wish I was that trigger.

[@ObsimoMusic]

nice !

[@P.Gillett]

very neat. excellent sounds. i woder are they using max msp? i see a sensor on couple of the drums, are they sending a signal to max to triger sounds? or some other way? thanks

[@P.Gillett]

also, where are these guys based?

[@P.Gillett]

also, how in the fuck is drummer keeping time without headphones? sick.

[@racailleparty]

I just want the answer to all of your questions

[@jasru2019]

@@P.Gillett He's wearing in ears. Just hard to see!

[@GingerDrums]

@@jasru2019 As for Max MSP: the kick sounds like it is being triggered. The sample can be triggered from any basic DAW so MAX-Msp is overkill for this basic task. It miht actually be a blend of acoustic signal and trigger. As for the bottom left snare, that is actually a midi-controlled beater inside a sphere and is responsible for the really fast digital sounding snare figures. As far as I can tell the other drums sounds are all coming through the mics from acoustic drums. They sound more electronic because of how much dampening is being applied to the drums and the very dry flat curved cymbals. The headphones look like Sure 215 which is a farily industry standard in-ear monitoring headphone used for on-stage monitoring. They are designed to not draw attention to themselves with transparent plastic design. Hope this helps.

[@goldencrackband]

Fucking sweet 🤘🖤🤘... Great project, greetings from México City!

[@TerekkiTerekki]

Excellence

[@milokt5391]

f*cking sick

[@massimilianomarino7523]

Damn, I love the drum setup. All the percussive elements are purposely designed to have a fast decay and give space to the melodic/plucky parts. Do the cymbals in the middle trigger a clap sound?

[@alfrerbeats]

it acutally sounds like that, its called Istanbul Agop Clap Stack

[@massimilianomarino7523]

@@alfrerbeats whoa I didn't know that. Thanks!

[@roomclear]

They are also using it as a trigger. You can see the piezo taped to it.

[@massimilianomarino7523]

@@roomclear indeed, at first I noticed the taped trigger

[@iancain6647]

Aghhhh! The one cymbal sends a trigger!

[@carmenip5600]

Damn the drummer is killing

[@olivedotcomm]

!!!

[@boocook23]

cool

[@szikrabab]

The first song... Want.

[@198402112]

What’s spinning on the bottom right for the last tune? a sourdough starter?

[@manmaas]

That's the Roland MPZ-Mk2 tea towel.

[@swarm69]

the section starting at about 4:52 is fucking nuts...

[@imherno]

Zach Hill approved cymbals

[@gbp1949]

the Zuckerberg brothers... amazing...

[@meatwagonfpv6667]

Bad ass

[@lflynn82]

Weird science never sounded so good!

[@inomaki3]

1曲目の音源を出してくれよ！

[@RorxorProductions]

I wanna know how it works :O definitely no metronomes going on. Are the drum triggers keeping time for the computer, so to speak? And that drum robot on whatever metal object is under that tea towel - damn.

[@escobedub7496]

Does anybody knows what types of mics they used for the drummer

[@artsalsa7981]

what the hell happened with light outside? :) great performance, big inspiration. what's that thing spinning on a turntable btw?

[@francoismoutou2303]

same question here... because they took good care micing it but I honestly can't tell what it's about

[@francoismoutou2303]

aight, seems to be some kind of hangdrum topped by a polyend Perc polyend.com/perc-drumming-machine/

[@artsalsa7981]

@@francoismoutou2303 them polyend guys are crazy

[@wadsu]

ｼﾞｬｽﾄ ｱ ｼﾞｬﾊﾟﾆｰｽﾞ ｺﾒﾝﾄ ﾊﾟｯｼﾝｸﾞ ｽﾙｰ. ﾜｯﾄ ｱ ﾓﾝｽﾀｰ ﾌﾟﾚｲ!　ｱｲ ﾘﾃﾗﾘｰ ｼｯﾄ ﾏｲｾﾙﾌ ｱﾗｳﾝﾄﾞ 5:05 ｻﾞ ﾄﾞﾗﾑ ｶﾞｲ ﾊﾟｰﾌｪｸﾄﾘｰ ｼｨﾝｷﾝｸﾞ ｳｪｲﾋﾞｰ bpm ｱﾝﾄﾞ ｵｯﾄﾞ ﾀｲﾑ ｼｸﾞﾈﾁｬｰ.

[@francoismoutou2303]

what are the weird ball shaped mics on floor tom and turntable?

[@francoismoutou2303]

nevermind polyend.com/perc-drumming-machine/ I'm still trying to wrap my head around this setup. What a creative drummer! That's next level triggering :)

[@OIP_1]

hit the like button within 10 seconds. this is awesome.

[@lennarts.4607]

what kind of cymbals are these?

[@dearsb9312]

Istanbul agop clapstack

[@johnorlow7067]

I don't understand the non-drummers setup at all, where does the boss km60 come in to all this?

[@vprice509]

I think the KM-60 is used to mix wet (distortion) and dry from the drums to give them a more drum machine feel.

[@ztotta]

I think the drumset is sending a bunch of triggers out, and those triggers are being received, routed to different synth components, and mixed by the non-drummer.

[@steeveneant]

@@ztotta oh I thought the triggers were sent TO the drumset

[@earlsfield]

what is the Boss device Church is using here?

[@user-gz8rz3zi8i]

👍👍😊👏👏😘🙏

[@permyakovilya]

Кайф

[@vprice509]

The goal of drum machines used to be to sound like real drums. Over time, many of us have grown to love our goofy little robot drums. The 808 is practically a religion. I can't stand drum machines that sound like real drums. Ew. So hair metal. Actual percussionists I dig, especially when they are very good. This guy has skills and a real sense of groove, not to mention being a human metronome. And for an actual drummer to sound like a drum machine, a nicely programmed Digitakt? Very cool. And not just a set of hexagonal drum trigger pads, but a nice mix of acoustic and electronic. Bravo, gentlemen! Bravo!

[@madradubh986]

What’s going with the shell on turntable is just start/stop effect ?

[@omeren8796]

What a idiot comment 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@madradubh986]

@@omeren8796 ooooooooeeeeee!

[@beecoughs]

Looks like there's some sort of motor/flapper being triggered that's hitting the hang drum (not a shell) and by turning on/off the turntable he modulates the notes being played.

[@BiblicalAngels]

On the turntable looks like a handpan with a shemagh on it, that’s being struck by a Polyend Perc (which is midi controlled by whatever DAW he’s using). He starts the turntable and recording of the handpan... the Perc strikes the handpan and generates (I’m assuming) random melodic patterns, based on the start stop points, the different pitch points (dimples on the handpan) and the midi pattern he’s written. He turns the turntable and recording off and runs the new loops for a while; before fading out. Rinse, repeat.

[@waynepayne864]

his name is church?

[@sunloveone]

100...

[@thegrgstmy7762]

wow drummer goks

[@toderhythm3751]

I'll like to know who are those 26 who disliked this, they need some therapy!

[@brownhiss2813]

does anyone know how the fuck they syncronize??????????????