What do 4 GLOCKENSPIELS sound like at once?? - Ablation: Konstantine Vlasis

Headphones and 4K settings recommended! We perform Ablation, composed by Konstantine Vlasis for Apex Percussion. The instrument sounds you hear are all original and tracked in New York, New York.
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Behind the Scenes
9:31 - Performance Video
Composer & Project Lead: Konstantine Vlasis
Cast: Konstantine Vlasis, Chris Parker, Marcus Neudigate, Jake Lyons
Videography: Josh Flint
Recording & Mixing: Yi-Wen Lai-Tremewan
Video Editing: Jake Lyons
Color Grading: Marcus Neudigate
Special thanks to Pearl/Adams percussion for providing the best instruments on the market, and special thanks to NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science for making the project happen.
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Ablation is scored for four pedal glockenspiels, four bass drums, and tape. Conceptually, this work centers on the rapid melt of ice masses and the process by which ice calves from the terminal face of a glacier. The interlocking rhythmic structure alongside the muted/unmuted pedal feature of the glockenspiels are meant to distort listeners’ sense of time, and represent a shift in time-scales. The oceanographer John Englander refers to this temporal precarity as hyperglacial-a new era in which glacial melt occurs extremely quickly (rather than at its normal, “glacial” pace). The sound design of the tape track embodies this hyperglacial reality as all of the featured sounds are recordings of Vatnajökull (a glacier located in Southwest Iceland) and its adjoining soundscape.
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[@ApexPercussion]

What did you think of our performance? Should we do more projects like this? Let us know in the comments! 👇

[@stefanosborn2486]

Absolutely! I felt completely transported. The videography is great, but sometimes you just find yourself closing your eyes and listening!

[@tonyvargfrost400]

Stunning! That's what I call a performance 🍻

[@mjneudigate1]

Final product looks and sounds absolutely killer!

[@bradylasserre9320]

A local highschool band in my area used to start all their freshman players marching glockenspiel. At one point, they had a lineup of about 8 glock players and a massive drum line. The glocks were so incredibly loud, you'd hear overtones of notes they weren't even playing. It was kind of magical honestly.

[@SmallBrainedAmerican]

Hauntingly beautiful

[@ApexPercussion]

Thanks my man 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@brennengrimes]

**brings a WHOLE SUITCASE full of mallets for only a glockenspiel and a kick drum**

[@ApexPercussion]

Ha! You right tho! We tried a ton before we found the sounds we wanted 😂

[@charlottevlasis4329]

Wow!! The piece is remarkable, and we really enjoyed the "behind the scenes" video. Great job!

[@konstantinevlasis1386]

Thanks mom!

[@tugzzcouncil485]

amazing

[@20rileybob]

Dang, hell of a piece but what's really amazing is all the work you guys put into it. These awesome videos don't just fall out of thin air and aren't just a 1 play through type thing. You guys are incredible musicians and videographers, the whole vision is great!! Looking forward to the next one

[@JF-photos]

Awesome project. Looks and sound incredible. Missing power cords won’t keep us down. Thanks for having me!

[@deamon506]

Jake! Beard looking fresh brother. That bass feature was so good

[@ApexPercussion]

Haha thanks man! K did an amazing job with it!

[@asylumental]

I love these collaborative pieces that you guys do.. you are both so talented, and so are your friends and colleagues

[@ApexPercussion]

We know some pretty cool people!

[@SoundForgeStudio]

Holy shit !!! That was amazing!!

[@ApexPercussion]

Yo, thanks Mike! 🙏🏼

[@danherlihy3762]

EXCELLENT!

[@keatonjones7155]

What a great composition! Bravo 👏🏼

[@konstantinevlasis1386]

Thank you, Keaton! Glad you enjoyed the work and thanks for listening :)

[@asylumental]

Maybe it's time to start contacting universities and planning a tour...

[@ApexPercussion]

Well actually..

[@qtthagod]

Sick!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@floatinghexagons]

Amazing!

[@marcusneudigatemedia1171]

Wait, did that kombucha guy forget the power cable?

[@MrHippiejoe]

I'm absolutely speechless. Amazing work, simply amazing. Gained another sub!

[@ApexPercussion]

Thanks, Joe! We will not disappoint!

[@JB-xo4yn]

Amazing job guys🔥🔥🔥

[@ApexPercussion]

Thanks so much!!

[@Freesnuggz]

This piece is so AMAZING and y'all are redonk talented!!!!! so cool - i'd love to see a modern/contemporary dance choreo to this, even with a bit of martial arts/capoeira mixed in. for sure belongs in a movie soundtrack Loved that bit of blue glacier light on the bass

[@ApexPercussion]

Ah man, I'm glad someone caught that detail haha! We'd love to collab with a visual artist on this too for real

[@dinged2000]

This sounds was really great. One niche and business that could be innovated in is the alternative sound healing and meditation KZbin space. If you search "chakra", "healing", "deep sleep" and "meditation" you'll see the multi-million views of low production videos. I think if you tweak your format and keywords you can launch a secondary apex percussion channel to focus on that space and genre and have a real winner. I think you'll expand you're reach and talents to a much wider audience niche beyond people who want to learn percussion.

[@ApexPercussion]

Such a good idea!! We've actually talked about this exact thing at length, definitely something we want to get in to.

[@bobafett4889]

More please

[@ApexPercussion]

Oh more is on the way!

[@keengkai8175]

I get that there are thumbnail trends that may draw in more clicks, but man… red arrows and crazy/omg/insane bold text do a fantastic job at ruining what would be an otherwise appealing thumbnail

[@ApexPercussion]

Haha yep! We were talking yesterday about there being an imaginary "slider" between a thumbnail looking good and encouraging people to click. Gotta pick one or the other sadly 😅

[@richardhendrix8418]

Where’s the sound on this file?

[@ApexPercussion]

Like are you looking for the backing track?

[@Nicky787]

learn the ditty on snare

[@ApexPercussion]

Okay