Yshai Afterman - "The Stream". Bendir - Riqq - Cajon Percussion Composition

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Inspired by the poem "Roll The Pumpkin" written about me by my late father Allen Afterman, when I was very very young - this intense percussion composition touches the helpless stream/scream of a man trying to face the absolute and uncompromising silence of death.
Recorded at Shoham studios by Shahar Kaufman.
Mixed by Jonathan Yaacobi.
Photography by Eyal REfaelov
Lights by Udi Elenberg
Video edit by Gil Golan
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[@oscarreyes4881]

Still listening to this in 2022! That drop around 1:30 ish is fire

[@robertma6068]

I've been listening to more videos like this again of late. It takes me back to the days when I played daf and riqq for a bellydance troupe. I'd have the daf rested on my lap, doing the bass tones, then I'd switch to the riq to do the lighter parts.Boy do I miss it. I hope that one of the troupes that are still around finally take me on. They've been talking on and off about that. It's such beatufuil msuic, and I feel like I was born to it. When I first got a riq in my hand, I thougth "this is my instrument!" Egyptian and middle eastern percussion in general is something I just adore :)

[@avijayalakshmi2234]

May God bless you loads. This is perfect!

[@bootkon]

A mighty piece of work! Groovy and spectacular

[@PatrickGrahamPercussion]

Yshai- so wonderful! Beautifully performed and composed and such great filming too! Feeling both joy and inspiration. Thank-you for these videos.

[@yafterman]

+Patrick Graham Brother, thank you for your words!

[@elohaetoilesephoraame3592]

j'adore quelle belle harmonie de l âme merci pour ce moment 😇

[@abdelhamidcherragui]

Absolutely amazing! I play the frame drum, Riq, and the Cajon but only 1 per thousand of what you do. You inspire me bro!

[@yafterman]

thanks man! wishing you good luck in your musical path!

[@Kamamura2]

Fantastic! Amazing! Bravo!!!

[@FunkyLebaFin]

Beautiful composition, feeling, touch, sound, light, video. Painful yet somehow peaceful all the same. Thank you once again...

[@yafterman]

Amin N. Thanks Amin

[@arizrustemov9822]

+Yshai Afterman. Very nice👍👍

[@moreausylvain]

good to finally see the video from that music that i listen for some time now. really inspiring. amayzing play / recording.

[@yafterman]

moreausylvain Thank you!

[@daveargall3454]

This really is so outstanding; the quality of the sounds produced, the playing skill, concept and spirituality. Perfection!!!

[@yafterman]

Thank you so much Dave! There was a lot of hard work done by a few very talented artists around this video.

[@daveargall3454]

Yes I appreciate how much work this must have been as I generally just put up jams and minimally produced material and still struggle to make enough time!

[@piccolazua]

Yshai thank you I really like your ay of making rithym It son da so modern. Ouahhhh I Love It

[@PhilmarZic]

I love this music! All what you do, but overall this one! I return sometimes to listen it anew, sometimes dancing with it. I'm musician too. Thank you!

[@yafterman]

thank you very much dear Philmar!

[@dmitrye1882]

Unbelievable riq technic!! it is like a lead melody played by percussion!!!!

[@yafterman]

Dmitry E Thanks!

[@b00i00d]

Wow, this gets me up and grooving! :)

[@LauraBones]

This is just amazing. I just cant stop listening it. Greetings from Venezuela.

[@yafterman]

Laura Bones Thank you Laura! really! blessings :)

You are a Killer, man! and awesome video work. I love it! next level percussion

[@yafterman]

Thanks man! I appreciate your feedback!

[@JaisinhNimbalkar]

Thanks for the sweet creation.

[@yafterman]

thank you!

[@TheGlendrum]

amazing! hope to see you next time here in US. all the best to you. Great work!

[@yafterman]

thank you! I'm actually on tour in the states at the moment..

[@evelyn3982]

This needs to be in everyone's reccomendations

[@daneguitarist1]

this sounds great!

[@lisabernier6327]

Yaffa!! This is my fave, please make more beats with such wonderful harmony like this.

[@yafterman]

Thank you Lisa!

[@Guitarschoolat]

that groove... amazing.... i think rhythm is into you

[@pallasaudio]

A sorcerer.. Pure trance and amazing technique!!

[@yafterman]

Thanks man!

[@anasabidofficial]

I have no words to express what i'm actually feeling. So honored and happy to came accross your way, through Yogev fb profile.

[@yafterman]

Thank you so much! Yogev is an amazing musician and a great guy, good to know you know him :)

[@danielhaller9379]

Hey there man. I'm a musician, too, and that video and all that what you do in it, is absolutely top notch! Brilliant quality and excellent drumming with an outstanding piece of composed music. Pure magic! Thank you!

[@yafterman]

Dear Daniel, thank you so much for your warm feedback! Blessings. Yshai

[@sivrumephisto9086]

A perfect 'soundterpretation' of the Stream!

[@simonnevpryaga3415]

Astonishing! 6:40 of pure madness rhythm, strokes, patterns that sum into big and uncontrolled clump of psycho energy🎇. Yshai, your performance and mastery blows my mind👏👏👏

[@yafterman]

Thank you so much simon!

[@agusXdrums]

Técnica.. Pasión e interpretación!! Uuffff.. Increíble!! Saludos desde Chile!

[@yafterman]

Agustín Ignacio Tapia Sánchez Muchas Gracias!

[@dmitrye1882]

Nothing else comes to mind except Incredible!!

[@yafterman]

Dmitry E Thank you Dmitry!

[@ud4219]

Truly breathtaking!

[@yafterman]

thank you!

[@burcukaya1770]

so powerful, penetrating into the very core of the heart. i'm an amateur bendir player and your music & technique inspires me deeply. hope to hear you playing in Istanbul one day.

[@yafterman]

+Burcu Altay Thank you so much for your warm words! i also hope to play in Istanbul soon! blessings!

[@Guiedc]

Sensational, their work is very good, inspiring !! Greetings from Brasil!

[@yafterman]

+GuiGul Thank you!!

[@sutraman]

Yshai.... I have no words to express what i feel when Im listening to this masterpiece. I just know that you are such a huge Inspiration for any begginer percussionist like me. I started to playing FrameDrums since 6 months ago and I study so hard every single days to get good results. Im praying to meet you one day and watch you playing alive here in PORTUGAL. You and Itamar are 2 NATURE FORCES 🌿🐲

[@yafterman]

Dear karmu, thank you so kuch for your words. They mean a lot. Sending blessings to you on your musical journey. Yshai

[@sutraman]

🙏

[@serhatgurkan6113]

5:55 timing is soo good..

[@sebastiankuhnert3639]

Awesome!!!!

[@yafterman]

+Sebastian Kühnert Thanks! :)

[@raphaelsasportas891]

Amazing !!

[@yafterman]

Raphaël Sasportas thank you!!

[@cathyeynaud9265]

whaou super..................

[@UnderTower]

OMG!!!!!! This is incredible! Awesome drummer, really nice technique! I am a drummer too and I think this music is amazing... And the video is really cool. Congratulations!

[@yafterman]

+Juan Luis Gutiérrez Chico Thank you so much! Im happy you liked it! good luck with the music! :)

[@mariannamoumdji9560]

Perfect!

[@yafterman]

thank you!

[@ProjektSaggat]

Great stuff, very inspiring!

[@yafterman]

ProjektSaggat thank you!

[@PeppeFrana]

I think i miss this one back then. So nice! Hugs

[@yafterman]

+Peppe Frana Thanks Peppe! big hug!

[@_Fridericus]

Amazing! I very like it!

[@yafterman]

Fefito Thank you :)

[@adriandlarsen6524]

Its amazing

[@handsomegrooves]

handsome grooves - yes indeed!

[@yafterman]

+handsomegrooves Thanks!

[@handanunal4040]

It would be amazing to listen your Jam session live, I hope you would come to Turkey one day. The video shooting is also amazing...Many percussionist here have a lot of things to learn from your compositions..

[@yafterman]

+Handan Unal Thank you Handan! I'm inspired and feel I have a lot to learn from the turkish percussion movement.. Its a matter of time until i will spend time in turkey.. blessings :)

[@HafisHashim]

I am addicted to it ♥♥♥

[@yafterman]

Thanks Hafis!

[@foxylatigre]

....I can't even....! I love it!

[@yafterman]

thank you!!!

[@JP-vb4ky]

Amazing!

[@yafterman]

thank you!

[@jeremywendelin]

Only 60k views??? Needs a million!

[@yafterman]

Thank you!

[@k.orhangocuk2244]

1K from me :D

[@sabinavedi2112]

I LOVE THIS

[@yafterman]

Sabina Vedi thanks!

[@nupharfey3504]

this is SO beautiful!

[@yafterman]

Nuphar Fey toda neshana

[@nupharfey3504]

:-)

[@natural-self-healing]

wow!

[@marbrisamusic4556]

incrediable. buenisimo

[@yafterman]

+MarBrisa Music Thank you!!

[@matiasgorordo9125]

Sin palabras.........

[@MichaelWashingtonAE]

Ah yeah man!

[@salihcinar1433]

Respect from Turkey ! Good job !

[@yafterman]

salih cinar thank you very much!

[@borisp9163]

This is Masterpiece! Pure creativity in meditation 🙏. I have learned some staff from you but this is tu much for me even on 0.5 speed 😂

[@yafterman]

Boris P thank you so much!

[@pascalecuvillier4896]

Fan !

[@luamclarindo]

really good!

[@yafterman]

luam music thank you!

[@Yuditbaz]

loveiiiiiiiiiit ty

[@brahmarshidave3944]

Genius brother

[@yafterman]

Thank you!

[@domodojo]

Phenomenal my friend

[@yafterman]

thank you!

[@andrevarkonyi9231]

grandious!

[@yafterman]

Thank you!

[@elizabethnott4076]

mad... wow... xx

[@yafterman]

Thanks Eli! hugs

[@SanjayMandal-de3eo]

Fatafati

[@cainantucker1912]

i loved this +Yshai Afterman

[@yafterman]

+Cainan Tucker Thank you Cainan!

[@cainantucker1912]

+Yshai Afterman your welcome

[@cainantucker1912]

+Yshai Afterman i loved your performance and i loved your poem from your late father. rest in peace Allen

[@cainantucker1912]

+Yshai Afterman where are you from?

[@yafterman]

+Cainan Tucker thanks Cainan. im from Israel

[@0ptymista]

wooooow

[@enginkazanci4727]

Bro this is awesome! Get togerher with Levent Yıldırım and give us the extreme of extremes...Pls more vids like this! Thanks

[@Gigler43]

Yshai is a BADD KAT!!!!!!

[@yafterman]

thank you kenny!

[@Yuditbaz]

loveiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ty

[@yafterman]

thanks!!

[@MN-uf7jq]

I like ur style of drumming brother

[@yafterman]

navadeep mallela thank you man!

[@majdaboujamra9408]

very dangerous musician you are the best

[@yafterman]

Majd abou jamra thank you!

[@itamartosses]

מדהים

[@yafterman]

איתמר בכר תודה!

[@Yuditbaz]

wooooooooooooow

[@alannahemy335]

Damn you are crazy 🤘🏻

[@yafterman]

haha thanks!!

[@lehismohis]

это просто охрененно классно :)

[@yafterman]

Спасибо!

[@sebastiankuhnert3639]

Of course a great song ;) - it looks like a lot of work (both the video recording and the composition). I would like to know where you have the brushes from which you use on the frame drum. And also what kind of bass drum you use - thanks

[@yafterman]

Sebastian Kühnert thanks! I bought the brushed in the market in fez, morocco. The bass drum is a davul by kleo drums

[@jhowardpercussion]

This is absolutely incredible. I was thinking of taking up these instruments before and when I saw this, I was instantly hooked. One question...what is that low, booming drum keeping time? That's one of my favorite parts of this.

[@Stickmasterrr]

Turkish "asma davul". ;)

[@markpaycer5858]

Tupan or davul

[@cainantucker1912]

+Yshai Afterman where are you from?

[@yanniseustathopoulos7538]

How does it feel to play at the frontier of time? :-)

[@yafterman]

+Darbuka Patterns Haha.. well, if thats how you call it i guess it feels good :)

[@eryko2338]

Hello, what's the best way to record frame drums? What microphones are u using? Incredible performance !

[@yafterman]

+Eryk Otlewski Hi, For studio recordings - I dont remember what Shahar Kaufman used.. for stage I use AKG C535

[@soldahli9837]

💝❣️🙌

[@drifterh5936]

W A O W

[@BijinNata]

Woah

[@yafterman]

Natali Ocal 🙏🙏🙏

[@turchese4]

wowwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@yafterman]

turchese5 thank you!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@belilitaabdou8834]

Waw

[@nageshbharadwaj6606]

the beats were full of emotions and I could relate to a lot of Hindustani beats.

[@yafterman]

Thank you! yes, both hundustani and Charnatic music have influenced me a lot :)

[@nageshbharadwaj6606]

Most of the notations you played on the Riq was Carnatic right?

[@yafterman]

actually non are really Carnatic. I composed every single note on the composition.. im influenced by the phrasing and flavour of Carnatic rhythm but never studied and never used any phrases that somebody else composed..

[@ciscocisco6119]

🔥 shabbat SHALOM TO ALL 🔥 praise the Lord of the dance 🔥 YESHUA OF NAZARETH 🔥 i will dance like David 🔥 praise the Lord 💃🔥 beautiful and wonderful powerful in all levels 🔥 PRAY for JERUSALEM and planet earth 🔥 GB 🕊️🔥🔥🕊️💃💃🔥

[@alexanderdejarnette874]

I need some riq instruction in English. Intermediate level.

[@yafterman]

Alexander DeJarnette you are invited to take skype lessons

[@HassanElTriekawy]

Your brother from Egypt, the directing and your performance is awesome, from where Yshia??

[@yafterman]

thank you hassan! im from israel

[@HassanElTriekawy]

Shit !! 😳😂😂

[@yafterman]

haha, what can I do :) jokes aside, Egypt is a great country with such a rich musical culture.. i wish you my very best Hassan.

[@6stringbass506]

have you ever considered to team up with Bill Laurence and Michael League? I'm sure that would be an amazing Combo :D

[@yafterman]

+6stringbass506 That would be a great honor!

[@Feroand]

Nefes

[@bingewatcher6077]

Transe... Formidable jeu !

[@Andikasetyawan_]

The riq

[@francd.maestro3554]

very Voodooic nice though I like it:-)

[@yafterman]

yes, intentionally :). thanks!

[@aqeefbakri182]

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[@syarifahfatimahzaharahsyed9844]

Ttt

[@hankdoggy1]

Damn...that was ridiculous.

[@yafterman]

+hankdoggy1 Thank you!

[@thetownwaites118]

Doesn't suck.....at all

[@yafterman]

The Town Waites 😊