Ben, what programs are you using for the animation on these vids? I love how it mixes a high tech and low tech budget look without sacrificing creativity or flash.
Just saw Adam's like on it so I wanna add ; Electronic music is often a way to make pop and simple music, and this is complex as fuck, almost dissonant (not using that term right but you got it), and I love that risk and the whole song for that. I know I killed my own joke but I wanted to Highlight that i'm a big fan of sungazer and Adam's work.
AI fan I liked your comment for the reference except the whole “Primus sucks” meme came from Les always telling people they suck whenever people would come up to them to praise how good they are Then the joke went from there to a point where Les Claypool got annoyed with it
@@Herzfeld10 Nah, you don't know the possibilities of electronic music... Listen to Beautiful People by Mark Pritchard, Windows ice by Aphex Twins and Free Yourself by Chemical Brothers. They're all electronic music: Aphex is IDM (Intelligent dance music, condescending, I know), Mark Pritchard is... I don't know... Chemical Brothers is proper EDM (electronic dance music). Don't be close minded.
I was thinking along those lines, at best I can bob my head through an implied beat center on 2, but how would I ever explain this song to someone else? "Have you heard this new song? It goes '&#*!&))@\!&!*'. Catchy right?!"
Completely seriously, this song gives me chills every single time I listen. The song just DOESN'T STOP ramping up, and feels like the literal example of what a crescendo is. Amazing work.
Okay this is probably one of my favorite sungazer tracks of all time. This was amazing, the chord progression was incredible, the sound design was on-point, and it was a trip from beginning to end. Also HOLY BALLS Ben Levin outdid himself! That probably took forever to make!
Listening to songs coming out like this and Jacob Collier's stuff, it feels like we're now entering a genre called Post-Music, and it is brain-melting in all the right ways.
Hey Adam! I usually don't write comments like ever. But I've been watching a lot of your video's recently and I really like them a lot. And after seeing the 'How to make a Sungazer song' video by Shawn Crowder up to around 11:45 where the animation video is discussed, I just had to see and hear the end result. I just wanted to say that this is simply the best thing ever. Just. Wow.
before: Oh great, another work from Sungazer! after: *...Don't hug me I'm scared...* But seriously it's such a wonderful work. Thank you guys so much for being so awesome!
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I love first listens when the song is right in the pocket. I was completely in the listen-appreciate zone, moving my head to the pulse and being so absorbed I didn't notice time passing. Nice to not find myself in analytical or critic mode that creeps up on me. Thanks for a joyful ride Sungazer, Jared Yee and Ben Levin.
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Just listened to the album. It was absolutely incredible to me, and not by the reduced standards I find myself using when judging music by people I like. I just... loved it. Absolutely incredible. Keep it up Adam and Shawn!!
I feel like the guys in sungazer sat together and said, “ let’s make the worst best music ever for pretentious snobs to enjoy.” It’s fantastic and artsy none the less.
This is the amalgamation of some of the best work and artists I've ever seen on this platform and I'm just glad to have experienced it... 50 times already
Haha had to double check that out was an Adam Neely and not Knower link I clicked as I follow both and this feels way more of a Knower thing. Plus the whole saying Knower a lot thing...
You know, when i heard the first minute I wasn't sure if i liked it. Now I listened to the whole song, and I like it. I found the groove. I bet it's even better after I listened it for the second time!
I'm usually not into music that is this out there although I can fully appreciate the skill it takes to make but I've got to admit this goes pretty hard once the vocal samples come in. Its pretty great.
I've heard Katy Perry sometimes in this song. That's the reason I'm listening to this song. Someone commented down below in Firework. The part when she said Night is in this song😀
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Enabled Life I was thinking more along the lines of Cid Rim, taking the bass party tropes of glitched vocal sample hocket, trance supersaw stabs and squeltchy bass synths and throwing them in a blender with jazz harmony and virtuoso drum flourishes. But Mr Bill is dope too :)
@@lysergicserpent7676 Hmm I'm unfamiliar, but I do remember adam recommending mr. bill's ableton tutorials a while ago. Hence why I inferred the inspiration :)
Discovered this band through spotify, showed it to all my friends: Just realised Adam Neely is in it: mind blown. Been following Adam for so long, never knew this.
I was going to say this sort of reminded me of KNOWER's style, then i hear the vocal lines say KNOWER and realize that you were also aware of that. I like this song!
This music sounds how your stomach feels being on a roller coaster. The animation is the visual equivalent to Kirby getting food poisoning. (If you're a Kirby fan, you will understand the immense irony of that.)
Hey Adam Q&A question: Why does music resolve less strongly the more theory I learn? A good example is when I first noticed the minor 7th in the minor scale really affecting the resolution, and how much stronger harmonic minor sounds to my ears. Now it’s nearly impossible for me to play in Phrygian dominant without my ear wanting to resolve to harmonic minor (eg: Playing in E phrygian dominant and my ear pulling me to resolve on A) I remember the days when playing these scales/modes felt unique and of their own but now my ear only hears these resolutions as weak. Sometimes even playing the major scale won’t resolve nicely enough for me unless I end on the right octave of the root. Is this a good thing? How can I trick myself into hearing unstable modes as stable?
Only certain things in life have brought out the sensation that my brain has had some part activated that was previously dormant. This season is one of them. Thanks for the post Adam.
Gets way better in the second half, that section is really cool. I think the drum samples are a little out of place, sounds more fitting for like some typical djent or American dubstep song or something. Holds the song together too easily imo, the rest of the song is chaotic and elaborate but then the drums are just too pristine and understandable. Getting an human acoustic jazz drummer with a traditional jazz kit for the track could work really well. Just my thoughts, cool stuff regardless.
I am 100% certain the drums are played live by Shawn Crowder, no samples on the actual drumming (could be wrong though). I actually like the clean, heavy feel they convey. It adds a little metal to the mix, especially around 3:40. No objection to your subjective opinion of course.
@@AdamNeely My mistake then. I guess it's just the drum sounds that I'm not a fan, then. Sick drumming! Looking forward to the video. Just my opinion. Would've liked to hear some more resonance and ring and less attack.
![Sungazer - Paydushko Horo [Bass Play-through]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0_ao2g8jfQs/mqdefault.jpg)
_Kinda disappointed it's only in 4/4_
Let's be honest, it feels like 4 but knowing them it's probably not.
insaneintherainmusic the 2nd part is quintuplet swing
@Luca Bertani Overly symmetrical pieces of shit
...
[preemptive wooosh]
He knows guys :) he played it with them lmao
I’m so excited to listen to this EP hundreds of times! Thank you for including me in your art!
Love your art Ben!
Love the animation! Reminds me of the new deadmau5 animations, it's very well done!
Ben, what programs are you using for the animation on these vids? I love how it mixes a high tech and low tech budget look without sacrificing creativity or flash.
Did you sample Parov Stelar?
My dude, you keep getting better at this!
This is seriously awesome. Also I just had a seizure.
I'm not sure if it was actually a seizure or it just felt like it
Seriously though, Adam should add a seizure warning.
KNOWER's cover of "Promises" should come with an epilepsy warning.
@@Ildskalli I think adam should add a seizure warning, just the animation isn't his. The seizure warning is in the description.
Kinda disappointed the solo section is only in 5/16.
"Kinda disappointed this song is in 4/4 :/"
*-What effects do you want to use in your music video?*
*-Yes*
This is so accurate! Hahaha
This is the worst music ever. I love it.
In the spirit of Primus, Adam Neely sucks ;o)
Just saw Adam's like on it so I wanna add ;
Electronic music is often a way to make pop and simple music, and this is complex as fuck, almost dissonant (not using that term right but you got it), and I love that risk and the whole song for that.
I know I killed my own joke but I wanted to Highlight that i'm a big fan of sungazer and Adam's work.
@@Herzfeld10 no limitation at expression and art. yayyyyy
hey let's go back to shutochauzen.
did I spelled correct?
AI fan
I liked your comment for the reference except the whole “Primus sucks” meme came from Les always telling people they suck whenever people would come up to them to praise how good they are
Then the joke went from there to a point where Les Claypool got annoyed with it
@@Herzfeld10 Nah, you don't know the possibilities of electronic music... Listen to Beautiful People by Mark Pritchard, Windows ice by Aphex Twins and Free Yourself by Chemical Brothers. They're all electronic music: Aphex is IDM (Intelligent dance music, condescending, I know), Mark Pritchard is... I don't know... Chemical Brothers is proper EDM (electronic dance music). Don't be close minded.
I’d like to spend one day in ben levin’s head
You'd probably go insane
believe me you don't want it
@@St0ckwell shut the fuck up
I don't know if I could handle whole day, I'd start with with 4 minutes 20 seconds and then I'd see...
Same
these music videos are ruining the global drug trade
@@LuukSwinkels I misread your name as Luuk Swindles
No it's just another reason to do more of them
Shaggy that wasn't weed you gave us
Can you just let me get here before you once, please?
well it *was* 4:20
Please fuck off and dont ruin this channel for me..
Y do you have to be here XD
Impressive but fuck off
Careful guys don't say it's in 4/4, it's probably octoplets in 15/16
@허진호 rude huh
That sax solo is CREAMY
Shawn Crowder + Adam Neely + Ben Levin visuals = the most economic drug in the world!
Consumable at every moment with just one purchase ;)
Purchase? It's free?
@@DafterHindi I meant that I bought the album instead of drugs (not addicted, just to say)
@@enricopersia4290 very well then
@@enricopersia4290 is it only on Bandcamp or are they going to release it on Spotify?
0:00 "it was time for Thomas to leave"
Vlad Mihalca Lmao
“He had seen everything”
I've followed Adam on TH-cam for a while, but never actually listened to Sungazer. This is crazy! Good job, you guys.
Length of video is 4:20
Andrew Van Vlear haha wow nice catch man I had no idea
4 21
@@benjaminvroman5553 same dud wtfff how did he know that
4 2 1
Knowing Sungazer and Ben Levins humour, this is definitely not a coincidence. :D
Glee has its own depths. It's more luminous and colourful down there.
You should do a video instruction next: "How To Dance to ELECTRO (by sungazer) feat. Ben Levin"
I was thinking along those lines, at best I can bob my head through an implied beat center on 2, but how would I ever explain this song to someone else?
"Have you heard this new song? It goes '&#*!&))@\!&!*'. Catchy right?!"
Who dances to music?
...only plebs and normies
@@ule2300 Ballet dancers?
YES
Amazing work man!
Your videos are great btw
This guy deserves his picture on the wall of a guitar factory
The subtitles really helped me understand the true meaning of this song.
That was great.
I’d use a better adjective, but I think high-level adjectives were stored in the part of my brain that Yee blew out of my skull.
3:23 Protip: make sure the synth and vocals are in the same key
DOHHammie sounds fine to me
@@xdtricknifer2752 he was referencing another Adam neely video lol
Completely seriously, this song gives me chills every single time I listen. The song just DOESN'T STOP ramping up, and feels like the literal example of what a crescendo is. Amazing work.
Okay this is probably one of my favorite sungazer tracks of all time. This was amazing, the chord progression was incredible, the sound design was on-point, and it was a trip from beginning to end. Also HOLY BALLS Ben Levin outdid himself! That probably took forever to make!
2:30 is probably one of the best lines I've ever heard, every time I hear that part I get goosebumps
This is dope. Adam is transcending to a higher musical being.
HIGHer, indeed.
DOPE, indeed.
Listening to songs coming out like this and Jacob Collier's stuff, it feels like we're now entering a genre called Post-Music,
and it is brain-melting in all the right ways.
Me: "these edibles ain't shit"
Me 5 minutes later:
Hey Adam! I usually don't write comments like ever. But I've been watching a lot of your video's recently and I really like them a lot. And after seeing the 'How to make a Sungazer song' video by
Shawn Crowder up to around 11:45 where the animation video is discussed, I just had to see and hear the end result. I just wanted to say that this is simply the best thing ever. Just. Wow.
before:
Oh great, another work from Sungazer!
after:
*...Don't hug me I'm scared...*
But seriously it's such a wonderful work. Thank you guys so much for being so awesome!
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I love first listens when the song is right in the pocket. I was completely in the listen-appreciate zone, moving my head to the pulse and being so absorbed I didn't notice time passing. Nice to not find myself in analytical or critic mode that creeps up on me. Thanks for a joyful ride Sungazer, Jared Yee and Ben Levin.
That duck is nightmare fuel. I love everything about this.
Sungazer - ELECTRO but its Jared Yee's solo on Clarity
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Yes please
near-licc spotted at 3:03
I think I just took Quintuplet Swing in pill form. I love it.
that “AH” sounds like it’s sampled from jacob collier
Was just thinking the same!
Or bill wurtz
yeah I thought the same thing!
dUUde i just commented that
I think "I wish" and "NEED" are from clarity, either the original or the little kruta cover, and "ignite" sounds like katy perry firework?
LastPrismAlex brought me here
Me too
Me too
Just listened to the album. It was absolutely incredible to me, and not by the reduced standards I find myself using when judging music by people I like. I just... loved it. Absolutely incredible. Keep it up Adam and Shawn!!
Doctor: you have 4:21 minutes to live
Me:
did someone say KNOWER
Sun gazer is really getting an unique sound to them
Love it, keep up the great work Adam.
I feel like the guys in sungazer sat together and said, “ let’s make the worst best music ever for pretentious snobs to enjoy.”
It’s fantastic and artsy none the less.
Reece Carroll
Weak dude
You’re really underestimating the minds and experience of 2 virtuosos(fight me)
Or you could just shut up and listen, christ 😂
A huge congratulations to Ben Levin for being able to take this track into an other dimension with the amazing artwork! Great work :)
This is clearly a Blurred Lines/Shape of You rip off.
Yup. People nowadays get so impressed when they hear an actual instrument, they forget to hear the similarities...
It even has a whole 0 chords in common
Yeah, it uses notes and bars and drum sounds, just like Marvin Gaye did. Total ripoff.
😂😂😂
This is the amalgamation of some of the best work and artists I've ever seen on this platform and I'm just glad to have experienced it...
50 times already
Is it a Knower band commercial?
Well, the first lyric *is* "knower".
Haha had to double check that out was an Adam Neely and not Knower link I clicked as I follow both and this feels way more of a Knower thing. Plus the whole saying Knower a lot thing...
It also says 'Time' a lot, like Louis Cole's album name
Wouldn't you like to Know
I like the lyrics, that's some deep stuff right there.
That was out of this world!!
You guys never fail to make me literally fear music
Definitely buying this ep.
Okay, now this is epic
This gotta be one of history's most iconic videos ever
I'm seeing this is the soundtrack of a really weird film
100% some epic shit
I don't know why but for some reason the music was oddly satisfying. I think I'm in love.
I won't lie this is definitely me when I'm driving
This video saved me from taking drugs. That's rights folks no need for detox just Ben Levin's videos as substitute to get that high we all seek
0:39 did you sample Jacob Collier? That's lit man
I noticed it too
It's probably Justin Bieber
And also Katy Perry
The sax solo’s high note is god damn beautiful! ❤️
wowie
Ben did such an awesome job here.
I don't even need to talk about the song.
Nice relaxing clip Adam.
You know, when i heard the first minute I wasn't sure if i liked it. Now I listened to the whole song, and I like it. I found the groove. I bet it's even better after I listened it for the second time!
YOOOOOOOO is that big "ahh" sample that first occurs at 0:39 in the vocal chops a Jacob Collier snippet? It sounds suspiciously like him
Dubstep vibes
one hell of a drug
After listening to this on repeat for the past 2 days, I still don't know if I like it. But I can't stop listening.
That's impressive but can yo... Oh, wrong channel.
bASS?
I'm usually not into music that is this out there although I can fully appreciate the skill it takes to make but I've got to admit this goes pretty hard once the vocal samples come in. Its pretty great.
I've heard Katy Perry sometimes in this song. That's the reason I'm listening to this song. Someone commented down below in Firework. The part when she said Night is in this song😀
You better make a video explaining this
Surprising levels of Pink Floyd vibes during the sax solo section
now *that's* drunken boxing
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This is my favourite Sungazer Song. So much energy.
I cannot believe Ben Levin is not into psychedelics, he is such a tripdo
We can just imagine lmao
Can we just all thank Ben levin for his amazing creativity...
This is amazing? Where is the "Knower" sampled from? I can't quite pin it
Sounds like Louis Cole of Knower to me.
I'm going to be wrong, but my guess is "Time Traveler". C'mon Adam, reveal the secret source of the secret sauce!
@@capn_boxfort main association for me is knower....im just kinda adore Geniveve...
Adam Neely is too young to have experienced the 80s, yet the influence of that decade on modern music (and music videos) is amazingly strong.
3:43 1 2 3 4 5
y
The drums on this EP are such an amazing piece of art and inspiration, it's unbelievable
Mr. Bill fan much? Me too ;)
Enabled Life I was thinking more along the lines of Cid Rim, taking the bass party tropes of glitched vocal sample hocket, trance supersaw stabs and squeltchy bass synths and throwing them in a blender with jazz harmony and virtuoso drum flourishes. But Mr Bill is dope too :)
@@lysergicserpent7676 Hmm I'm unfamiliar, but I do remember adam recommending mr. bill's ableton tutorials a while ago. Hence why I inferred the inspiration :)
@thing guy person I think he's talking about the use of vocals.
thing guy person it’s a lot closer to mr. bill than most music is i think
Oh no!
Can I just say whoever engineered/mixed the drums did a mighty fine job, they sound great!
oof chromatic aberration
What's that?
oof owie my lens
+@@YostPeter Okay, I deserve that.
I just love when professional musicians, especially those who are graduated or teachers go completely insane in music doing.
Didn't you said lately not to make music while being high ?
Yeah Im sure they meant this is why
Discovered this band through spotify, showed it to all my friends: Just realised Adam Neely is in it: mind blown. Been following Adam for so long, never knew this.
*Honestly feel like that duck sometimes*
So..... This is what you feel when you're high, thanks Adam
LastPrismAlex
i still can't believe this came out just two years ago. this song feels like my childhood
electrosexual 😩😫
My earholes just exploded and my eyes melted. Am I a masochist for loving this so much?
Bailan sin Cesar on drugs
(look up "bailan sin cesar 31 minutos")
Hasta que aparezca Cesar y lo arruine todo♪♫
dejenme bailar
Que no baile César!
I was going to say this sort of reminded me of KNOWER's style, then i hear the vocal lines say KNOWER and realize that you were also aware of that. I like this song!
Which episode of Dont hug me I’m scared is this?
every
that blue dude is killing it on the dancefloor !!!
DHMIS 4 part 2
DIGITAL STYLE
This music sounds how your stomach feels being on a roller coaster.
The animation is the visual equivalent to Kirby getting food poisoning. (If you're a Kirby fan, you will understand the immense irony of that.)
"play sober"
This is like music made by a musician who is a master in every area of music except harmony and tonality, which he doesn't even know exist
Hey Adam Q&A question:
Why does music resolve less strongly the more theory I learn?
A good example is when I first noticed the minor 7th in the minor scale really affecting the resolution, and how much stronger harmonic minor sounds to my ears. Now it’s nearly impossible for me to play in Phrygian dominant without my ear wanting to resolve to harmonic minor (eg: Playing in E phrygian dominant and my ear pulling me to resolve on A)
I remember the days when playing these scales/modes felt unique and of their own but now my ear only hears these resolutions as weak. Sometimes even playing the major scale won’t resolve nicely enough for me unless I end on the right octave of the root.
Is this a good thing? How can I trick myself into hearing unstable modes as stable?
answer: *you don't*
Only certain things in life have brought out the sensation that my brain has had some part activated that was previously dormant. This season is one of them. Thanks for the post Adam.
Gets way better in the second half, that section is really cool. I think the drum samples are a little out of place, sounds more fitting for like some typical djent or American dubstep song or something. Holds the song together too easily imo, the rest of the song is chaotic and elaborate but then the drums are just too pristine and understandable. Getting an human acoustic jazz drummer with a traditional jazz kit for the track could work really well. Just my thoughts, cool stuff regardless.
I am 100% certain the drums are played live by Shawn Crowder, no samples on the actual drumming (could be wrong though). I actually like the clean, heavy feel they convey. It adds a little metal to the mix, especially around 3:40. No objection to your subjective opinion of course.
Dino Spumoni this was all performed by a live drummer with no drum edits or quantization.
Shawn crowder will have a video come out on his channel showing him working out the drum parts to the tune
@@AdamNeely My mistake then. I guess it's just the drum sounds that I'm not a fan, then. Sick drumming! Looking forward to the video. Just my opinion. Would've liked to hear some more resonance and ring and less attack.
@@dinospumoni663 fair
This is caffeine for the ears