60 Giant Steps - A Cosmic Reimagining of John Coltrane by GODTET (Live) | Digital Season

WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. This presentation may trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
Celebrating the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane’s revolutionary composition ‘Giant Steps’, Sydney’s own psychedelic jazz explorers GODTET will expand the original’s four minute blast of hyper-speed virtuosity into a 40 minute meditation on Coltrane’s creativity, spirituality, and how our perceptions of identity, time and place have changed in the face of 2020.
A bespoke live-streamed performance commissioned exclusively for Sydney Opera House featuring specially created visuals by illustrator Christopher Cooper and animator Swicked, 60 Giant Steps unravels the mythical status that Coltrane’s opus gained upon release in 1960. A babel-like structure of rapid fire key changes that pushed the Circle of Fifths music theory to extreme lengths, 60 years on ‘Giant Steps’ maintains its reputation as the most revered and feared piece to play in the canon of jazz.
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[@godriguezgodriguez2829]

Thanks for the beautiful comments everyone it was an honour for us all. You can find our music here: godtet.bandcamp.com/album/iii

[@LaSapeRecords]

The music of GODTET - godtet.bandcamp.com/

[@sepb88]

Amazing. Can't wait for the new album

[@unnunn12]

where has this been all my life

[@coneofconfusion]

Thanks for the musical journey 😍

[@eddiemoore6216]

This is pure art and well done to the sound engineer

[@humanbeing2391]

Thank you for the inspiration! This really chimes with inspirations I take for my independent music, it’s so nice to see this kind of work out there.

[@tsg_frank5829]

This is a 40 minute long journey, it's enthralling and mesmerizing from beginning to end, in both visual and sound. Beautiful work.

[@dhaneshjayaselan1867]

one of the best performances of 2020. incredible feels.

[@eagleeyejones2522]

Absolutely phenomenal! What an achievement

[@juStb4u]

What a beautiful tribute, so loving this and the visuals. great work 🖤

[@SydneyOperaHouse]

Glad you like it!

[@juStb4u]

@@SydneyOperaHouse 😇 for sure, thank you for sharing!

[@KIMSHIUHN]

Tonight's sky was a meteor shower, but it was full of clouds. It's a good music to listen to on a day like today.

[@davzmusic]

This is crazy, wow! Amazed

[@YanPaluki]

26:00 the bongo solo that change the human race

[@rile7648]

GODtet holy

[@zephyrlarkin1093]

amazing! what were those visuals made with?

[@SydneyOperaHouse]

Hello Zephyr! The visuals were made with Illustrator and After Effects and overlaid in our Recording and Broadcast studio. :)