Having played with them a few times they ALWAYS deliver! There is no pitch or studio magic live. They are also some of the most genuine people in the industry.
I've noticed only delay on her vox ever in these live videos. The way she'll sub in a scream live for a part that was sung on the record makes it impossible for a sound crew to know when to kick in a pitch shift for her screams. The non-musician doubters will never notice why it's just not possible to fake her performances.
@@trystenryder i think he was more wondering about studio magic because of how in tune she is while screaming, because he asked if that type of vocals can be autotuned and then later mentions how he's surprised people can even get any recognizable pitch at all while doing harsh vocals.
I’m a guitarist first and foremost, but I absolutely love what Eugene brings with the bass. Tapping, slapping, and all sorts of great melodic runs that add so much texture to their sound.
Their song Pit of Consciousness will blow your mind. The guitar lines in that one are some of the best in the genre. Also bcuz of tati the rest of the band gets underrated, and unrightfully so bcuz they are incredible musicians..
One of my favorites. Roman has a full guitar playthrough of the song on Jinjer's official channel too. th-cam.com/video/xrNW6qKSeBo/w-d-xo.html He's playing a long-scale (27") guitar tuned to a drop A though, which is difficult to replicate on a standard guitar. Trust me, I've tried ^^'
That is all Tati. The band loves playing with timing and genres. At the end they drop a beat and go into a Reggae time sequence. I really love the band. I recommend their performance of "Perennial" live at Wacken for a future investigation.
@@krusher74 Sometimes for the produced versions, but they absolutely hold up live. She sounds even better in person even without the layering EDIT: OHH you mean in the video. Nah, that's just echo from using such loud speakers. It happens during Perennial at Wacken as well.
@@krusher74 during the clean parts they add in reverb. Never seen them live idk if it's during live shows too but I know for sure they do it on the records on several occasions
@@krusher74 you heard echoes of the last syllable she sang before the pause. It's called delay, an effect you've heard on most vocals at every concert you've been to. Gives a cavernous feel to the sound; often the sound guy only kicks it on during key moments.
I've been a musician in various genres for over 40 years, all I can say is > Jinjer is one of the best bands I've heard in the last few decades! warm greetings from germany
Tatiana said in an interview the only thing they put on her mic is delay for a more full sound but that's it. It's all her and her talent. She's been growling for almost 20 years.
This band changed a lot of things for this old man!! These guys checked egos at the door and work hard to achieve virtuosity of composition!( If that's legally a term) So,So many one of a kind songs in their catalog. They all deserve so much love just for their prowess, let alone what it took for them to get this far!!
No auto tuned, I just saw them in AZ for the 5th time. She's amazing the bands amazing and you haven't even scratched the surface of them here. Checkout "Vortex", "Teacher, teacher"...."Perennial" live at Wacken for sure!!!
She sounds great when doing real singing ( vs. the growl thing ), she could drop the growl and they'd still be a great band, though probably the metal heads would hate it, and obviously her being able to do it got them more attention.
That is absolutely what Tatiana sounds like live. Just incredible. Their music is so wonderfully complex, but not for complexities sake. Very well thought out, and they leave space around the notes. Each player is brilliant, and worthy of paying attention to. I completely understand that Tati gets most of the limelight, especially after seeing them live. I really like Eugene's bass work and Vlad on kit, and planned on really watching them do their thing, but Tatiana is just magnetic, and one can't help but focus on her. See them live, and did into their catalog, it's worth it.
I had the same experience a couple weeks ago. As a long time bassist, I stood in front of Eugene and prepared to really hone in on what he was doing. Nope. Tatiana is a completely awe inspiring presence. I could not take my eyes off her. I'm a recent fan, first time seeing them, and I felt like my 15 year old self seeing Stevie Nicks sing with Fleetwood Mac for the first time in 1977. She's one in a billion.
Guitar player 30+ years now.... Jinjer Best thing that has happened imo for many years. Dude check these guys out. The entire band is amazing. Gotta check out Spiritbox as well. Mike Stringer and Courtney are amazing as well..... across the board.
Go see these guys live. They have possibly the best live sound out of any band I've seen. Just saw them for the 3rd time 2 days ago... And it was another impeccable performance and production. I hope they pay their sound guy very well, cause he deserves it.
@@andreas3992 whoever he is he's remarkable. I've seen them in 3 different venues, with varying room shapes and sizes, and they always sound outstanding.
@@andreas3992 any sound engineer worth their salt should at least attempt to be that 'extra band member.' If for no other reason that one's own reputation is on the line if you ruin the crowd's experience.
@@patchwork7591 Yeah it's really unfortunate that he doesn't really get the credit he deserves since his riffs are intricate yet so groovy. He is one of my favorite guitarist right now.
Roman doesn't play leads per se or solos, and I think that's part of why he doesn't get a ton of props. In a way it's like a continuous solo, in perfect synchrony with the drums and bass. He uses a lot of dissonance and tri tones, and his lines are often bass-like in their melodic structure and super precision. Quite challenging to play. He's a brilliant and unique player, and my guess is he is the primary songwriter. I'm a big fan!
@@ericpeterson7512 In a recent interview Eugene said that he has written 85-90% of the music. With Wallflowers, Vlad had the majority of the ideas ready to go and that Vlad and Roman were locked up together during Covid. Them two worked out the structures and then sent out a crude demo to Tati & Eugene. I wish I could take their work and drop it in the desk of my music theory proff. From back in the day! All the so called music no-no's they pull off would make him tear up! Lmao!!
As others have said, "Perennial" live and "Pit of Conciousness" live are awesome. If you want to hear more of their diversity and don't mind checking out their studio sound, "Vortex," "Teacher Teacher," "I Speak Astronomy," and "Wallflower" are quite a bit different. But really, you can't ever go wrong with Jinjer. They're incredible musicians and Tatiana is an exceptional vocalist. Also, a fun little note, their drummer Vlad is a classical pianist and Tati has said that two of her biggest influences are Gwen Stefani and Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth.
They are that tight live... That's a result of touring endlessly and constantly for years and years before gaining any big success. Practice makes perfect and they did a LOT of 'practice' with their non-stop touring.
Jinjer does a lot of time changes as well as pull in a lot of different musical influences into their own thing. The more I watch their stuff the more I am amazed at the complexity and skill of what every member is doing. Each and everyone of them brings something really special to the band.
I'm glad you made the comment about like... the context of hearing this song, in this setting. Not the headliner, not the opener, daytime set, OPENING song and they hit you with THIS?! It's like, imagine being in that crowd and having this be your first exposure to Jinjer... hooked for life, how could you not be.
Thi band are amaxing. The drummer is a classically trained pianist who taught himself to play drums to fill in for a band he was in previously. The other band members are all self taught, including Tatiana who taught herself to false chord growl/scream. Add to that they're Ukrainian and their first language is Russian so when Tati sings in English, it's not her first language. Hope you get round to reacting to more Jinjer.
For guitar, I was always impressed by their song Sit, Stay, Roll Over. But all their songs are amazing and Romans guitar tone in softer sections is mint. Great Vid! More Jinjer is always welcome
Great and entertaining reaction. Liked and sub'd. Jinjer (Tatiana on vocals, Vlad on drums, Roman on guitar, and Eugene on bass) is literally one of a kind. If you're want more...I'd recommend Pit of Consciousness Live in Kiev. More Jinjer please and thank you!
Elizabeth over at The Charismatic Voice has a good interview with Tatiana about how she does her harsh vocals (she claims no formal training). And yeah, the instrumentalists are top-notch. When the current drummer joined the group is kind of when they took off. I've no idea what their training backgrounds are like, but I sense a lot of jazz influence.
Tatiana is probably one of the best frontwom/en around today, not just for her vocals but for her stage presence as well. Too many metal vocalists just kind of stand there and sing, but she really engages with the crowd in a way that works well with the music. Great band all around, but she's definitely the straw that stirs the drink.
I've seen this band Live, and I've been seeing live metal bands since I was 16 "20 years" and I can happily say this is the tightest band I've ever seen - don't be a fool and deny their skills 🔥❤️
Those vocals are legit. She uses what are called "false chord" screams or growls. Anyone can learn to do this technique but Tati has honed her vocals to damn near perfection.
Great reaction, I just saw them for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It was possibly the best show I've ever seen. Hope to see more, since none of there songs really sound the same it's a great rabbit hole to go down. Subbed
Hey Michael, I glad you decided to react to/analyze Jinjer. I've been a keyboardist and vocalist since I was a kid and I've played in multiple bands over the years in various genres, but I was never into metal music with scream/growl harsh vocals until I discovered Jinjer and another metalcore band, Spiritbox, last year and I've fallen in love with both bands. what drew me to those bands was the diverse, consistently great songwriting, excellent musicianship and the incredible vocals of Tatiana from Jinjer and Courtney from Spiritbox, with both of them having the ability to transition instantly from beautiful clean singing to some of the best harsh vocals I've heard, female or male (although, I would say that Tatiana...aka Tati...is the absolute queen of harsh vocals). If you want to continue to dip your feet into the rabbit hole of Jinjer material, I can think of three songs/videos that would show their diversity...Perennial (live from Wacken 2019 video); Judgement and Punishment (live one take vocal performance video); Wallflower (official video...which is very cool and the song has a nice groove). BTW, I just saw Jinjer perform live at the House of Blues in Boston last month and they rocked the place!
I forgot to mention that even though Jinjer is generally classified as metalcore, the members have said that they hate being lumped into one specific genre because they like to incorporate influences from many genres of music into their songwriting (Tatiana is a fan of reggae/ska, hence the reggae feel at the end of this song and in their song Judgement and Punishment)
A good honest musician says, "That's not my genre and I really can't tell what's going on." It's better than any whippersnapper explaining to us what could be there. Michael is again exactly to the point. :)
But the subtext here is something like "game respects game." Myself I'm not into country, bluegrass, folk - but I'll shut up and listen when a solid artist is gettin' after it. Just because it'll never be in my own library doesn't mean it isn't a masterpiece.
Keep these coming we like the input that you have coming from your background on this separate genre. You dint have to ALWAYS teach sometimes watching people learn is fun too
In an interview from several years back, Eugene said that they like to play in different keys and whatnot in live performances. They are super nice and such a sweet band. Each one of them deserves all the praise that they get and more. They are excellent live! If you get a chance to see them, please do so. My favorite songs are I Speak Astronomy, Teacher Teacher, Judgement and Punishment, along with Wallflower.
I am 54 years old and have been on stage 32 years of my life playing music. I found these guys a few years back just playing around on TH-cam and got my 22 year old son into them. I love what this band brings to the table. So unique and awesome musicians. Tatianna's voice is so beautiful and then in an instance knocks you of your ass with her growl. I was lucky enough to see them live and they sound even better live than their recordings. Just an amazing band and love them !!
She has a slight delay in the mic, but that's all Tatiana, and the band is such an incredibly talented one it's insane!!!, recommend Perennial live in Wacken!!
Jinger is freaking awesome....yes it's in English. Tatiana has a beautiful voice....she can sound like an angel.......and a Demon....in the same song. In my opinion they are sorta like Primus.....in that they are pretty much their own genre.
Love Jinjer. I was able to see then in 2021 but missed them this year in Atlanta. For a while all of the react channels were waiting their video Pisces. Again they play with the timing in the song. Glad you had them on the channel.
I saw them in Melbourne, Australia the other week… one of the tightest live performances I have ever seen. Period. All muso’s are absolutely dialed in, and her voice was spot on.
Great Reaction! I hope you continue the Jinjer journey, as a guitarist myself, the fact that none of their songs are the same makes it a fun trip! I think the song Vortex would get your attention!
Great video as usual. Glad to see you hear this band. This is one of their older songs and somewhat simple as compared with their newer stuff. I think you'd love something like Vortex or Judgement and Punishment even Teacher Teacher. Hope to hear one of these songs on your channel soon.
This sort of music can seem gimmicky and predictable, and the vocal style can be more of a turn off than anything for a lot of people, but this band is different. The musicians are all very talented and tasteful - especially the bass and drums - and Tatiana is the complete package. Her ability to sing clean is top notch, and her lyrics are both very poetic and relatable, a remarkable feat for someone who primarily speaks Russian. Two of the members don't give interviews in English, to give you a sense of how foreign the language is to the band. This song is great, but they've grown a lot as a band since. I would have recommended Perennial live at Wacken myself, as everything about that song and performance are many levels above this one. Just my opinion. It's always great to see the band getting some shine, they deserve it all. Plenty of great songs to check out. Retrospection is a favourite of mine, a song written in both Russian and English, about their families who they are away from due to both the war in Ukraine since 2014, and their touring lifestyle.
@@tackle47 had a roommate from Kiev in college. He spoke Ukrainian, Russian (required from back in the ussr days, helpful in talking with neighbors), and English (most advantageous one to learn). His buddy was Polish -also spoke Russian and English. I gathered it's very common over there to be bilingual, and at least be able to get by in a third language.
She rightfully so gets a Ton of attention because of her looks AND her Amazing vocal range but the guys are incredible on their instruments. They could release an instrumental album and I’d buy it in a second without hearing it first.
Jinjer go their own way when they create their music. Trying to get Romans riffs and licks takes a long time to get! I hope you dive more into them. My favorite band of all time. Seen them live 5 times and everytime I get mindblown of how well they sound live 🔥🔥
This is very early in their career. They've just gotten more accomplished, creative, and on-point with each album, their newest being the best. SO many good live performances on YT as well, they're good about getting lots of clean recording circulating.
Yup that's all her. She uses her entire vocal system from top to bottom to get that resonance. You can't really "autotune" or pitch shift that stuff. A pitch shifter takes everything that comes in and shifts it down or up. It doesn't differentiate between what a singer does with their vocal chords (or in this case their false chords and soft pallet) and what they do with their teeth and tongue like "T" and "S" and "P" and "D" which doesn't change whether they talk, sing or scream. With a pitch shifter all of that is shifted down or up. If you hear those sounds the same way you would if they were talking or singing clean vocals it's not a pitch shifter. Tatiana has I think I've counted four or five different harsh vocal sounds she can do. The higher ones are more like screams or shouts the lower ones are pretty wild (their song Pit of Consciousness). I have a TH-cam playlist of live Jinjer stuff you could look through if you like. th-cam.com/play/PLhlYsqoR9XLEpHTbaOovrpa1p8L2uZ81G.html. They also do more guitar, drum and bass playthroughs of their songs than I have seen from any other band.
After the enthusiastic reaction of Opeth recently... I'm patiently waiting on you to do more freom Red Rocks, or "Harlequin Forest" from Royal Albert Hall 🙂
Their drummer, Vlad, is a trained concert pianist and took over on drums for his last band when they needed it. He writes most of their songs and then sends it over to Tatiana who then figures out the lyrics and when to sing and when to scream
Hey Mike, First off, let me tell you how much I enjoy your channel and your analysis, you're one of my absolute favorite channels going these days, I especially enjoyed your reaction(s) to Big Wreck and your interview with Ian, GREAT stuff, he's one of my absolute favorite musicians on the planet! Now onto Jinjer, another one of my very favorite bands on earth, this band is SO diverse, at times mixing jazz, reggae and several different genres of metal. Most of their music is VERY intricate and VERY heavy, but it's so unique and brilliantly crafted with off-the charts musicianship that they're an INCREDIBLY rewarding listen! Most people get into them from their song Pisces, which now has over 60 million views and has launched a thousand reaction channels! It starts as a nice, mellow, almost Incubus-like clean groove, with Tatiana, their vocalist, singing in a very Amy Winehouse reminiscent style before going full beast-mode on the chorus, blowing the minds of everyone who's reacted to it! They do use some doubling on their records, and will run some backing vocal harmony tracks live, but make no mistake, those growls are NOT autotuned and are 100% Tati's real voice! There are even raw camera audio videos of her doing it in the studio, and I've seen them live 3 times now, up close and in person, and Tati is THE greatest dual-threat/clean & brutal vocalist alive, she can sing like an angel and growl like Satan himself, and switch between the two INSTANTLY and flawlessly! The drummer Vlad, and the bassist Eugene are easily one of, if not the best groove section in all of metal, and their guitarist Roman's riffs freaking CRUSH, although for whatever reason, in spite of his obvious technique, he almost never solos! This is one of their heavier songs, but there are many others that contain much more clean vocals and intricate, dynamic clean passages that I think you'd really, REALLY dig! Check out their live from Wacken video of the song "Perennial", the excellent, trippy studio video for "I Speak Astronomy" and Tatiana's one-take vocal performance of their reggae-metal fusion masterpiece "Judgement and Punishment" next, I really think you'll enjoy it, and they make for awesome reaction vids. Anyhoo, keep up the awesome work with the channel and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Hey Michael! I saw you at Chaps yesterday while I was waiting for a friend of mine. I was going to say hi but you were talking to a friend and I didn’t want to interrupt. Thanks for the content and happy holidays!
It sounds like you need some more Jinjer In your life. You definitely need to do a deep dive into their music. Some of the best musicians on the planet hands down and Tatiana is just amazing!
Not a fan of growling, or much metal, (I'm a Deadhead haha), but I love this band! Top notch musicians playing very progressive music. Try Teacher Teacher, Tati is awesome and the band is insane!
honestly glad to see someone talk about the musicians in the band. yes Tati is extremely talented and makes many men's knees wobble, but the band is so tight and it doesnt get expressed enough how good they really are.
Well, well.. If you decide to continue down this road, you're in for a treat. The usual next step is "Perennial LIVE at Wacken 2019", Teacher teacher OMV, or the introductory "Pisces LIVE session" that got all this rolling.
Having played with them a few times they ALWAYS deliver! There is no pitch or studio magic live. They are also some of the most genuine people in the industry.
I've noticed only delay on her vox ever in these live videos. The way she'll sub in a scream live for a part that was sung on the record makes it impossible for a sound crew to know when to kick in a pitch shift for her screams. The non-musician doubters will never notice why it's just not possible to fake her performances.
They are Tight AF 👌🔥❤️🤟
Tatiana is one of those vocalists that could go straight clean or straight harsh and be at the top either way.
Honestly it's kind of insulting that he thinks that right off the bat there's studio magic involved because a woman can't make vocals like yhat
@@trystenryder i think he was more wondering about studio magic because of how in tune she is while screaming, because he asked if that type of vocals can be autotuned and then later mentions how he's surprised people can even get any recognizable pitch at all while doing harsh vocals.
I’m a guitarist first and foremost, but I absolutely love what Eugene brings with the bass. Tapping, slapping, and all sorts of great melodic runs that add so much texture to their sound.
Him and the drummer are so solid together
Seeing him perform his magic live is amazing.
Hell yes. Between he and the drummer.... wizzardry.
Eugene on the bass though! Never gets enough love for his amazing skillset.
Eugene gets ALL the love along with Tati and Vlad, it's Roman that is the oft-ignored one in Jinjer.
Their song Pit of Consciousness will blow your mind. The guitar lines in that one are some of the best in the genre. Also bcuz of tati the rest of the band gets underrated, and unrightfully so bcuz they are incredible musicians..
One of my favorites. Roman has a full guitar playthrough of the song on Jinjer's official channel too. th-cam.com/video/xrNW6qKSeBo/w-d-xo.html
He's playing a long-scale (27") guitar tuned to a drop A though, which is difficult to replicate on a standard guitar. Trust me, I've tried ^^'
I would suggest the live in Kiev version. The official video is a work of art, but the live version is stunning.
No effects on this one.
Unless you're asleep it's obvious every last person on that stage is earning their paycheck.
The guitar play through for that song is wild
That is all Tati. The band loves playing with timing and genres. At the end they drop a beat and go into a Reggae time sequence. I really love the band. I recommend their performance of "Perennial" live at Wacken for a future investigation.
At one point she stoped singing and i still heard vocals i think she doubles on to a track in parts.
@@krusher74 Sometimes for the produced versions, but they absolutely hold up live. She sounds even better in person even without the layering
EDIT: OHH you mean in the video. Nah, that's just echo from using such loud speakers. It happens during Perennial at Wacken as well.
@@krusher74 during the clean parts they add in reverb. Never seen them live idk if it's during live shows too but I know for sure they do it on the records on several occasions
@@krusher74 you heard echoes of the last syllable she sang before the pause. It's called delay, an effect you've heard on most vocals at every concert you've been to. Gives a cavernous feel to the sound; often the sound guy only kicks it on during key moments.
Tati loves Amy Winehouse & the ending part is in ode to Amy's love of Hip-hop/Ska/Reggae Cross-over.
I saw Jinjer live in Vancouver and I can say they are legit.
I've been a musician in various genres for over 40 years, all I can say is >
Jinjer is one of the best bands I've heard in the last few decades!
warm greetings from germany
Tatiana said in an interview the only thing they put on her mic is delay for a more full sound but that's it. It's all her and her talent. She's been growling for almost 20 years.
Jinjer is great and they keep getting better and better with every album
This was great. Just saw Jinjer live 2 nights ago and they're truly unbelievable and visceral
This band changed a lot of things for this old man!! These guys checked egos at the door and work hard to achieve virtuosity of composition!( If that's legally a term) So,So many one of a kind songs in their catalog. They all deserve so much love just for their prowess, let alone what it took for them to get this far!!
No auto tuned, I just saw them in AZ for the 5th time. She's amazing the bands amazing and you haven't even scratched the surface of them here. Checkout "Vortex", "Teacher, teacher"...."Perennial" live at Wacken for sure!!!
Don’t forget Pisces
She sounds great when doing real singing ( vs. the growl thing ), she could drop the growl and they'd still be a great band, though probably the metal heads would hate it, and obviously her being able to do it got them more attention.
That is absolutely what Tatiana sounds like live. Just incredible. Their music is so wonderfully complex, but not for complexities sake. Very well thought out, and they leave space around the notes. Each player is brilliant, and worthy of paying attention to. I completely understand that Tati gets most of the limelight, especially after seeing them live. I really like Eugene's bass work and Vlad on kit, and planned on really watching them do their thing, but Tatiana is just magnetic, and one can't help but focus on her. See them live, and did into their catalog, it's worth it.
Magnetic is exactly how I'd refer to Tati's stage presence. But the whole band runs smoother than a well-oiled machine gun.
I had the same experience a couple weeks ago. As a long time bassist, I stood in front of Eugene and prepared to really hone in on what he was doing. Nope. Tatiana is a completely awe inspiring presence. I could not take my eyes off her. I'm a recent fan, first time seeing them, and I felt like my 15 year old self seeing Stevie Nicks sing with Fleetwood Mac for the first time in 1977. She's one in a billion.
Guitar player 30+ years now.... Jinjer Best thing that has happened imo for many years. Dude check these guys out. The entire band is amazing.
Gotta check out Spiritbox as well. Mike Stringer and Courtney are amazing as well..... across the board.
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I am so glad you found Jinjer. As an older rocker, these guys shot right into my favs. Lots to discuss bud
Glad you discovered this amazing band. One of my faves.
Go see these guys live. They have possibly the best live sound out of any band I've seen. Just saw them for the 3rd time 2 days ago... And it was another impeccable performance and production. I hope they pay their sound guy very well, cause he deserves it.
They actually consider their sound engineer the 5th member of the band. Cant wait to hear them live again..
@@andreas3992 whoever he is he's remarkable. I've seen them in 3 different venues, with varying room shapes and sizes, and they always sound outstanding.
He's called Sasha and he's been with them pretty much since the beginning. He appeared lots of times on their 2016 Tour Vlogs. 🙂
@@andreas3992 any sound engineer worth their salt should at least attempt to be that 'extra band member.' If for no other reason that one's own reputation is on the line if you ruin the crowd's experience.
All of their songs are masterpieces and a meld of genras. Check out any of their other songs, you won’t be disappointed
You understand talent when you see it, total respect from me.
Thank you! Please continue on the Jinjer train, you won't be disappointed. Every song's a banger. Cheers!
Now from vocal coach to guitar teacher, I love it!
I really like Jinjer! They are gonna be my 1st big concert I will attend!
I am always amazed by how well crafted each song is, their latest album blew my mind from start to finish and as been on repeat ever since.
Yeah, "Wallflowers" is an amazing album.
Amazing work by all on that album. Roman though!! Some of the best guitar work I've heard, full stop!! Sadly went right over a lot of people's head!!
@@patchwork7591 Yeah it's really unfortunate that he doesn't really get the credit he deserves since his riffs are intricate yet so groovy. He is one of my favorite guitarist right now.
Roman doesn't play leads per se or solos, and I think that's part of why he doesn't get a ton of props. In a way it's like a continuous solo, in perfect synchrony with the drums and bass. He uses a lot of dissonance and tri tones, and his lines are often bass-like in their melodic structure and super precision. Quite challenging to play. He's a brilliant and unique player, and my guess is he is the primary songwriter. I'm a big fan!
@@ericpeterson7512 In a recent interview Eugene said that he has written 85-90% of the music. With Wallflowers, Vlad had the majority of the ideas ready to go and that Vlad and Roman were locked up together during Covid. Them two worked out the structures and then sent out a crude demo to Tati & Eugene. I wish I could take their work and drop it in the desk of my music theory proff. From back in the day! All the so called music no-no's they pull off would make him tear up! Lmao!!
I don't listen to a ton of heavy metal either and I just cannot get enough of Jinjer. They're so incredible, every single one of them
You can go down a DEEP rabbit hole with these guys. They are all insanely talented at their individual craft.
Not doctored. She can belt. Musicians are off the hook. Try Pisces as a primer. Not their best but it’s a studio session that shows some great work.
As others have said, "Perennial" live and "Pit of Conciousness" live are awesome. If you want to hear more of their diversity and don't mind checking out their studio sound, "Vortex," "Teacher Teacher," "I Speak Astronomy," and "Wallflower" are quite a bit different. But really, you can't ever go wrong with Jinjer. They're incredible musicians and Tatiana is an exceptional vocalist.
Also, a fun little note, their drummer Vlad is a classical pianist and Tati has said that two of her biggest influences are Gwen Stefani and Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth.
They are that tight live... That's a result of touring endlessly and constantly for years and years before gaining any big success. Practice makes perfect and they did a LOT of 'practice' with their non-stop touring.
Jinjer does a lot of time changes as well as pull in a lot of different musical influences into their own thing. The more I watch their stuff the more I am amazed at the complexity and skill of what every member is doing. Each and everyone of them brings something really special to the band.
Bro when he added his solo to the last part I literally started crying 😂
I'm glad you made the comment about like... the context of hearing this song, in this setting. Not the headliner, not the opener, daytime set, OPENING song and they hit you with THIS?! It's like, imagine being in that crowd and having this be your first exposure to Jinjer... hooked for life, how could you not be.
No Autotune No Doctoring. thats them Live. Shes amazing and they are a super tight unit. Im not even a fan of this genre but they are top notch
There are a ton of bands like these guys but they truly are the cream of the crop for what they do.
I love the chugging and crunchy tone the guitarist has, and Eugene is one of the best bass players I’ve ever heard.
Theses guys are something else!!! They stand out above the rest of the pack..
Thi band are amaxing. The drummer is a classically trained pianist who taught himself to play drums to fill in for a band he was in previously. The other band members are all self taught, including Tatiana who taught herself to false chord growl/scream. Add to that they're Ukrainian and their first language is Russian so when Tati sings in English, it's not her first language. Hope you get round to reacting to more Jinjer.
For guitar, I was always impressed by their song Sit, Stay, Roll Over. But all their songs are amazing and Romans guitar tone in softer sections is mint. Great Vid! More Jinjer is always welcome
Well, that blew my mind about four times. Just WoW!
I always hear about this band but I never actually heard them till now. Incredible!!
Great and entertaining reaction. Liked and sub'd. Jinjer (Tatiana on vocals, Vlad on drums, Roman on guitar, and Eugene on bass) is literally one of a kind. If you're want more...I'd recommend Pit of Consciousness Live in Kiev. More Jinjer please and thank you!
Great reaction! More JINJER please!
JINJER - “Pit of Conciousness” is a must! 🤘🏻
Elizabeth over at The Charismatic Voice has a good interview with Tatiana about how she does her harsh vocals (she claims no formal training). And yeah, the instrumentalists are top-notch. When the current drummer joined the group is kind of when they took off. I've no idea what their training backgrounds are like, but I sense a lot of jazz influence.
Check out other Jinjer video, live or not.... you will be blown away
Perfect timing, I'm going to see them live tonight!
My favourite reaction sub-genre is when a musician gets introduced to any Jinjer song/performance.
This is just the tip of the Jinjer iceberg dude. You need to take a trip down the jinjer rabbit hole.
Tatiana is probably one of the best frontwom/en around today, not just for her vocals but for her stage presence as well. Too many metal vocalists just kind of stand there and sing, but she really engages with the crowd in a way that works well with the music. Great band all around, but she's definitely the straw that stirs the drink.
Time to check out some more Jinjer. One of the few grooving prog metal bands.
We need more Jinjer reactions!!
this made my day thanks for posting brother
I'm always amazed how that voice comes out of that little girl's body.
If you want to see thier musicianship you need to hear TEACHER TEACHER!!!!
This ❤
Jinjer are amazing. Such great musicians, so it’s no wonder your mind is blown.
I've seen this band Live, and I've been seeing live metal bands since I was 16 "20 years" and I can happily say this is the tightest band I've ever seen - don't be a fool and deny their skills 🔥❤️
Those vocals are legit. She uses what are called "false chord" screams or growls. Anyone can learn to do this technique but Tati has honed her vocals to damn near perfection.
Love this band, go down the Jinjer rabbit hole Michael. Great grooves!
Great reaction, I just saw them for the first time a couple of weeks ago.
It was possibly the best show I've ever seen.
Hope to see more, since none of there songs really sound the same it's a great rabbit hole to go down.
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Hey Michael, I glad you decided to react to/analyze Jinjer. I've been a keyboardist and vocalist since I was a kid and I've played in multiple bands over the years in various genres, but I was never into metal music with scream/growl harsh vocals until I discovered Jinjer and another metalcore band, Spiritbox, last year and I've fallen in love with both bands. what drew me to those bands was the diverse, consistently great songwriting, excellent musicianship and the incredible vocals of Tatiana from Jinjer and Courtney from Spiritbox, with both of them having the ability to transition instantly from beautiful clean singing to some of the best harsh vocals I've heard, female or male (although, I would say that Tatiana...aka Tati...is the absolute queen of harsh vocals). If you want to continue to dip your feet into the rabbit hole of Jinjer material, I can think of three songs/videos that would show their diversity...Perennial (live from Wacken 2019 video); Judgement and Punishment (live one take vocal performance video); Wallflower (official video...which is very cool and the song has a nice groove). BTW, I just saw Jinjer perform live at the House of Blues in Boston last month and they rocked the place!
I forgot to mention that even though Jinjer is generally classified as metalcore, the members have said that they hate being lumped into one specific genre because they like to incorporate influences from many genres of music into their songwriting (Tatiana is a fan of reggae/ska, hence the reggae feel at the end of this song and in their song Judgement and Punishment)
I saw them live for the first time a couple of weeks ago. They are each just as amazing in person as on video/audio.
Try Perennial (live Wacken) and Pisces (live session). Would be interesting to hear your opinion.
A good honest musician says, "That's not my genre and I really can't tell what's going on."
It's better than any whippersnapper explaining to us what could be there.
Michael is again exactly to the point. :)
Right!! Amazing how many turn on them when they can't!
But the subtext here is something like "game respects game." Myself I'm not into country, bluegrass, folk - but I'll shut up and listen when a solid artist is gettin' after it. Just because it'll never be in my own library doesn't mean it isn't a masterpiece.
Keep these coming we like the input that you have coming from your background on this separate genre. You dint have to ALWAYS teach sometimes watching people learn is fun too
Fun Fact: This band had two guitarists and when the other one left he just took on the responsibility himself.. That’s how good he is
In an interview from several years back, Eugene said that they like to play in different keys and whatnot in live performances. They are super nice and such a sweet band. Each one of them deserves all the praise that they get and more. They are excellent live! If you get a chance to see them, please do so. My favorite songs are I Speak Astronomy, Teacher Teacher, Judgement and Punishment, along with Wallflower.
@T. Dougs yeah that song is me and my sister in a nutshell.
IMHO, Jinjer is a perfect storm of musicianship. The whole band is so talented!
Yea some JINJER! Her voice is insane!
I am 54 years old and have been on stage 32 years of my life playing music. I found these guys a few years back just playing around on TH-cam and got my 22 year old son into them. I love what this band brings to the table. So unique and awesome musicians. Tatianna's voice is so beautiful and then in an instance knocks you of your ass with her growl. I was lucky enough to see them live and they sound even better live than their recordings. Just an amazing band and love them !!
More Jinjer!!!
JINJER FTW! 💙⚔🎨
She has a slight delay in the mic, but that's all Tatiana, and the band is such an incredibly talented one it's insane!!!, recommend Perennial live in Wacken!!
Jinger is freaking awesome....yes it's in English. Tatiana has a beautiful voice....she can sound like an angel.......and a Demon....in the same song. In my opinion they are sorta like Primus.....in that they are pretty much their own genre.
There is no AutoTune needed here - It's all Tatiana's own voice! She is amazing!
Love Jinjer. I was able to see then in 2021 but missed them this year in Atlanta. For a while all of the react channels were waiting their video Pisces. Again they play with the timing in the song. Glad you had them on the channel.
I saw them live last week and they legit sounds this right. Find more live videos and enjoy!
I saw them in Melbourne, Australia the other week… one of the tightest live performances I have ever seen. Period. All muso’s are absolutely dialed in, and her voice was spot on.
Great Reaction! I hope you continue the Jinjer journey, as a guitarist myself, the fact that none of their songs are the same makes it a fun trip! I think the song Vortex would get your attention!
Great video as usual. Glad to see you hear this band. This is one of their older songs and somewhat simple as compared with their newer stuff. I think you'd love something like Vortex or Judgement and Punishment even Teacher Teacher. Hope to hear one of these songs on your channel soon.
Definitely not autotuned seen her live. She is perfect.
This sort of music can seem gimmicky and predictable, and the vocal style can be more of a turn off than anything for a lot of people, but this band is different. The musicians are all very talented and tasteful - especially the bass and drums - and Tatiana is the complete package. Her ability to sing clean is top notch, and her lyrics are both very poetic and relatable, a remarkable feat for someone who primarily speaks Russian. Two of the members don't give interviews in English, to give you a sense of how foreign the language is to the band.
This song is great, but they've grown a lot as a band since. I would have recommended Perennial live at Wacken myself, as everything about that song and performance are many levels above this one. Just my opinion. It's always great to see the band getting some shine, they deserve it all. Plenty of great songs to check out. Retrospection is a favourite of mine, a song written in both Russian and English, about their families who they are away from due to both the war in Ukraine since 2014, and their touring lifestyle.
They don't speak Russian, they're Ukranian, but I agree with your sentiments
@@Wyrd22 Tati, Roman and Eugene all speak Russian as there region of Ukraine is Russian language 1st.
@@Wyrd22 They most certainly do speak Russian, and Tati writes all her lyrics in Russian then translates/reworks them into English.
@@tackle47 had a roommate from Kiev in college. He spoke Ukrainian, Russian (required from back in the ussr days, helpful in talking with neighbors), and English (most advantageous one to learn).
His buddy was Polish -also spoke Russian and English. I gathered it's very common over there to be bilingual, and at least be able to get by in a third language.
She rightfully so gets a Ton of attention because of her looks AND her Amazing vocal range but the guys are incredible on their instruments. They could release an instrumental album and I’d buy it in a second without hearing it first.
Yes.
I got into them from the composition thru the "Micro" EP, initially *despite* the extreme vocals.
Jinjer go their own way when they create their music. Trying to get Romans riffs and licks takes a long time to get! I hope you dive more into them. My favorite band of all time. Seen them live 5 times and everytime I get mindblown of how well they sound live 🔥🔥
This is very early in their career. They've just gotten more accomplished, creative, and on-point with each album, their newest being the best. SO many good live performances on YT as well, they're good about getting lots of clean recording circulating.
Do another one of theirs soon I hope, get some redemption!
Believe it or not, it's not only that tight, but she's also gotten 50X better in my opinion in the last couple of years!
Seen them live, it's pure talent.
Yup that's all her. She uses her entire vocal system from top to bottom to get that resonance. You can't really "autotune" or pitch shift that stuff. A pitch shifter takes everything that comes in and shifts it down or up. It doesn't differentiate between what a singer does with their vocal chords (or in this case their false chords and soft pallet) and what they do with their teeth and tongue like "T" and "S" and "P" and "D" which doesn't change whether they talk, sing or scream. With a pitch shifter all of that is shifted down or up. If you hear those sounds the same way you would if they were talking or singing clean vocals it's not a pitch shifter. Tatiana has I think I've counted four or five different harsh vocal sounds she can do. The higher ones are more like screams or shouts the lower ones are pretty wild (their song Pit of Consciousness).
I have a TH-cam playlist of live Jinjer stuff you could look through if you like. th-cam.com/play/PLhlYsqoR9XLEpHTbaOovrpa1p8L2uZ81G.html. They also do more guitar, drum and bass playthroughs of their songs than I have seen from any other band.
Yes, more Jinjer please. 🙏
After the enthusiastic reaction of Opeth recently... I'm patiently waiting on you to do more freom Red Rocks, or "Harlequin Forest" from Royal Albert Hall 🙂
If you like this, you'll love Perennial Live at Waken 2019, just an amazing performance from Tati and the boys.
Their drummer, Vlad, is a trained concert pianist and took over on drums for his last band when they needed it. He writes most of their songs and then sends it over to Tatiana who then figures out the lyrics and when to sing and when to scream
This is how most of us end up falling in love with Jinjer!
Hey Mike,
First off, let me tell you how much I enjoy your channel and your analysis, you're one of my absolute favorite channels going these days, I especially enjoyed your reaction(s) to Big Wreck and your interview with Ian, GREAT stuff, he's one of my absolute favorite musicians on the planet!
Now onto Jinjer, another one of my very favorite bands on earth, this band is SO diverse, at times mixing jazz, reggae and several different genres of metal. Most of their music is VERY intricate and VERY heavy, but it's so unique and brilliantly crafted with off-the charts musicianship that they're an INCREDIBLY rewarding listen!
Most people get into them from their song Pisces, which now has over 60 million views and has launched a thousand reaction channels! It starts as a nice, mellow, almost Incubus-like clean groove, with Tatiana, their vocalist, singing in a very Amy Winehouse reminiscent style before going full beast-mode on the chorus, blowing the minds of everyone who's reacted to it! They do use some doubling on their records, and will run some backing vocal harmony tracks live, but make no mistake, those growls are NOT autotuned and are 100% Tati's real voice! There are even raw camera audio videos of her doing it in the studio, and I've seen them live 3 times now, up close and in person, and Tati is THE greatest dual-threat/clean & brutal vocalist alive, she can sing like an angel and growl like Satan himself, and switch between the two INSTANTLY and flawlessly!
The drummer Vlad, and the bassist Eugene are easily one of, if not the best groove section in all of metal, and their guitarist Roman's riffs freaking CRUSH, although for whatever reason, in spite of his obvious technique, he almost never solos!
This is one of their heavier songs, but there are many others that contain much more clean vocals and intricate, dynamic clean passages that I think you'd really, REALLY dig!
Check out their live from Wacken video of the song "Perennial", the excellent, trippy studio video for "I Speak Astronomy" and Tatiana's one-take vocal performance of their reggae-metal fusion masterpiece "Judgement and Punishment" next, I really think you'll enjoy it, and they make for awesome reaction vids.
Anyhoo, keep up the awesome work with the channel and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Kinda wished you'd react to Pisces first just 'cause of the shock factor, but this is an awesome live!
You have GOT to check out Twelve Foot Ninja. They and Jinjer are my 2 favorite “newer” bands
Hey Michael! I saw you at Chaps yesterday while I was waiting for a friend of mine. I was going to say hi but you were talking to a friend and I didn’t want to interrupt. Thanks for the content and happy holidays!
It sounds like you need some more Jinjer In your life. You definitely need to do a deep dive into their music. Some of the best musicians on the planet hands down and Tatiana is just amazing!
Not a fan of growling, or much metal, (I'm a Deadhead haha), but I love this band! Top notch musicians playing very progressive music. Try Teacher Teacher, Tati is awesome and the band is insane!
honestly glad to see someone talk about the musicians in the band.
yes Tati is extremely talented and makes many men's knees wobble, but the band is so tight and it doesnt get expressed enough how good they really are.
Seen them 3 times. Yep, it’s that tight lol. She’s on another level (as they all are).
Seen them live twice. She is the real thing.
You gotta do more Jinjer. They’re incredible.
Well, well..
If you decide to continue down this road, you're in for a treat. The usual next step is "Perennial LIVE at Wacken 2019", Teacher teacher OMV, or the introductory "Pisces LIVE session" that got all this rolling.
Someone needs more jinjer