Dissociative Fugue

[ChemicalComedown]

Absolutely amazing work, very creative and original !!! : )

Thumbed up and subbed ;D

[Nexthendrix2112]

holy shit

[camronlp]

Pretty cool, reminds me of that music video for run run run by phoenix

[xagcx]

Brilliant, one of the few recognizable captures of Music synesthesia I've seen. Naturally it doesn't match mine but I can the translation. I wish there was a Synaesthesia visualization construction studio where you could create effects that you could trigger in time to match what's in a song. At any rate, thank you very much for sharing this.

[MortiCarthago]

this is amazing

[masterkhufu]

Do you also perceive individual pitches at various colors as well, or it is just related to different instruments?

If so, for you, which notes represent which colors?

[GunnardDoboze]

I played the Duduk on this track....I really enjoy working with Matthew.

[Phagedaena]

nice

[sanysany81]

Круто

[electronicmess]

Really nice work, what software did you use?

[SynestheticSoul]

The bars are the same shape for me but the colors are different. That winded instrument as well.

[Chefodeath]

meh, gimmicky rip off

[locom27]

trippin balls!

[VJFranzK]

Truly excellent audio / visual work here! Did you have the MIDI data from the song to work with, or was it synched by hand?  (which truly would have taken forever!)

[stretta]

I exported the individual audio tracks out and keyed from that.

[the14yroldpianoman]

I'm actually addicted to this song :D

[GunnardDoboze]

@the14yroldpianoman

[chilipalmero]

Stretta, you rule!

[Spartan936]

Very cool. The forms and colors are similar to what I "see" when listening to music, just as you describe.

[stagesix6]

whre should i look at?

[asssda2]

this is amazing.

im going to watch it again lol

[guitarpick678]

so confusing i love it

[wingman210]

kick ass!

[osiris182]

Ho ! i love it =)

[chenierchenier]

this is not a fugue!!! retarded video!

[stretta]

Correct, it is not a fugue. It is a piece of music called 'Dissociative Fugue' about that mental state. Please read the description.

[Bayito]

oh boy i sure dont know how to read derp derp

[chaoticpix93]

Okay so Im not the only one who noticed the mike oldfield in it.

Oh, and as far as the synesthesia goes, I don't distinguish between what instruments are what, although I know what each sound represents in my head. And it's like i'm following the music down a path... it's an interesting video.

[badarts]

excellent work.

[gustransman]

i think you have done a fantastic job on this -thanks for posting and all the info -have a nice day -gus

[srorasco1]

you should do one with the song jupiter bringer of jollity from the planets id try doing it but i dont know what program this is

[stretta]

Mike Oldfield? He'd be a big influence, but I'm surprised this is something you'd be able to hear from this example. Also, Jeff Noon. :)

[DuhKerina]

Thanks a lot for sharing this. It's is много добро! :)

[whataboutoddd]

Awesome... and inspiring.

[psilopsyche]

Ketamean Fugue <3

[Bandjalah]

What is the blow/air instrument making a sound like something tribal :p i'm interessed in that instruments sound =)

Sorry for not being able to be anymore specific =c

[spencnaz]

Fantasia of 1940 attempted a similar concept with their visual interpretation of Bach. It's way ahead of it's time to say the least.

[stretta]

Yes, the opening Toccata of Fantasia is by far my favorite - it was also the most abstract.

[Konnar540]

can I ask what program you used for this ?

[stretta]

After Effects - a stock install with no 3rd party plug-ins

[fagottist]

do i hear a duduk?

[stretta]

Yes, indeed, you do hear a duduk.

[Nanovirus5995]

Nostalgic. This reminds me of Age of empire+ Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles+Pokemon Movie (lugia theme). Amasing. Truly stunning.

[XLatina21x]

while i was searching for a descriptive video on the disorder itself, i jumped to this. The title is misleading.

thanks anyways for sharing.

[Alycaria]

Yeah, "stumble across it", love it, and add it to their favorites list!

I could verily take my eyes off it to type this.

A great way to interpret music!

[armadillozenith]

neat, nice to see synaesthesia given a positive showing here. thanks!

[jmm1233]

i am guessing you used trapcode's horizon and soundkeys in aftereffects ,

[EZKaiser]

Wow Ive been brainwashed. lol

[patcha80]

very koorva KUUL :]

[kissmeimpunjabi]

very cool!

[xpeeterx]

is that 11/4 ? NICE!!! :)

[splintercellcrash]

holy S$#%!

stretta you are one of the more mindblowing phenomenons of this generation

truly inspiring stuff!!!

[unizesto]

wow! that is cool! great work!

[storerestore]

I've had experiences like this when listening to music half asleep on the bus. Not exactly like that, but squiggly colorful lines and shapes that work together with the music. I blame it on working too much in piano roll style sequencers, hehe.

[liveloveact00]

wow, DEF was drawn in by this...

[locobeis]

beautiful

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

When i think about producing electronic music, i see massive landscapes, and sound elements in certain graphical forms that fill out the landscape 'bandwidth' in layers.

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

"P.S. I'm really going to hate having kids, baby cries taste the way burning plastic smells to me."

..shit.

Hmm, i've got a couple of questions for ya, but i won't bother !

[iabbervocium]

This is so interesting...I like the way you think, it makes sense.

[dancingflower]

love it..

[Uhr0kraft]

There's a very limited audience of people interested with what's inside your head. That's why it's only in your head. Nice melody though...

[aguadololo]

This is no Fugue

[stretta]

No, it isn't a fugue, nor is it supposed to be. The title of the composition refers to the mental disorder of the same name. I haven't written a proper fugue since graduate school.

[aguadololo]

Cool. its funny actually im writing a fugue right now

[kevagonia]

I like the word fugue. Fugue. Fugue.

[jaywhy069]

Because you know how it SOUNDS... imagine you didn't, and pronounce phonetically[sic]...

FUGWEE!!!!!!

Synesthasia is a wonderful thing - I have a friend who sees colors for numbers.

[shinigetsu]

You're right about the distinction between parts, the violin was missing and a lot of those colored lines looked fairly random, I generally see the same color for an instrument with slight variations variations, such as the note color being tied to the instrument color.

[golafs]

cool.

what software did you use to make the animation?

[MissAndalaisa]

I like this music. Very interesting and vivatious! :)

[tnix80]

You're very right, a lot of people don't have an appreciation for more complex pieces because they don't get what is going on. No wonder prog rock died and pop has boomed. For the record I love bach and am a musician so I can here the interplay of parts but it is interesting to see it visually.

Whether you believe it or not, some drugs (for me weed and especially dxm) enhance your ability to hear the different parts in a piece of music and generally increase your enjoyment of them.

[kribbod]

maybe its the alcohol but i only heard corny new age music. And i wondered if the animation correlated with the music at all. i tried to find the maracas, is it the waveformy thing? something though that did correlate was the presence of weed and prog music. and LSD and traffic lights..

[onsentivoli]

very nice effort. can't wait to check out your other videos.

[wilsonink]

i liked the animation and music! great vid.

[dave04045]

what the hell is that?

[partipoper32]

this is the first time i am hearing a duduk being played like this

[snufkin789]

is this you playing the duduk or is this all sound by software?

[stretta]

duduk and clarinet by Gunnard Doboze

[Selford]

Good music but its not fugue

[stretta]

No, it isn't a fugue, nor is it supposed to be. The title of the composition refers to the mental disorder of the same name. I haven't written a proper fugue since graduate school.

[Bendmac525]

Yeah, it's like the song "Fugue for Tinhorns," from Guys and Dolls. A cute song, but the title is misleading.

This emulates the sound of a fugue in some ways, but it isn't really one...

[Bendmac525]

For the record, I do take psychology, and know where the title comes from. I'm just prolonging this conversation needlessly.

[shadowsfall077]

So are a musicain or a composer or both?

[adambeetle]

what software did you use to make the visuals?

[otakutalk]

Thanks for getting me into Archetribe! =)

[BatzMonkey]

sweet! trippy vid!

[wisepotatogremlin]

Amazing video! I read an article about synaesthesia, and I'm wondering, is it neat seeing colors when you hear music? Or does it get annoying?

[ihope127]

Is it neat how stomping your feet makes a sound, or does it get annoying? ;-)

Not that I really know what it's like. That's my guess.

[ihope127]

Maybe this is a better analogy: is it neat knowing what the answer is when you see something like 2 + 4, or does it get annoying?

[blackicede]

Depends on the music. :)

[Foxy601]

Awesome video! Do you know if this was used for the opening/closing credits on the show NYPD Blue?? It reminds me of their soundtrack.

[KronicPain]

a dissociative fuge is when someon suffers from multiple personality disorders and as a result of this alters their identity completely, even moving away from their home/family. When they come to, they do not know why they are miles away from home and in severe cases, even what they have been doing for the past few months/years while in their dissociative state.

[parapluie31]

I have this sort of synesthesia too (music triggers motion, sometimes color). It was neat to listen and see where our visuals were different. I enjoyed this, thanks for posting!

[soremongs]

My audio system liked this real well. Nicely done animation. It reminds me of a Philip Glass video I once saw.

[stretta]

Too bad the youtube compression makes hamburger out of the audio production quality. If you really enjoy pushing your audio system, check out the CD.

[tobyz1]

I'm listening to it from the Waterworks CD via Rhapsody. The sound is so much better than what's on YouTube.  The animation here is terrific!

[BatzMonkey]

love the music! its so dreamy! and great trippy vid, dude!

[KronicPain]

this has nothing to do with the psychological dissociative fugue, but it's still pretty cool

[stretta]

The name of the composition is 'dissociative fugue', and it was written two years before the animation was created.

[ICanPlayElton]

I'm a synesthetic, but I see music in colorless blocks. It's like this, except without the color. The note is based on how long the rectangle is and its positin in the "screen" in my mind.

[stretta]

I have to agree with you. Color was added more for artistic visual interest. Brightness is usually intensity or volume.

[bubblybabs]

Hm. I don't see music this way. When I listen to it, it consumes my world, like its happening all around me. If I concentrate on it, and pick out notes and chords, it's like I AM the music, just flowing.

I could never imagine music the way you do, but it certainly is cool to see a representation of it. Good job.

[BlindDogFulton]

Woah, It's like WHOOOOOOOSH!!! Part of the fun of your creation is being able to follow along with the song, and you cannot do it here.

[8Dbaybled8D]

the flute-thingy is definately a smoke-like and deep brown to me.. but great video

[isselman2000]

Pretty good, but a bit too fast.

[pianogirl98]

Very cool!

[nicksweeet]

nicely done

[ihope127]

Can you easily pick out the individual notes of a chord? To me, a chord sounds more or less like its highest note, unless the notes come in one by one, in which case I pretty much recognize each note coming, then forget them soon after.

[jwoelmer2]

to the well trained ear, yes, we can pick out individual notes. I guess you just have to kinda concentrate a little. About dood below here, computers can pick up different tones from different instruments, but we have to tell them how to display it.

[litesho]

Beautiful. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to see inside of your head.

[stewie4gvnr]

yea, if it wasnt hand-animated i'd be more interested, still looks cool though

[dood077]

What are you talking about? Computers can't listen to music as art and therefore can't make an artistic visualization. This is like fantasia, more like the original with toccata and fugue, just images, no distinct characters or objects. I like the video, and welcome more.

[notjawn]

This is pretty interesting. A good approach to teach someone the basics of rhythm and timing. From my formal lessons I remember being taught to just learn your instrument up and down and remember your hand positions like a picture. So now when I hear music I can actually view in my memory my hand positions.  Then muscle memory kicks in after a while and pretty soon you can hear music and play it without ever having to open your eyes.

I'd like to see more videos like this.

[overzero]

was this made with a media app (like after fx) or created by a custom program (like processing)?

[stretta]

The video was animated with Adobe After Effects

[stewie4gvnr]

anywhere u can download this visualization at?

[stretta]

the video was largely animated by hand, if you would like to download it, there is a version at the URL listed in the description

[Turkeyjaws]

awesome!

[iasauh]

beautiful... are you a synaesthetic yourself?

[iasauh]

beautiful.... are you a synaesthetic yourself?

[stretta]

sound/vision

[mofokitten]

i never really thought about people not being able to distinguish different elements of music, but it´s true i guess... i have a gift for things like that, hearing minute details in the phrasing of guitars and drums, and hearing backing tracks and such...

[smalin]

Excellent; thanks so much for posting this.