Alberto Balsalm - Steel Version

[dma2012]

this is why youtube is amazing. where else would i ever be able to see\hear this?? and it allows folks (like you) to gather and talk about as well. thats awesome. i can count on two fingers how many people i can have a discussion about aphex with, thank you richard d james, thank you youtube, thank you highschool steel drum band, and thank YOU!

[gabejohnson88]

fuck yeah guys! keep up the passion. reminds me of the ol' band days in school. i was always a bit envious of the percussion because they always seemed to have cool shit goin' down...more along the lines of my personality. i myself was a brass player (trumpet). i wasn't a 1st chair prick either on a personal note.

[colinleocanna]

Excellent excellent excellent. Blowjobs all round guys. 

[AlbertX78]

Of course nothing can be better than original version recorded by AFX, but its fuckin good played track wow

[JackRyan327]

BEN WALLACE IS A GOD

[JackRyan327]

This is so awesome! Kids... Your music teacher is A GOD!

[colinleocanna]

This is the best thing that has ever happened in a room.

[bonanzoid0deathgrip]

Fuck yeah guys.

[LucaBoulders]

awesome!

[MaxWiseman]

is it possible to buy a copy of this version?

[levenst1]

This is sooo goooood!

[thisisnecessary]

This is freakin sweet. Great, now I have all these Aphex covers to check out.

[stkalnit]

Good for you guys! Its really refreshing to see students being original.

[squarepusher645]

this is the new way. look out (my) few years from now...Classic!

[almostcoh]

Absolutely amazing!

[squarepusher645]

fav vid.

[vyruss000]

FANTASTIC!

[NetworkHuman]

aaannnddd repeat.

[NetworkHuman]

jizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[TeenageWind]

You guys killed it. Absolutely fantastic. Good f'n work.

[Clion901]

All I know is this deserves many more views...

[devtonycrowe]

Is is possible to get this uploaded again HD style? I love it!!!

[Bernardthecheesecake]

"Alberto Balsalm" by Aphex Twin

Arranged by Ben Wallace for the CCM (College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati) Steel Band directed by Rusty Burge

June 2010

and how about the names of the performers? <_<

[penispropeller]

This couldn't have been done better. Phenomenal cover!

[crizpy9119]

Amazing job. You really did an epic song justice with this!

[enochr00t]

A nice and unexpected surprise. These guys have done a great job.

[ThePanarion]

I just simply love this song as ever my favorite

[DARKJURNEY]

spine chillz , spot on vibes

[emveee11]

they should play this on festifals :D big up !!!!

[windatekili]

nice

[michaelmcmichaelson]

jesus fuck!



[jeppesk]

Great! :)

[epiksonik]

awesome 

[ruinsaneornot]

Wow... Impressive! Well done!

[Sphereal]

Fucking awesome, guys. I wonder if Aphex twin has seen this

[ABQUINOCSO]

belta !!!!!!!!!!!!

[VinylBlackGold]

SIMPLY GREAT!!!

[MultiCamaya]

Hi! Awesome cover! would you share the transcriptions or the sheets with me?

[lordpelius]

Brilliant!

[Blainearnold]

fucking insane!! much respect!

[krisirizarry]

this is fantastic! absolutely brilliant arrangement...

[danhoehn]

klasse performance

[d33pS3Ad1v3r]

not as slack as the original.

Massive fail.

You've brought deep shame on your families.

[bigollameo]

@d33pS3Ad1v3r

Similar the announcement of your birth, I'm sure.

[d33pS3Ad1v3r]

@bigollameo

Hey at least I was born in a hospital, and not shat out into a watery ditch like you.

[bigollameo]

@d33pS3Ad1v3r

Worst comeback I've ever heard. 

[cjudith465]

immaculate!!!

[bigollameo]

Have you guys sent this to Richard D. James yet? He'd love it, if he's not already loving it by now.

[boskoantonijevic]

i want to hear mariachi version

[7JokerIsWild7]

shoulda use cigarette-lighter instead of hi-hat and also move the chair from times to times

[incre00]

woooooooooo!!!!!amazing!!!!!!!­!!!more apx!!

[JunoNH]

fucking mamazing.

[QueenAnime99]

You guys sound nice. Good cover.

[cheeseinspace]

you guys did excellent!! hit every note

[cheeseinspace]

@cheeseinspace you did this song justice

[DefaultPosition]

That is really great. I am very impressed, sounded amazing.

[nolin335]

the drummer keeps he whole thing off key he has the beat going to fast otherwise really nice

[agadez13]

THIS. IS. AWESOME.

[FourJamLions]

Sweeeeet :)

[theCluevi]

Ευχαριστούμε! Αυτά είναι κάποια άλλα βίντεο που μπορεί να σας αρέσουν.

[aikighost]

Like it a lot, if you like this stuff chech out the album "Alarm Will Sound Performs Aphex Twin: Acoustica", which is excellent IHMO.

[Trilobyte2011]

second best next to the original

[NikpupMusic]

I must watch this every day

[nileakanile]

i think i know where i'm going to college.

[TheTHX1974]

cant get enough of this! =)

[MageAtYou]

I rarely use this word.., epic

[SeraphimSquadron]

This is the best version... After the original.

[synapsemusic]

So ironic...I always thought the original song sounded like an oil drum being scraped on a concrete floor

[themartinisong]

this sounds amazing. 

[emelcee3]

I really hope Richard D. James sees this video. I'm sure he'd love it.

[CleverDjembe]

INCREDIBLE!

[minimonoki]

a good homage to Richard D. James!

[joeyducaz]

very nice match very good with the steel

[Saxonczyk]

nice try but i'm still fall in love with original version :)

[Xx14HeavyNormalxX]

Incredible!

[M0SSl]

@Xx14HeavyNormalxX

Agree

[Xx14HeavyNormalxX]

@M0SSl Completely.

[kitaristi1]

its good but i dont like the lead instrument .. i mean the color of that sound

[FreedomBeats]

Big up to the guy on the jingle sticks behind the drummer. Really good addition. Nice one.

[imsneakersotoole]

Very, very talented. I hope you guys stick with it

[somesecret]

BEST EVER!

[ManicRevelation]

Oh wow. The next generation is either going to be a disaster or a revolutionary kick of awesome.

I was just searching my favorite RDJ song and I didn't expect to see a group of kids recomposing Alberto Balsalm. Pretty spectacular.

[FAndreee]

Can u offer the sheet to this :)???? im interested :)

[JosephKnight93]

this is very well played, lots of subtlety and attention to the original.

[dbsc2]

awesome!

[gtrmussa]

AMAZING!



[Darthrickles]

Bravo

[kierangular]

On the one hand, the record shop in truro where i bought 'i care because you do' in about 1995 is now a bookies. On the other, i can watch a steel band at the university of cincinnati do a flawless rendition of this on the internet.

Swings and roundabouts, i suppose.

[chappyhardcore]

good effort i like!!



[vel1303]

Amazing work guys!

[Conkern65]

@Tarekal cover Mount Saint Micheal + Saint Micheals mount

[mildotCadet]

godlesssss)_))))

[93Zos]

An inspired choice of cover. Maybe now my dream will come true and the cast of Glee will perform Cabaret Voltaire's "Nag Nag Nag".

[drivebymessiah]

Wow. Wow. Wow. Fucking Wow. This is amazing, incredible, a gift to all people. This needs to be recorded on the finest most accurate recording devices for preservation for all time.

[lolliplop422]

and also adopt all these musicians as our children. Thank you <3

[lolliplop422]

Ben Wallace, will you please, please marry me?

[kbeeuts]

this is awesomeeeeeee

[mikromekanikk]

they looks like prisons



[TheTHX1974]

awesomeeeeeeeeeE!

[Mingle127]

Siiick!

[FF1RR3]

Great!!!

[joevil2025]

everything sounds better on a steel pan ^.^

[scottydogification]

Cannot believe I stumbled across this by accident. Brilliant. Thankyou soooo much :D

[kitaristi1]

i want my childhood back .. I love Aphex twin

[naklip]

te pasaste buena pelotudo

[laslojamf]

Very, very impressive. And I go with @ElectriqueKingdom. Have a crack at Plaid guys!

[DereSzz]

Just one word: AWESOME !!!

[ElectriqueKingdom]

This is stunning. I'd love to see these guys cover the whole Plaid back-cat.

[cowcudisatwin808]

HOLY FUCK THANK YOU THIS IS RAD

[theimben]

I wish I was in the room.

[SlushpuppyVinyl]

that was unbelievable! awesome work

[faffa5]

Just showes the genious of This composition!! Fantastic job

[CountDuckula07]

Beyond awesome. Next to this, awesome is like crap.

[randyjm]

I just discovered this. WOW! I've always loved this song, but love it even more now!

[LIGHTRONIX]

I hope richard sees this cover. LEGIT

[wonkalima]

Whoa.

[rohanno]

That was just as what was right and what it should be...justice :D

Great job folks!!!

[mervingjslax]

YOU ARE GODS!

[avor]

a tad bit slower wouldve been perfect!!!

[brasschaos]

@avor ya its way fast and less serene props tho rite?

[avor]

@brasschaos yea, very cool of their teacher to let them do it too

[iloveshetlandponies]

Holy crap. My favourite Aphex track and this has really done it justice. Incredible..

[idkmybffjv]

I'd like to see them do "4".

[nucknardz]

jesus fucking christ

[hrochard]

This is a brilliant arrangement. You can tell a stunning amount of work went into the final product.

[is0explore]

Truly a thing of joy - fantastic job all involved - my favorite Aphex Twin song by a long way, and nothing lost in translation here. Amazing.

[MATUXAZ]

P.S.L Drums should make bigger echo to sound like in original video. :)

[MATUXAZ]

pianos are too loud (too hard sounding!). Anyway, it's awesome work!

[alittlemikeful]

@MATUXAZ

what pianos?

[MATUXAZ]

@alittlemikeful never mind...

[cyberfrogITA]

LOVELY arrangement. that's one of my fav afx tracks, very well done

[MrMoltoLito]

Justice done to one of my favourite tunes! Thanks!

[cyberfrogITA]

GREEEEEEEEAAATTT!!!

[AD1255]

Please do more Aphex Twin covers 

[kraftboy]

This is simply an amazing arrangement. Kudos to the arranger (I assume it's the band teacher) but it captures everything from the original and provides a new instrumental layer to the song.

Even the percussion arrangement does a good job of mimicking the 'everyday object' samples of the original.

[drumjoey]

Thanks.

[KyleJosephSanders]

outstanding!

[AvusGrau]

Well done. Just brilliant. 

[Johmeyful]

Oh my goodness!! I'm the 1,000th person to like this!! I feel so special right now, kinda warm and fuzzy like. ^^

[PressStartJerk]

Alternate title: 2 drummers, 1 kit

[pogrebnyak11]

impressive

[youmayfindyourself]

This is a long way from the Come To Daddy video. I wonder if they know! Beautfiul...

[Naiqvist]

Beautiful!

[athoughtdies]

THIS IS EFFING AMAZING. Seriously. Big ups to all of y'all for this.  WOW!!!

[Nickolas166]

Nothing but love for this video.

[Cthulhu235]

Shoulda had 'em all wear Richard D. James masks for the performance...lol

[Cthulhu235]

This is phenomenal!!!

[kotep777]

wow!

[zeed4u]

Wow and I think the actual artist did this mechanically. In many ways this version is richer.

[djwolfboy]

Richard probably hated it, but honestly who gives a fuck about trying to impress him! XD Awesome work, kids!

[ScatterQH]

Nice recreation! Steel drums sound amazing.

[skillette]

This is amazing. Every time I watch it, I try to see which of you are playing which parts. This is in my top 3 ever Aphex Twin songs-- now can you please do IZ-US? :D

[thejerseydude]

This is so cool! I love it!

[ScatterQH]

Mr. Balsalm would be proud.

[MozLanglotz]

Who disliked this song? Weirdos...

[TrickWithAKnife]

@MozLanglotz They thought it said "Dis I like"

[SuperIlluminaughty]

much awesome.

[finlan9]

Thats perfect ! well done ... .:

[Cliveyo]

sickkkkkkkk

[dracovolantus]

vgood job. but now bring back my J.Lo version, it's adult swim.

[sneeroh]

Well done. Well done indeed

[number1japan]

"Outstanding Red Team! Get you a case of beer for that one" (when you're old enough to drink that is)

[twistesceo]

You guys done Richard proud! good work!

[aphexburn]

Well done, I'm sure most of you were barely alive when this originally came out in '94. I enjoy your version as much as the original.

[McEachran007]

This is so sick. I have watched it every day this week. So Sick! Great job

[HackEsacker]

TEAR IT UP GUYS! FANTASTIC JOB!!!! THIS IS PART OF MY REGULAR PLAYLIST EVERYDAY NOW

[wezism]

@HackEsacker ME TOO ....FIND MYSLEF PLAYING IT DAILY !

[HackEsacker]

@wezism - apparently, you have good taste! Right on

[wezism]

@HackEsacker massive aphex fan .....chris cunningham live in london june if ur up 4 it?!?

[HackEsacker]

@wezism - I wish man. I'm in the states in Jersey next to NYC so I'll have to wait for him to come to NYC in order to see him

[sodaworm]

Bravo! This Is Great! Fantastic!

[McEachran007]

This is sik great job guys!!!!!!!!!!

[djvirgy1]

You guys just blew my mind out of my ass, gingerly cleaned it up, gave it back to me, hugged me and apologized and I am no longer afraid.

[WinXMillsy]

Good job kids Richard would be proud if he heard this :) keep it up

[GabarTheGreat]

The guys by the drumkit dancing... 2:00.

[stephof10]

I wonder wether Richard James has ever heard this version... Alberto Balsalm is really his masterpiece. Awesome !

[basskick10]

Fantaaaastic! A++++

[HeatherRasley]

Really nice. Great work, all

[man1in2a3box]

perfect

[happyendy]

TRHIS IS COVER!!! Amazing!!!

[mcbrite]

loved it!

[wheresmybeard]

Brilliant! Dunno know how 4 people could dislike it