Baths - "Maximalist" [LIVE in My Bedroom]

[collaptic]

Sounds great.

/ I just uploaded a college Art Video check my page if you like chill-mythic-woodland-glitch-p­op /

[Mraliman33]

what mpc is that?

[Taintain101]

can you play live in my bedroom?

[hust0nhall]

I WANT THAT LITTLE MAGIC BOX!!!

[MandalorianSquid]

"It takes a lot of courage to go out and there and radiate your essence." - I love that line!

[Taintain101]

this is intense,, I first heard geotic and loved your bless the self album

It's pretty awesome to see you have more music out there

[SI3G3ANON]

you're the man. period.

[ultimatev17]

The two people who disliked this video have no hearing and no souls. I saw him live and it was amazing! He is the nicest.

[AlphaSerpentis22]

@ultimatev17 He is the nicest! "thanks guys" super modest and awesome <3

[04211992April]

Song at the beginning was Mecha Joy :)

[Sheeeeepies1]

Nice

[dillyshrimp]

@jwebberaudio It's probably a laptop.

[dillyshrimp]

@jwebberaudio yes that's an akai. But is the screen in the background a lemur?

[DenemChikn]

@dillyshrimp macbook pro

[MrChochox]

@DenemChikn not is a macbook pro is a macbook white and the midi controller is an akai mpd32

[jwebberaudio]

@dillyshrimp nah i think its an akai

[dillyshrimp]

is that a lemur?

[jwebberaudio]

@dillyshrimp nah i think its an akai

[czechplastik]

Quality!

[31899weasel]

Absolutely sick. Keep up the good work!

[Kazuya240]

**He perform yesterday at the Hi tone in Memphis, i was there BABY**

[xbr00talxc0rex]

Baths is getting a lot of playtime in Skins US, I love it. This is so awesome. I want to learn how to do this. Does anyone know how I could get started :p

[rawfflecakes]

is this actually baths playing?

[Divers1ty]

@rawfflecakes I think so he used to be in postfoetus which is the user name. Plus it's his exact set up.

[MySheLXD]

I rly love ur music... alsoo love the candlesss♥

[intuitivecat]

maximalist it the correct word for this track, as the beat stutters and delays are way overdone and kinda destroy the beauty of the composition, at least in this particular performance. they'd work better if they were in time. and yeah, i know you are into the non quantized beat thing. i appreciate it, but there is a subtlety that brings more to a composition that overworking it. that said - Cerulean is one of my fav albums of 2010. keep at it.

[gnomsayn]

@intuitivecat

dunno what time you're keeping but all those breaks are perfectly in time.

[intuitivecat]

@gnomsayn - i didn't say the breaks were not in time, but that the stutters and delays overwhelm the time signature. I've been making my own beat science tracks w/programming & no loops since '95. I simply feel that overworking the core structure muddies the feel of this version.I've had to deal with the 'too much' aesthetic in my own music, so i know it well. personal opinion - something we all have & is subjective. I'm used to art & music criticism & find it very important for creativity.

[Neverendingplush]

@intuitivecat i get what u mean he really did go overboard

[HouseFantastic]

God, I love the fake candles.

[AutumnOath]

:3

[m4n4mk1]

wcked sik. ur good kid, ur gona go big!!

[soulsent]

Excellent Stuff, just what hip hop has been waiting for!!! :)

[cream8]

this kids a beast.

[Stevoflohu]

THe Akai MPD32 is dope.

[matthewbaigent]

so mental, so complex, so mind blowing.

[worldwed]

@matthewbaigent lol, listen to anything by Aphex Twin...

[neolojism]

instajungle

[FredOther]

wow dude!

[bertowins]

yes i just saw him in pittsburgh, ya he is gonna blow up somethin serious he is ridiculous! nice guy too huh

[sumguhsounds]

@bertowins will was in pittsburgh recently? well what the fuck i missed it. where did he play?

[bertowins]

@sumguhsounds yes he was about 3 weeks ago, him, dosh, and el ten eleven. it was at brillobox. amazing show!

[Hangshai]

so.sick. cannot stop listening to this track. Blows me away...

[mpochwat]

anyone know what program he's using with the mpd?

[Darwinist]

@mpochwat

Ableton Live, by far the best sequencer for this kind of thing. It is to live performance what Pro Tools is to conventional recording - in a class of it's own.

[Kubiak04]

lmao live in my bedroom! I love your release dude keep making wonderful music

[bertowins]

so ridiculous live!

[thimens123]

@bertowins just saw him in Denver, this kid WILL BLOW UP!!

[d4sh94]

i think he is doing too much for show here. Its hard to listen to the melody when he does all the beat repeats

[TheMysticalNinja]

Just saw him last night in seattle. He was AMAZING!!!

[avucko]

woooo

[AnalogRuddy]

What exactly are you doing here with the mpd Will? Triggering clips, beat repeats? I've been trying to organize tracks for live performances but I am having trouble.

[zoidberg590]

@AnalogRuddy I can't see any correlation between what he's doing with his hands and the sounds im hearing.

[shanebieda]

There;s no way you could possibly remember to do all this unless you're a robot.

[Darwinist]

@shanebieda

He's not remembering everything - if he just let the scenes play in order from start to finish, they´d sound like less-glitchy, less exciting versions of his songs. He improvises a lot of the stutterings, FX sweeps etc. Sometimes he messes up and doesn't do what he expected, but according to what he said about the process in another youtube clip, that's ok - happy accidents and all that. He can turn the fx's off at any time and it reverts to the original clip.

[TheZuah]

I wish I knew what the hell I was watching.

[midnightripple]

emtions evoked.. i had such an amazing time at emrg n see.

[Livolenik]

i saw you at santa cruz the other day :3 you were great

[bluewolfer]

smexi! Try getting on BBC Introducing

[acheromtia]

i wanna hug you

[conchettas]

Inspiring music, inspiring person. Will is an amazing guy.

[mouthbreather1]

Wow, sometimes Pitchfork gets stuff right; this is fucking great.

[percentius]

it lookes like NI maschine indeed. :) great !

[rxbandiit]

the intro gets me fuzzy, rad

[SPINEB7]

baaaaaam !

so nice man, keep it up, u make it good mix, get it :D

[MegaDidion]

It's an Akai MPD32, possibly with a re-skinned Ableton running on the Macbook?

[KessBloodysunday]

Is he using a Maschine? (Native Instruments' Drum pad)

this is amazing.

[mouthbreather1]

@KessBloodysunday It's an Akai MPD (32, probably), and it looks like he's running NI Kontakt.

[teknojunkiemobile]

@mouthbreather1 He's running Ableton Live in Arrangement view.

[mouthbreather1]

@teknojunkiemobile Yeah, he explains what he's running & how he's using it in a few interviews.

[teknojunkiemobile]

@mouthbreather1 Will! wanna chime in and tell us what your running? ... I went to a couple of his shows, and at he was at a ableton tutorial demo show, and explained his process. So I dunno...

[mouthbreather1]

@teknojunkiemobile /watch?v=KpZScE07x8o&feature=P­layList&p=6371FB658CF08B17&ind­ex=0&playnext=1

[teknojunkiemobile]

@mouthbreather1 wait so he is using ableton haha sweet. side chain compression is awesome!

[PandaBearParamedics]

I don't get it, but I really like it.

[gnz76]

i love it...

[peskasker]

sooo inspirational.

[poppycop]

Will is a funny guy, will makes amazing music. He's a real pleasure to be around.

[poor1]

very nice, and beautiful.....

[HARPER4560]

Really Awesome, Can't Wait till the Album Releases!

[domakesaytravis]

so good.

[warrenmusic]

i really like this.

[raniel94]

great song!!

Finally i get it

Yeahhh!!

[augustaugustaugust4]

nice breakdown from mecha joy

[BiznatchWang]

I love Baths, can't wait for him to release his album...deserves much more recognition than he's getting.

[grIMProducer]

yeah i agree, i seriosly would give this "album of the year" this year if i had the say so lol.

[rofferjak]

This is kickass!

[ifthe21stcentury]

Most inspiring track I've heard for at least a few weeks.

Thanks for this.

[markhanlon3]

This is incredible... More please...

[GandolfTheGrape]

unreal

[skandrewskandrew]

seriously rad.

[ez123lopez]

Good stuff!!