Han Bennink on Cheese Kit Diptych - Part 1/3

[BADAB0ING]

bekackt man. hirnlos

[DaFenceBoyz]

Damn, he needs to tune that snare up a bit!

[tommc70]

27 minutes of a great drummer . . . hitting on some cheese.

Really??? That's just stupid. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[Icix1]

hahaha....what the fuck...

[DeathMagneticX3]

I don't really get the idea....he's a good drummer....but it just sounds a bit crap to me to be honest :P On the second one it just sounds like lots of empty cases falling down a big staircase to me.....hitting the occasional cymbal on the way down :p

[r34ct]

Ass cheeks

[marcborg84]

dutcharestupid.blog.com/

[57dogsbody]

sounds like aherd of cows all taking acrap together

[charly4ever1]

Don't PLAY with the food jajajajaja

[dorebieberxx]

-i'm proud to be dutch. (:

[CFARADRUM]

Damn i thought i knew all the time consuming jobs. Well now my life is complete

[TheHevquip]

Okay, so really?! Cheese drumming is just drumming, but drumming on pieces of cheese, It's not a technique or anything?! I've heard of it before, but never did I think it was so literal. Guess I'm underestimating the acoustic properties of cheese or something...

[MaxBearguy1]

an intrumental video that is food to your ears! Literaly!

[jakebass93]

or you could eat the cheese...

[getfamous247]

he is very.. very.. very good... but this is very... very... very.. stupid

[lexo30]

Han Bennink is one of the only musical geniuses I can think of who would happily use cheese as a primary instrument, and make it sound brilliant, too. Pat Metheny is a superb musician, but I can't see him playing a guitar made out of cheese. Wynton Marsalis is never going to play a cheese trumpet. Or even a cucumber trumpet. Just goes to show that free improvisation separates the men from the boys.

[morganfitzp]

Nice to know in this jaded century of ours humans are still finding innovative ways to make noise by banging sticks on whatever's at hand. And Han Bennik is just the right human for the job!

[youenjoy00myself]

sounds like an old man beating his meat

[DrumDude2112]

His drums have a very sharp sound.

[genemz5]

What an amazing video.

[brentonius12]

my god that was a waste of time , sounds gay

[boilingbubbles]

man, it looks like-from the expression on his face-that the cheese really stinks.

[pfunkle]

How could anyone dislike this

[DYNODRUM]

Ingenous!! w/ all the gimmicks and false crap out now and all the hype of what Drumming should be or sound Like, He just redifined all that shit and what a great statement for todays little Drummers- its so friggin Cheesy , Han, goes way back playing w/ some of Jazz' Greats ,Dont under rate this guy..

[mand6str]

sorry hans ur awsome!! but this sounds like a load a cheesy balls

[crzyandy060]

What a waste of fecking cheese!! Wallace and Gromit would not be impressed!

[Gfel1]

"Sorry, wrong festival..."

Good man!

[BennyGaberMusic]

OOBOBO OOBOBO

[tunelesstune]

wait wat

[steveey251]

So good.

[Loszmi]

What is he doing left hand? What kind of technique it is? "Rotating Classic"?

[Davidisg0d]

his face disturbs me

[bonac123]

i bet any metal drummer with 100 pieces of drum kits couldn't beat him with his cheese.

ps. he should use cheese sticks instead of drum sticks. lol

[xdoseonex]

@bonac123 I bet any jazz drummer with 4 drums count beat him with his cheese.

[ryanandbranslurppiss]

who would come up with this lol like sure bang on it for a bit but to make a drumset lol thats a littles far

[Percussionfish]

crazy

[BlastbeateR1]

ah he hit the cheddar instead of the bree. muppet

[ajdicks]

Imagine Thurston Howell from Gilligan's Island leaning over to a junior executive: "My dear boy, you simply MUST know that Belgian cheeses produce a rounder, fuller tone"

[andrew1schaeffer]

i want my drum set to be made out of cheese

[burnmehdown214]

This performance is so 'cheesy' its good!

[tisahuat]

o SHIT!! this is what i call drum art.

[RoilNoise]

why dont we see and hear stuff like this on radio and tv

because most people aremt people but rotten stumps and rat scum

GREATNESS!

[a23b23x]

after watching this then going on my kit and playing i thought to myself "y'know, why ISN'T my drumset made of cheese?"

[ClubOorked]

man, awsome

[TheEarlOfDublin]

lmao

[samuelcamelo]

e a vantagem???

[sohh59]

super solo...

[negatia78180]

si tu veux faire chier le mec tu croque dans sa caisse claire

If you want to do something bad for this guy , you eat the snare drum XD

[glassgenie]

Who moved the Cheese?

Where any mice present at this performance?

[Neusje77]

He's pretty damn skilled :O

[superjules]

Cut the cheese, but can he cut the mustard?

[naleyan]

he belongs in the circus not in jazz

[kwakky]

he's played on some of the greatest jazz albums of all time, including peter brotzmann's "machine gun" from 1968, and eric dolphy's "last date" from 1964. don't be one of those people spreading the stereotype that jazz fans are humorless dickheads.

[pjustusxi]

What do you know? He can play straight-ahead Dixieland if he wants.

[ChronoZINC529301]

no way...

[goalfc]

LOL!

[edcerc]

only han could tear it up on the cheese

[DOM114]

cheese gromit cheese!!

[ishredu]

avant e cheese?

[marmotbreizh]

Everytime he hits a cheese, I'm like "Oh no please, not too hard, don't hurt it !"

[Fioritaa]

original....i prefer the traditional drum set though....

[JohnPartakes]

Does anyone know if it's cheaper to buy a drum set made of cheese than of wood, metal and membranes. You have to bear in mind that the cheese will get cheesier as time progresses. There is probably some kind of physics formula for calculating the possible benefits from a financial and a nasal point of view. One could use bones from animal carcasses, I guess. The pelvis bone of a cow might do for the bass drum. Han might contemplate using soft cheeses such as cottage cheese, feta and mozarella.

[sk8ergirlzee]

when i saw this i was like holly shit it's made out of cheese!

[jeffreycollins]

Thank God that this man and Derek Bailey found each other in the world. They are both amazing musicians. Thanks for the video...kinda weird him playing on cheese, but it just shows you how much he's willing to experiment with his percussion.

[bonco91]

is it italian cheese ?

[fuzznecky]

The bass drum is a beautiful Grana Padano, the rest are all Dutch cheeses (Gouda, Maasdammer, Edammer).

[communty]

@fuzznecky I have always found that the Italian cheeses certainly have the finest resonances.

[ZEBU1212]

why the effect on the cut away shot? stupid!

[fuzznecky]

What do you mean by 'the effect on the cut away shot"? It's a 27 minute performance I had to cut the video in 3 parts to post it here.

[ZEBU1212]

when you cut away from the main shot, it has a horrid effect on it. just wondering why?

[fuzznecky]

Adding the effect in post production was a way to deal with having to use a broken camera (distorted colour balance + a lens deficiency). The production company send only one camera person instead of three and we wanted it shot with at least 3 camera's. So we had to scramble for extra equipment since one camera was already mounted onto the ceiling. In the end we worked with what we had and it's understandable that not everyone likes the treatment we used. That's life. Thank you for the post.

[KawhackitaRag]

This takes the cake... er, the cheese?

[goretrade]

cheeze :C

[drkruce]

is the second kit made out of cheese too? or is it somethin to duplicate the cheesey one?

[fuzznecky]

Cheese Kit Diptych consists of two drum kits. In one, full rounds of real cheese (Gouda, Maasdammer, Edammer and Grana Padano) sit atop drum stands; in the other, plastic cheese replicas usually found in store display windows are employed.

[OhLookBirdies]

Ridiculous, but fucking awesome. Almost enough to make me feel a tiny twinge of pride at being Dutch.

[djbladdered]

The Master of the 'Cheese Percussion' movement, fer shore

[Frupp]

Sorry, wrong festival.

[patrickgamil]

cheesy.

but tasty.

some would say it stinks .

but i'd say like all great cheeses it's an  acquired taste.

he really cuts the mustard

Bennink is a strong player (no pun intended)

[crawdad76]

How many times must we see him put the stick in his mouth? As cliche now as any bebop lick. And all these people there--how sad.

[dramatisation]

You're lucky, you must have seen him play many, many times.

[crawdad76]

Yes, you're right. Several times live, and now on this idiot site. Every time, the stick in mouth. Parlor tricks, anyone? I think I will jerk off the next time I play--it will become my cliche.

[Frupp]

Everytime this chliche stick-on-something. When will he stop doing this noise? Damn it, i´m so unhappy.

[pjustusxi]

He gets a specific sound out of it. Who are you to say it's a cliche or a trick? Buddy Rich doing his stick trick wasn't cliche, but this is?

[thumbdumb]

Han is one of the best drummers in the world. who knew he was so good on cheese!

[spyke09]

that shits crazy