8. Calculating Infinty

[LiquidSwords030891]

If you like this album I would suggest The Dead Next Door by a band called Spitfire. It also came out in 1999 but was released about half a year before Calculating Infinity, oddly enough.

[McRaims]

Hip-Hop brougth me here.

[MadeToBeGray]

I wouldn't doubt that DEP literally calculated infinity with their patterns and time signatures.

[AbbadonXnaiv]

this song kinda reminds me of that song off king crimson

[guguigugu]

best band ever

[JaySharpJay]

I could almost kill someone, my eyes are bleeding emotion

[cassiusitsover]

Kinda reminds me of Lark's Tongues In Aspics part 2 by King Crimson

[stratocaster1986able]

Was this song something to do with Georg Cantor? He actually tried to calculate infinity.

[justWidle]

@stratocaster1986able Dimitri explained it like this: he idea behind calculating infinity is trying to figure out how long it will take a self destructive person to sabotage a relationship. You can't, because trying to figure something like that out, is like trying to Calculate Infinity.

[okayillgonow]

Dillinger Escape Plan: the Charles Ives of our generation (at least in terms of polytonality and polyrhythm).

[okayillgonow]

30-time

[okayillgonow]

@okayillgonow: My mistake: sounds more like 29-time

[FreewheelinLibertine]

Never listened to this genre before but it's interesting, I love hearing time signature changes in songs and this is totally like a new atmosphere for me will definitely look some more up.

[RZ350LC]

Encoded in this song are all the prime numbers from zero to infinity.

[stratocaster1986able]

Not sure whats harder, calculating infinity or calculating the time signature, lol.

[cooliovasquez]

listen to indiscipline by king crimson if you like this

[adamthemute]

1 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 2

[Voidhead]

Man, that beat blows my mind. I'm not a drummer, but it's so much fun just trying to get it down and slapping your thighs to the rhythm!

[DanYR1337]

@Voidhead yeah you're right i just tried it, it needs some concentration but it's fun :D

[Datacaust]

..and that's how you do it.

[benoz11]

Intro: (1/8 anacrusis), 6/8, 10/8, 13/8, 6/8, 10/8, 13/8, 6/8. Then

10/8 13/8 6/8 10/8 13/8.

Then there's that big rung out chord at 30 seconds.

[meshuggahfan]

@benoz11 not to be a music nazi, but your 13/8, can arguably be a 7/4 because of the start of the next measure on the snare, thus combining that whole section into a 7/4, also the beginning is not in 1/8. So it should be 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 3/4, and so on, but realistically is in a base of 4. A key reminder is to not pay so much attention to the snare as much, he's accenting, key is to listen to his bass drum and his cymbal hand. Also it's too bad this drummer is with them no more.

[testostyrone01]

6/8, 10/8, 13/8

[Voidhead]

What's the time signature?

[noooodl]

@Voidhead 29/8, I think. The intro goes, "1 2 _ 4 5 6 7 8 _ 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 _ 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29", repeat.

[Voidhead]

The drum riff is fucking awesome.

[phreestylesk8r]

back bubble gum sounds alot like this song ha they r both awsome

[VaughnTheSheep]

I have new respect for this band after hearing this song...

[mrbrian9]

new school king crimson, gotta love this track!

[ChimpFromSpace]

@mrbrian9 Yea I was thinking this song kinda sounds like King Crimson.

[steponshark]

@ChimpFromSpace just about to say that hahaha

larks tounge in aspic part 2

[cooliovasquez]

@steponshark true that

[filteredwataaa]

I just realized those are vacuum tubes for the picture. XD

[peaceman999]

@filteredwataaa i just noticed when you said it and my mind expolded... for some reason i thought they were machines guns or something....

[grassvalleystudios]

@filteredwataaa Lol, looks like tubes for an amp. These guys are geniuses. For some reason i have this image that they all know math pretty well ;p

[brodftw]

I like this track just as much as the rest of the album, in a geeky way. It's more like a puzzle to see if you can keep up with the timing than anything else. (although once you've worked it out, it pretty much repeats itself over and over again)

[Gonko100]

well...nice jam. nothing more. great band though

[Themetalheadanded]

i wonder what the thing is on the cover is

[SuckerpunchHilstrand]

@Themetalheadanded It's a couple of vacuum tubes (archaic electronic components).

[oldlampsfornew]

@SuckerpunchHilstrand

archaic? theyre only used in every high end guitar amp on the market right now

[SuckerpunchHilstrand]

@oldlampsfornew Yes, archaic. It means "old as fuck". Just because they're still used on today's amps doesn't change the fact that they're old as fuck.

[oldlampsfornew]

@SuckerpunchHilstrand

yes but when one uses the term it typically holds a negative connotation implying that whatever you are referring to is outdated and useless compared to modern technology

[SuckerpunchHilstrand]

@oldlampsfornew Uh...well, yeah. You pretty much hit the nail right on the head.

[oldlampsfornew]

@SuckerpunchHilstrand

are you being facetious? they arent outdated or useless

[SuckerpunchHilstrand]

@oldlampsfornew From a purely objective view, they've been irrelevant in guitar amplification for awhile. They're bulky, heavy, fragile, and they wear out. Things like Axe-FX and Native Instruments' Guitar Rig can do the job of most any amp or pedal ever created just as well as the original and then some at a fraction of the mass. Unfortunately, most people still insist that tubes have that "mojo" (dynamics) that you can't replicate, so there's still a demand for them.

[entheogenic13]

they should have done a whole e.p. of this.....its a pre-pelican instru-metal

[mdvo5]

smells like.... KING CRIMSON!

[YOWHATTHEHELLUP71]

Thats a very interesting album cover, for a very interesting band.

[Tsmithe069]

what time signiture is this fucker in?

[immawhiteguy]

@Tsmithe069 Exactly. Welcome to Mathcore. Branded as such because of this album =P

[p3tro]

@Tsmithe069 its a classic 14/31 time... easy cake

[againstallpractices]

@Tsmithe069 strangely enough 4/4...yeah....mindfuck

[coldpizza654321]

@againstallpractices WHAT THE FuCk?!?!!!?@ 4/4 time????? where was i when they created that? my brain just imploded!

[raduking]

genious!

[noteinteresa1717]

Black Flag+King Crimson= The Dillinger Escape Plan.

[0lago0]

TA tu TA tutu TA tu TA tututu TA tutu TA tu TA tutu TA tututu TA tutu

(x4)

[Whyd0ub0ther]

@0lago0 I finally see the pattern on here lol.

[underscoreisnotvalid]

@0lago0 wow, thats the first time ive ever been able to follow that groove! thanks bud!

[darmbon]

@0lago0 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 2 - but where does the hat go :P these guys are sick indeed :D

[0lago0]

@darmbon s=snare b=bass h=hat S=snare+hat B=bass+hat it basically goes like: S b h s Bb S b h s BbB s Bb S b h s Bb S bBb S bB s B S bB... (*fill*) like a ska base with hi hat on 2 and 3s i've taken your comment too seriously i think ahah anyway i watched your channel and i loved to see that you're into some cool music and maybe not sadly closed minded like most of the people i know! cheers!

[darmbon]

@0lago0 hey thanks; 'like the way you took that comment seriously and always love people who pay great attention to music!

[oldlampsfornew]

@0lago0

hey thats agood way of remembering it!

[figliodimercurio]

@0lago0

è un mio amicoooo!!!!

[ftkmnm]

@0lago0 bahaha. That reminds me of finding patterns to number sequences in math. Guess that's mathcore. Love it

[GDGloomie]

this song makes me want to pee. >:O

[emptyheadbrokenbones]

reminds me of larks' tongues in aspic part II by king crimson.

[Parvenu333]

Except that it's 40 times worse, inaudible and LTiA part II isn't one of KC's better songs anyway.

[pstlpwn]

thats fucking hilarious

[tua25544]

ur user name is a joke right?

[alpiel91]

it does makes me laugh... places both ideologies between the nothing and the none...

[AshesWasHerName]

@alpiel91 the only thing that makes me laugh is the fact that a nihilist uploaded a song called "calculating infinity".

[SpongeInPyjama]

@tua25544

what's the prob mate?

[JazzyMathUh]

WOW.

[tooliskool89]

@JazzyMathUh THATS A LOW PRICE!!!!

[Agnemyr92]

it's a quite easy pattern in this song, just count. still a great song

[quicksilver2316]

Succch a sicck song

FUCK YA DILLINGER

[chroniblaze420]

Straight kill people to this shit and 43 % burnt.

[judojon2216]

Kick ass instrumental

[OttotheGold]

There is two words to describe this song in particular & this album "FUCKING GENIUS", ....dont they make you want to quit playing?!?

[TheMinusBlindfold]

make me wanna play more =)

[Leaveboyen]

Love it

[DysphoricExemption]

thanks for uploading this amazing album that is really under-rated by alternative music fags, i see you listen to real fuckin music, good shit bro

[rman1994]

the one riff in there is basically the same as this song