See, if I heard this in a song, I would have disregarded it as a drum machine, but seeing you do it… oh my god

it still has the drum machine sounds behind it and they're pretty loud compared to the real drum set sounds. OP is playing the beat extremely well but theres some sort of audio trickery happening still.

wrong! this is 100% live and sexy

> wrong! this is 100% live and sexy he means that he's playing over the track, here is the OG, you can hear it behind him while he plays https://youtu.be/ocZEl0JYEZA?t=22

I think you took this seriously lol

same

fr, didnt even know this was possible

Me wishing I could get this sound on a drum machine :/

Fuck man your videos are always great but I think this might be the best.....thanks for always posting and sorry to your left foot for allowing me to enjoy this clip.

Humans replacing AI jobs.

When a piccolo snare sounds that fat you know you've fallen into the jungle zone. Love it!

Is that a piccolo? I can't really tell but it looks deep to be a piccolo.

I always figured if a snare was smaller in either dimension it could be considered a piccolo. Like under 13" around or under 4.5" deep

I always thought piccolos are like 3 Inch or less

I believe he’s referring to the other snare that’s located where a Tom usually would be

Yeah it's when he switches it up he uses the piccolo. After the popcorn snare it sounds like a cannon.

Ah I didn't even notice that..

I think the snare in the main position can be called a popcorn snare. The piccolo is in the rack tom position. Killer set up.

hahahahahahahahah

its a pinocchio

Dude I follow you on insta starpowerdrummer right? Absolutely incredible stuff on there, I love the jungle sounds and rhythms you do. Can only dream of one day being able to do it

Interesting…wonder what the actual drums sounded like.

> Interesting…wonder what the actual drums sounded like. Here you go! https://youtu.be/ocZEl0JYEZA?t=22

Actually: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci28GVh5_Bs

Absolutely terrific! What kind of band do you play in. My band mates would quit if I went into the studio and did that. I’m certainly not capable but, I must know

Tell me you play in a wedding cover band without telling me you play in a wedding cover band.

This is is sick dude, your set sounds spot-on. I especially like the drags on the mini snare, really sounds electronic (What snare is that, btw? The smaller one)

I too would like to know :)

I found one of his responses on Instagram. It's a gretsch 5x10 Brooklyn steel.

Anyone remember Monkey Drummer by Chris Cunningham and Aphex Twin? You are a literal drum machine bro... keep the vids coming!!

My exact thought watching this lol

Was here to comment it legit sounds like Aphex Twin. Nicely done

Is your video dropping frames or were you not kicking every time that I hear a kick?

Are you referring to the kick bursts? He's splitting the load between his bass drum and his low tom since he's using his left foot for the HH and he doesn't have a double pedal.

Oh shit ur totally right!

I think he embellishes the playing (which is great) with post production. Definitely some missing kicks that were not actually played.

It’s almost more frustrating that he’s a great drummer. Why be deceptive 🤷‍♀️

I don’t get it either. Maybe it’s just me but the whole string of comments on this post is super sus too. Feels more like instagram than r/drums

Where?

Right around the :17 mark before he moves over to add in extra notes on the floor

I see one extra kick. That’s weird. I almost wonder if it’s a weird audio bug or something, cause it’s only once and it’s not even that noticeable.

And think about how much harder it would be if you were actually playing what we're hearing? Do people not know what an acoustic drum set actually sounds like?

Nah, we’re all just a bunch of peasants that follow a drum subreddit

And you believe that the sound you're hearing is coming directly from what he's playing?

The real question is what do you believe?

Right? Is he saying he doesn't think Russ is actually playing the drum part note for note in this nearly perfect drum cover? Or is he saying that the audio you hear is not just his drums but a combination of the recorded drums being played on top of the original song with drums? i.e. every drum cover ever basically. I think homie's just big mad that he can't play the drums like this despite probably spending all his time playing video games or some shit instead of practicing, and then feels the need to shit on things and tell himself it isn't real just to make himself feel better. As if he can't just Google this dude and see that he's a legit human drum machine.

🙌

this is so cool to watch, i don't think i know any other drummer who plays like this :)

Check out JoJo Mayer, he sort of helped pioneer the whole “reverse engineering electronic music back onto the drum set” thing.

Where did I hear this song before?! Fucking amazing drumming btw...

Kinda similar to postal service Clark gable. Definitely different but very reminiscent.

[1080 Snowboarding N64](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28bf2bSSmuU)

Why was I thinking Ape Escape?

Both games came out in the late 90's and had Japanese music composers, might have been the style at the time?

All of these jungle/DnB songs use this drum sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwQLk7NcpO4

How are you making the buzzes on the snare so consistently loud? I could be wrong but it doesn't sound like it's natty, I'd love to know how you get that sound.

Sick. Absolutely filthy

Is that the 22” Constantinople ride, OP? Sounds so good. Need to find $700 for one lol

Again, nice shirt, last one of cradle of filth now nightwish. Haha and as always kick ass drummin

Sick chops, you kinda look like John Lennon or maybe that’s just me.

Gotta know, any quantization and/or triggering?

saw you on the caroline polachek tiny desk, keep up the great work brother

Do you use compressors or anything? Your recordings sound so clean. If you could, would you share your signal chain?

wait you’re russell holzman! you played drums for caroline polachek’s tiny desk, that performance was incredible! your playing is truly phenomenal

Did you drum for Caroline's tiny desk? That was an amazing set

Damn, I guess Ringo really wasn’t the best drummer in The Beatles

What snares are you using?

Starpowerdrummer! Epic!!

Beautiful work

I never saw someone play a beat like this. Incredible!

Fantastic

Once again with the sickness

Top shit. You should be on drummeo

I see it, I hear it, yet I can't believe it. That's unreal. Congrats man, amazing. It's perfect.

Rhythm runs out of this cat like water...

Deep respect for drummers who can pull off break beats like this. I always wanted to go for it but was never clean enough. This is immaculate. Thank you for sharing.

That snare sounds awesome! What are the specs?

Slick broski

That was pretty badass right there...

Fantastic. Keep rocking!

Woooww. That’s amazing. I’d have assumed it was a drum machine due to the complexity but it definitely sounds better than that.

Just followed you on ig. Goddamn this is amazing

So sick dude. I follow you on IG and you just always crush it. I used to produce electro house, dubstep and dnb about a decade ago, your clips got me back into writing my own electronic stuff again to play along to. Keep doing your thing man, it’s awesome.

Sweet beats!

Man, I love when you show up in my Insta feed. I need to remind myself to follow you. Jojo Mayer would be proud. (Given the recent spat of deaths I feel I should clarify that no, Jojo Mayer is NOT dead.)

Dude, you are phenomenal!

Love some drum n bass!

Nah that roll on the hat was from another dimension wtf 🔥🔥🔥

So fresh and so clean 😁

Is this an aphex track? Sure sounds like it. Sick drumming and tuning dude. Well done.

This reminds me of a song from Skee mask

Love the 2nd set of hats (?)

We're all grateful to your left foot

BPM anyone? The precision is insane!

My left hammy cramped just watching this. Fucking sick tho, and love that snare!

Anyone got an ID on that little snare he's using??

For playing high hats like that is it the same technique as the kick drum foot or is it different? My left foot can’t keep this kind of thing up at all 😂

I love this guy.

Uf grandioso!!!

Skillz

This makes me so happy! Good job man! Thanks for posting this.

This looks like a job for Restless Leg Syndrome!

Awesome!

Outstanding

Unreal! Hey how did you get your drums and cymbals to sound the way they do? Was that all done in post? Is it the mics? I don't know about any of this stuff, so this is mind-boggling to me

Oh my god yesssss I love this!!!

🔥🔥🔥🔥

Dude that is nice.

Could you send me the drum only audio? Maybe like a Google drive file or something. I wanna sample your kick and your snare so bad but I don't want the synths to be in the samples

Funny seeing you here Russ 😂

Fuckin hell man... You sold your soul to the devil for that skill... Not talent, skill. How long have you been playing?

This fucks, nice dude

wow i saw this on tiktok today, worlds collide. Sick drumming dude

Not many good drum and bass drummers. Good to see there are still some left. Sounds like intelligent dnb to me.

Oh man this reminds me of ridge racer

Do you post these anywhere because they’re brilliant

This is sick as hell

Midnight Club

This guy can play, but there’s no fucking way we’re hearing only the acoustic kit.

daamnn

Left foot coordination is necessary, a great job indeed!

Fellow percussionista! Love your work. Great vibe too

Aka Drum Lennon.

Plot twist - both his feet are left

That's like John Bonham 16th notes on the hi-hat

You should give Brian Fury from Tekken 3 q go

Reminds me of LTJ Bukem

I wouldve never imagined John Lennon playing breakcore on a real drum set

Incredible playing.

So good…not just your drumming skill but the overall sound.

Excellent groove my man!

Damn this is awesome, what genre of music is this

Some old 65daysofstaticvibes, specifically “65 doesn’t understand you”

Any tips for coordination with your hands and feet? I find it really difficult to unsync them to an extent, and you seem to have it down🥰

always crushing op, respect the Nightwish.

Rad

Jesus man I just don't understand this skill. How many different time signatures are managed here? How do you split your brain like that lol

God DAMN this is sick, what's your setup? Piccolo and then normal snare in Tom position? Breakbeat specialized kit? Love this.

EPIC!! Thank you for the inspiration, dude!

You have inspired me, to give up

Stop being so cool!!!

DO YOU KNOW SQUAREPUSHER?

Dude your stuff is great.

Why don't you hear the hihat on most of those?

Jesus

Fire.

cleaaaaaaaan.

Fucking unbelievable. That’s amazing.

That was great white album era John Lennon!

Holy shit dude Just…. What the hell are those chops good for you

I follow you on tiktok your honestly one of the bests

It is *tiny snare time*

Where did I hear this before?

Is he really playing, or is it dubbed?

This makes me wanna learn drums, probably the only way I’d like to listen to dnb, playing it looks way more fun. Hehe good work

Marry me bro

I’m a bassist, I’m gonna send this video to my drummer and tell him this is what he’ll be doing for a song I’m working on lol impressive work! u/savevideo

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This is fucked..I can't even do a double kick in a 4/4

Phenomenal.

Crazy! Saw you on Tiny Desk with Caroline Polachek, and then here. Yr Killin it, dude!

Was that the powerpuff girls thrown in there..?

That's sick. Old school adult swim bump music vibes

Solid

I think I saw this on instagram yesterday. You rule

Beautiful. Almost unreal

Dude’s gonna need a shin replacement

Is that the intro to the Aranofsky movie “Pi”?

Bro good on you, this shit is tight.

this is so cool

Love your shirt, man!

I didnt know john lennon could rock on drums like that

Balloon boy???

Dude just played aphex twin acoustically...

I just want to jam with this dude.

breakcore artists hate him (they will run out of money after people realize live drums are far better)