Kanye West Vocoder v Talkbox BATTLE ft. Jake Sherman & Swatkins

A funk cover of Kanye West's "Love Lockdown" by Scary Pockets, Jake Sherman & Swatkins.

MUSICIAN CREDITS
Talkbox/Keys: Swatkins
Drums: Rob Humphreys
Bass: Travis Carlton
Guitar: Ryan Lerman
Keys: Jack Conte

AUDIO CREDITS
Recording Engineer: Caleb Parker
Mixing/Mastering: Caleb Parker

VIDEO CREDITS
DP: Ricky Chavez
Editor: Adam Kritzberg

Recorded live at Big Bad Sound in Los Angeles, CA.

#ScaryPockets #Funk #kanyewest #vocoder #talkbox #jakesherman #swatkins

[Swatkins]

Oppositional dynamics are bullshit, me and Jake decided we’re gonna join forces and fight for your rights to party.

[AndrewBakke]

I love that you can hear the difference between the two systems. Jake used the vocoder's ability to have sharp note starts/ends to good effect, while Swatkins does the same with singing slightly before/after the keyboard note. The subtle differences at the extremes of the note range as well.

[gschimmy]

love it... feels like the the good ole times with Zapp and Roger Troutman...

[rafa_rds]

Somehow Swatkins is in every single funny and funky (at the same time) video from Scary Pockets! This dude is something else!

[vinnyinesta]

Late to the party but this scratched a part of my brain I've never been able to reach before

[TradeBrigade]

This was insanely cool. Love the back and forth.

[amunra]

After enjoying this a LOT, I finally figured out what it sounds like: A funk duet between (Swatkins) a digitized human, & (Sherman) a sapient robot. lol

[necropola]

Probably not everyone's taste but definitely mine. Love it! Very much reminds me of Herbie Hancock around 1980, e. g. Feets Don't Fail me Now.
I also love those little details, e. g. Jake's cheat sheet, Swatkins' mobile phone and of course the tambourine on the Rob's hi-hat.

[ExtraFancy]

I don't think anybody lost, this slaps!

[schmodedo]

As a keyboardist this would be my ultimate Scary Pocket. Thank you, Steve and thank you Jake for your talent. Thank you, Jack Conte, for your vision (and talent) and bringing all of these phenomenal musicians together. I've been following since the days of "Hey, It's Pamplamoose".

[senorbe]

Ryan and Jack are dialled in as if they were actually reffing this battle. No low blows!

[peterbradley]

The guitar licks - so minmal so perfect. Great musical moment from everyone.

[jordannolen]

So many people are going to watch this and realize it’s two different techniques. Somewhere some teacher will use this video to explain the difference. Funk 101

[perfectchannel]

Swatkins: "I'm afraid to disagree but I must insist: you lose 'cause I'm the best, can't you seee."
Jake: "And I took that personally."

[markhammer]

If you haven't done so already, I highly recommend the book "How to Wreck a Nice Beach" by Dave Tompkins, which traces the history of vocoding and all other techniques used to mimic voice in both music and speech processing. A terrific read. It's a lot deeper than you think. (The title is a play on the phrase "how to recognize speech")

[YoonHan]

I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Such a cool premise executed perfectly by both musicians.

[TheOpinionatedYouTuber]

WOW! This is a fantastic production and quite a dichotomy, talkbox v. vocoder. This is a phenom cover, too.

[larryrulz]

Another example of off-the-charts creativity from SP. Thanks guys!

[benlobo]

Vocoder vs voicebox: should be the most annoying battle in the world but this was awesome 👌🏽 👏🏽

[JPPalaciosMusic]

Okay but Ryan Lerman was killing it with those 90s X-men cartoon chords