To each their own, but I just don't get it? (not that my opinion matters)
I don't see any sort of advantage, ergonomic or otherwise, to this. The snare is understandable, especially with traditional grip, but the toms?...No. In fact, you see him actually have to lean forward to reach them........not that you see a lot of tom work in his playing. The muffling is another issue altogether.
Nothing jumps out at me about his playing as being anything special. Quite the contrary, actually (see the tom fill at 2:12). And most of his beats just sound awkward to my ears. None of which I wouldn't consider "groove".
So is the setup an "anything to be unique" thing?
Dirtysticks gave Daru as an example to what opentune said, but I'm not hearing "clean, precise, tight and fantastic" in his playing. Am I missing something here?