Kid Beyond
Singer. Beatboxer. Songwriter. Live looper. One-man vocal band. Looping and multitracking his voice live onstage to create his own backing tracks, Kid Beyond layers his soulful, spiritual lyrics over his own beatboxing and vocal instrumentation – creating an evocative, infectiously funky brew of pop electronica. A "fiercely charismatic... truly mesmerizing" performer, armed with a powerful rock-soul singing voice and the jaw-dropping skills that earned him the title "San Francisco's Best Beatboxer,"
Kid Beyond has rocked sprawling festival crowds, huge warehouse parties, and jam-packed venues from the Fillmore to Carnegie Hall. Kid B has shared the stage with String Cheese Incident, Spearhead, BT, the RZA, the Wailers, Blackalicious, KRS-One, Sage Francis, Digital Underground – and in his previous career, James Brown, Ray Charles, LL Cool J, the Neville Bros, Run-DMC, even Bill Clinton. The first thing you'll notice is the beatboxing. A beatboxer for over 20 years, Kid Beyond can produce drum kits, hip-hop loops, techno beats, turntable scratches, violins, synthesizers – all with his mouth. Once he grabs your attention, layering his voice line-by-line, then he hits you with his powerful singing and songwriting – from haunting trip-hop epics to sweaty dancefloor jams, all with the aim of moving your heart, soul, and body.
As SF Weekly put it, "He is amazing... something this jaded music writer couldn't entirely understand, much less put into words." You'll just have to see him – and hear him – to believe it.
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Wandering Star Mothership Deep Inside I Shall Be Free Remixes Wandering Star Mothership Deep Inside |
Beginning his career as a singer and "San Francisco's Best Beatboxer," Kid Beyond, "Singer, Beatboxer, Live Looper, Songwriter and One Man Band" has put together a powerful solo a cappella show and a growing following. We personally caught a couple of Kid's first live shows at the A Cappella Summit, and were amazed, watching and hearing him loop and multitrack his voice onstage to create his own backing tracks—layering his impassioned, surreal lyrics over his own beatboxing and vocal instrumentation. The result is a riveting, mesmerizing, soulful brew of pop electronica. Included are 4 major pieces, "Wandering Star," "Mothership," "Deep Inside" and one of our favorite live tunes, "I Shall Be Free." Following that are some wonderful remixes, 2 of "Wandering Star," and one each of "Mothership" and "Deep Inside." With over a dozen live concerts across the country in the next month, Kid has become an a cappella phenomenon that needs to be experienced to be believed! Some of the remixes are remixed with some accompaniment, unless Kid can do the best imitation of several trumpets we've heard—but no matter, this is great stuff, and Kid is going to be a star!
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