Human Beatbox

May 1, 2004 3:18 PM

The Human Beatbox (Video).I meant this to be a follow-up to another previous thread about this specific ability, but the search page won't give me my results. At any rate, this guy amuses, entertains and scares the bejeezus out of me all at the same time. Good enough for me!
posted by Dark Messiah (16 comments total)

"A spokeswoman for the Royal College of Surgeons of England told BBC News Online: "Operations should be carried out so that does not happen."

understatement of the year?
posted by caution live frogs at 3:41 PM on May 1, 2004

oh. excuse me. posted to the wrong thread. but perhaps fitting anyway.
posted by caution live frogs at 3:41 PM on May 1, 2004

The "If your mother only knew" bit toward the end is a "cover" of Rahzel, who does it much better here.
posted by rafter at 4:03 PM on May 1, 2004

I'm much more impressed by Rahzel, really.
posted by abcde at 4:12 PM on May 1, 2004

Bauchklang is a local band without instruments, eg beatboxing, imitating instruments & singing (example video, audio sample... but they're more impressive live)
posted by c3o at 4:46 PM on May 1, 2004

I'm much more impressed by Rahzel, really.

I'm much more impressed by Slayer, but that doesn't mean I don't like Metallica.
posted by Dark Messiah at 5:01 PM on May 1, 2004

Dark Messiah: can we both at least agree Pantera sucks?
posted by Nelson at 5:12 PM on May 1, 2004

Thanks, rafter. I saw Rahzel do "Black Hole Sun" years ago -- I've never heard or seen anything like it.
posted by gleuschk at 5:37 PM on May 1, 2004

The Box Hip Hop Archives's Beatbox section.
posted by wobh at 6:26 PM on May 1, 2004

Yeah. This guy and Justin Timberlake. They're the human beatbox. Sureeee.
posted by VulcanMike at 7:14 PM on May 1, 2004

I just love the fact that, behind the human beatbox, is a real drum kit.
posted by FormlessOne at 7:53 PM on May 1, 2004

Dark Messiah: can we both at least agree Pantera sucks?

Dude, you're my hero.
posted by Dark Messiah at 10:55 PM on May 1, 2004

Anyone catch Kenny Muhammed The Human Orchestra on the Squarepusher tour last month? Holy shit...
posted by afx114 at 11:05 PM on May 1, 2004

Dark Messiah: Per chance looking for this thread?
posted by slater at 11:12 PM on May 1, 2004

Dude, that guy is like all Rahzel covers. The Mortal Kombat bit too.
posted by abcde at 11:51 PM on May 1, 2004

Sporting of you to call them "covers", as he basically seems to rip off Rahzel's patter as well as music. To be fair, though, I don't think his performance is far off Rahzel's in terms of quality. More original material would be nice, though.

On the subject: I prefer Killa Kela [auido sample] to Rahzel, but to be fair I haven't seen Rahzel or the roots live, and it's a bit unfair to judge without having done so - the artistry revolves around working the crowd, and that's something Rahzel seems to be able to do excellently. On the strength of Precursor on Amon Tobin's Supermodified I'd definitely like to hear more from Montreal's Quadraceptor, too - not much about him on the internet.
posted by nthdegx at 4:50 AM on May 2, 2004