Kid Beyond: Singer · Beatboxer · Live Looper · Songwriter

Kid Beyond: On the Road

to the American Dream!

Kid Beyond is driving from Burning Man to the Democratic Convention in Denver, then back to Burning Man -- road-tripping with the SF Bay Guardian's Steven T. Jones and Democratic Party bigwig Donnie Fowler.

The whole week he'll video-blogging here on kidbeyond.com, and text-blogging on the Guardian site. Expect something new every night starting Monday, August 25 through Labor Day -- including video interviews from the Convention floor, Barack Obama's speech in Mile High Stadium, and Kid B's midnight performance at Burning Man's Center Camp on Saturday night.

Video blog: Stay here!
Text blog: SF Bay Guardian

About Kid Beyond

Looping his voice live onstage,
Kid Beyond layers his soulful lyrics over his own beatboxing and vocal instrumentation -- creating an astounding brew of pop electronica.

Kid B has shared the stage with Keane, Imogen Heap, Lyrics Born, Buckethead, String Cheese Incident, Spearhead, Widespread Panic, Amon Tobin, KRS-One, Sage Francis, Particle, and many more.

A one-man vocal orchestra...
Kid Beyond reigns as the beatbox king of the Bay. A truly charismatic performer with an incredibly soulful singing voice."
– SF Bay Guardian, Best of the Bay »

Top-shelf beatboxing skills, expert vocals, and some of the most amazing live-looping chops we've ever seen."
– Keyboard Magazine »

You'll really be stumped by this West Coast beatbox master. KB creates real-time multi-tracks of his drum'n'bass fast-forward hip-hop booty beats - then sings over the top in a clean, soulful voice."
– Village Voice »

With just his voice... he records and stacks loops onstage that get even the most cynical fans on their feet and dancing."
– Remix Magazine »

Amazing... as transcendent as the first time Grandmaster Flash decided to reply a break. I could have listened to him for hours."
– SF Weekly »

If there was an Olympic gold medal for beatboxing, Kid Beyond would win it. And just as you realize you're in the presence of a bona fide virtuoso, he begins to sing along."
– SF Bay Guardian »

Watch This

	Watch Kid Beyond's Ableton video, one of the Web's most viral videos of 2005. QT »
	Watch the Intro video to Kid B's promo DVD. WMV »
	Watch Kid B in the Vowel Movement video that's all over Current TV. Link »
	Watch Skid Row's Sebastian Bach go off the deep end about Kid B on VH1! Link »

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What's New

"MOTHERSHIP" ON NBA : LIVE 8

Kid B's "Mothership" is featured on EA Sport's NBA: Live 8, along with tracks by Timbaland, Joss Stone, Mark Ronson, LCD Soundsystem, KRS-One, Eve, Stephen Marley, and many more! Check out the tracklist.

KID B IN EQ MAGAZINE

EQ Magazine interviewed Kid Beyond and all of the producers utilized in the making of "Amplivate". Read the Article.

KID B FEATURE STORY ON NPR

A feature piece on Kid Beyond and the Amplivate EP aired nationally on NPR's "Day to Day"! Listen to it on the NPR Web site.

KID BEYOND: BEST OF THE BAY

The SF Bay Guardian named Kid B "Best Oral in the Bay" in their Best of the Bay issue. Read the article.

Upcoming Shows

August 28	Denver, CO Observing Barack Obama Accept the Democratic Party's Nomination to be the 44th President of the United States
August 30	The Playa, NV Center Camp Mainstage performance at 12 midnight

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