
Featured Pick: Sat, Aug 26
KID BEYOND -- Joe's Pub
If those (nearly) vocal-only tracks on Bjork's last one had you scratchin' yer noggin' -- the ones where voice camouflagists Rahzel and Mike Patton went ape like an 808 -- you'll really be stumped by this West Coast beatbox master. Using high-tech looping gear, KB creates real-time multi-tracks of his drum'n'bass fast-forward shufflin' and pumpin' hip-hop booty beats -- then sings over the top in a clean, soulful voice. His debut EP, Amplivate, features a cover of Portishead's "Wandering Star" and is allegedly the first electronica album created solely by the mouth. -- Shawn Bosler
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