Amplivate Is Here!
Kid Beyond's long-awaited debut EP, Amplivate, is a riveting collection of trip-hop > dub > breakbeat pop. |
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After years of pumping crowds as a beatboxer, singer, and live-looper, Kid Beyond has finally laid down his music in physical media. The wait was worth it. Amplivate's four meticulously produced core tracks capture the excitement of his performance." - Keyboard Magazine |
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 »
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Watch Kid Beyond's Ableton video, one of the Web's most viral videos of 2005. QT » |
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Watch the Intro video to Kid B's promo DVD. WMV » |
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Watch Kid B in the Vowel Movement video that's all over Current TV. Link » |
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Watch Skid Row's Sebastian Bach go off the deep end about Kid B on VH1! Link » |
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| "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 |
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All Ages | Berkeley, CA The West Coast Beatbox Championship @ Ashkenaz |
All Ages | San Francisco, CA SF Magazine "Best of the Bay" at SF Concourse |
All Ages | Ottawa, Canada Ottawa Folk Festival |