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"Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion which primarily involves the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue and voice. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments. "---Wikipedia. Org

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Los Angeles, CA -- Long before (and after) the tired beat machines that usted to crank

out mechanical, predigested, synthetic, "soulless" percussive rhythms...there was the

singular and quintessential "Human Beat Boxer."

The "Human Beat Boxer" stood before and alongside the MC in the center of the Cypher

and mesmerized the faithful with his or her blended virtuoso street performance. Lying

within the magical toolbox of the Beat Boxer are an array of personalized and unique mixed bag of clicks, drum sounds, scratches, bass lines beats, trumpets, cymbals, guitar riffs, screams and other indescribable noizes..

The audiences' soulful "head-nod" is the first affirmation of the "death-of-silence" which is always the first casualty, whenever "Tha Show" is in effect. Combining these dynamic throat-based effects is to create a "wall of sound" that pays a distinct & living homage to the sacred "Boom-Bap", which is the literal heart & soul, and the underbelly of ole' school Hip-Hop.

The job of the Human Beat Boxer is to compose the flawless soundscape "the music"

with which he and the MC together can rock the mics creating the perfect circle.

GV8 THE FIFTH ELEMENT: THE ART OF THE BEAT BOXER documentary is directed

by multi award-winning director Bob Bryan. Take a glimpse at the art form & peep the

process from the humble master Beat Box practitioners . It's their time to shine...

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