Human beatbox

The human beatbox (C. - with-D. human box at rates/rhythms ), or multivocalism consists of the vocal imitation of a Boîte at rates/rhythms, of scratch S and many other instruments (mainly of percussion).

Origins

To imitate instrumental music with the mouth is a practice spread in a certain number of music traditional. The first appearances of this technique in the modern popular musics come with swing, Jazz, Groove, etc its new musics rythmées of the 20th century which gave desire for moving the feet and the head. For the musicians, in particular the beaters, the technical language of the rate/rhythm oral was very practical.

With the beginning of the year 1970, in Bronx, appears the artistic, cultural and social movement of the Hip-hop: Musicalement, it corresponds to the MCing, and the DJing, which, together, ends up giving the Rap.

The human beatbox appears a few years later in a ghetto of New York. The fact of imitating the rate/rhythm is always there, but the music rap vis-a-vis the musics of the decades prédédentes to the characteristic to have a " beat" (rate/rhythm) which strikes more still than a battery, with doors Basses and clear Caisses which claquent.

With this new music at the programmed rate/rhythm which is the principal element after the Sampling and the Scratchs, appears a particular technique of imitation of the sound of the Kick and clear case using the lips: the technique of Beatbox such as it is known was born.

It is the appearance of the first boxes at electronic rate/rhythm and the expansion of MCing through the east coast of the United States. Thus, this art nouveau becomes the imitation of box at rate/rhythm made by human boxes with rates/rhythms: Human Beatbox.

It will find its utility for MCs which will be able to pose their phase anywhere and any time, being able to write with always a rate/rhythm at the head without inevitably having financial means to have true a Boîte at rates/rhythms.

Expansion

With the beginning of the year 1980, the human beatbox becomes recognized in the United States thanks to the Conceited person Servant boys " Brrrrou Stick' hem" , the emblematic figures are then Doug E. Fresh and Biz Markie. The human beatbox develops then also in Europe, represented by the Fabulous Trobadors in France.

In the same spirit that the Battles of rap appear the battles of beatbox with against where the winner is designated by enthusiasm of the public.

During the years 1990, with the appearance of news Electronic musics such as the Techno, the Drum' low, etc the children begin the very young beatbox without knowing its real existence. The meeting between what they can already do and the true technique of the beatbox will give best the beatboxers today.

At this time, the beatbox is a new phenomenon which extends in the underground Whole world. They are the beginnings of the heads of poster of today such as Rahzel the Godfather Of Noise, with the alternative group of rap The Roots. It is the most known beatboxer in the World at present. The talents of producers of the beatboxer Killa Kela will popularize this art in the United Kingdom in its music made of oral rhythmic programmings. In France, they are Saïan Supa Crew which will concretely bring Human Beatbox to the sight of the general public by combining scratchs vocal, taken again in beatbox of the tube Ring My Bell and the international tube Angela on the same album.

Evolution

Simple box at rate/rhythm in the beginning, in the middle of the years 1980, the human beatbox became the art of oral DJing, while adding to the rates/rhythms of the imitations of scratchs in any kind and even of the samples taken again with the mouth.

In the years 1990, the tendency is with eclecticism and with the imitation of the already existing songs, some are very impressive besides of resemblance to their original.

At the end of the years 1990 the beatbox evolved/moved so much so that their followers manage to produce sometimes several sounds at the same time. Rahzel starts by singing If Your Mother Only Knew , others test beatboxer at the same time as to grate the whole with only one mouth.

In years 2000 appear the first official championships whose first championship of the World in 2005 and whose Roxorloops is arisen victorious. The first championship of France took place in October 2006 with for winner L.O.S.

Parallel to the technique of the beatboxers of today the music research develops: The beatboxers use today their talent to create their own music thanks to recordings studios, pedals of loop (which makes it possible to superimpose an infinity of sounds the ones on the others) or of the groups made up of beatboxers. The beatboxers followers of these novel methods, like showed it Bauchklang and Killa Kela are, in France, Ezra, 20syl, Môssieur oXyd & Nitram, Bionic Breath Makers, Sputter Shower, etc

The beatbox is used égalment by artists who do not make a hip-hop such as Simeo, Anaïs, Camille or Nosfell.

Beatbox in the world

In the world

This style is present in many countries. Most famous Human Beatbox come from the United States, like Biz Markie, Doug E. Fresh with the changing taken by Rahzel (The Godfather off Noise) and Kenny Muhammad (known as The Human Orchestra). In the United Kingdom, the principal figure is Killa Kela. It one of only the beatboxers with both previously is today quoted with being able to hold a scene of beatbox in front of a general public. Others beatboxers are more or less well-known, like Shlomo, which took part with Björk in the song Oceania , which was played in opening of OJ of Athens in 2004, or TyTe, which carried out many didactitiels for the beginners.

In France

In France, the beatbox was introduced by Sheek (member of the " Nec + Ultra") about 1986, by Angel B. Fabulous Trobadors, then by the Saïan Supa Crew in the middle of the Years 1990 and now finds an image all the more young thanks to artists like " Gileskro" a well-known artist of the scene of Bordeaux. Thanks to them, one finds a scene developed enough but which remains always very underground with for example the PHM Crew (Pure Human Music) of Marseilles, ART-HIFIS (or ekip of ART-HIFIS) with Paris Mc Tarkun (Sokunthear Vong) of Paris also, like Eklips of the group the Remedy, Paloma and Camille of V.Team, as well as very Pimp “Krafty” or Lool Boul of the group The Magic Hair Cut. The first championship of France took place has Angers in October 2006.

Beatboxers

Technique

Here technique theoretical and basic of the human beatbox, which will not help you to become a good about it, but which gives you an outline.

kick (PPP) the lips strike to make the large case.
the clear case (PF) With the lips.
Cymbal S (Tsssss) Language against the palate.
Charleston (ts ts ts) Language against the palate.
Basse (Bwou) Voice engraves into blowing and inflating the cheeks.
Low (Hum) closed Mouth using only the vocal cords.
Low (Preuuu) Accompanied by a kick and a serious and raucous voice.
Tik (K) Language against the palate while inspiring without the lungs.
Tchak (Kch) To force on the bottom of the jaw into blowing.

External bond

ArteRadio.com - a very complete sound report on the origins and to become it of Beatbox, with demonstrations and improvisations

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