Singer. Beatboxer. Songwriter. Live looper. One-man vocal band.<br /><br />Kid Beyond loops and multitracks his voice onstage to create his own live backing tracks – layering his impassioned lyrics over his own beatboxing and vocal instrumentation. The result is a riveting, soulful brew of pop electronica.<br /><br />What takes most people an entire band to produce, Kid Beyond executes with his own mouth. You're in the presence of a higher power... you want to get up and dance." – SF Weekly, Best of SF<br /><br />A "fiercely charismatic... truly mesmerizing" performer, armed with a powerful rock-soul singing voice and the jaw-dropping skills that earned him the title "San Francisco's Best Beatboxer," Kid Beyond has rocked sprawling festival crowds, huge warehouse parties, and jam-packed venues from the Fillmore to Carnegie Hall.<br /><br />Using his top-shelf beatboxing skills, expert vocals, and some of the deepest, most amazing live-looping chops we've ever seen... Kid B's<br />ability to pump up a crowd is truly impressive."<br />– Keyboard<br /><br />Kid B has shared the stage with Imogen Heap, Keane, Lyrics Born, String Cheese Incident, Spearhead, DJ Krush, BT, the RZA, Buckethead, Blackalicious, Particle, the Wailers, KRS-One, Sage Francis, Digital Underground – and in his previous career, James Brown, Ray Charles, LL Cool J, the Neville Brothers, Run-DMC, even Bill Clinton.<br /><br />Fiercely charismatic... truly mesmerizing. 'That's the best live thing I've ever seen,' the dude behind me pants when it's over." – East Bay Express<br /><br />The first thing you'll notice is the beatboxing – the result of over 20 years of practice.<br /><br />With just his voice, he weaves a sonic tapestry that flows from turntables and drum machines to synthesizers and electric guitars. He records and stacks loops onstage that get even the most cynical music fans on their feet and dancing."<br />– Remix Magazine<br /><br />Once he grabs your attention, layering his voice line-by-line, then he hits you with his powerful singing and songwriting – from haunting trip-hop epics to sweaty dancefloor jams, all with the aim of moving your heart, soul, and body.<br /><br />As transcendent as the first time Grandmaster Flash decided to replay a break... I could have listened to him perform for hours. He is amazing... something this jaded music writer couldn't entirely understand, much less put into words."<br />– SF Weekly<br /><br />You'll just have to see him – and hear him – to believe it. http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/video/mzvYDRzC/kid-beyond-and-james-green-kid-beyond-this-is-your-life-fr/ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:13:30 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/video/mzvYDRzC/kid-beyond-and-james-green-kid-beyond-this-is-your-life-fr/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-03.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/08cfb31c09e60883274715ad634dccc2_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> 9z_GxgPpG_ Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/video/9KRO0wrZ/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-im-alive-at-power-to-the-peaceful/ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:45:29 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/video/9KRO0wrZ/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-im-alive-at-power-to-the-peaceful/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-07.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/fef7e8298d27f059da12cc4f71f5abe6_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> YsgRnW3y7i Kid Beyond Kid Beyond Artist Guest Playlist http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/playlist/qoAFjmyM/kid-beyond-artist-guest-playlist-music-playlist/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:33:23 -0000 PWyahhwOg1 Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/prHrcn2B/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-knights-of-cydonia-by-mu/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:33 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/prHrcn2B/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-knights-of-cydonia-by-mu/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> 9cH3Ot2kBD Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/y9uGKQy8/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-galvanize-by-chemical-br/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/y9uGKQy8/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-galvanize-by-chemical-br/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> rFnTheblTD Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/drJ4Ta7I/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-whos-your-daddy-by-benn/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/drJ4Ta7I/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-whos-your-daddy-by-benn/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> BoUY_wzizA Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/SA1fOLVI/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-his-song-wandering-star/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/SA1fOLVI/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-his-song-wandering-star/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> aQ9enDKGxP Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/KM6G0RNH/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-his-song-deep-inside/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/KM6G0RNH/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-his-song-deep-inside/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> MySPmUbpnX Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/gc4e0uty/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-his-song-mothership/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/gc4e0uty/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-his-song-mothership/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> UQS2iLfCfG Kid Beyond http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/WE_77vwG/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-welcome-to-the-black-para/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:28:18 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/kidbeyond/music/WE_77vwG/kid-beyond-kid-beyond-talks-about-welcome-to-the-black-para/"><img border="0" src="http://resources-p2.imeem.com/resources/versioned/2/graphics/icons/no_album_art_100x100.png" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> Y4NMZm1PMj