Name: Kid Beyond
Genre: Hip-Hop
Day: Sunday

Wikipedia sez: “Kid Beyond (real name Andrew Chaikin) is a singer, beat boxer and live looper based in the San Francisco area. His performances make heavy use of Ableton’s Live software to layer and loop vocal and vocal percussion tracks together to create full songs. In recognition of his innovative techniques, Ableton made him a featured artist on their website and presented him at a series of clinics in Germany.”

So I’m like “beatboxing? why would anyone want to hear that?” Don’t get me wrong, if you are a hip-hop fan chances are you have heard some beatboxing before, but I have never been crazy about Doug E. Fresh or Rahzel so what would Kid Beyond bring to the table? Unlike the other two, Beyond makes songs from his own vocal samples. He will beatbox, make a loop, repeat, layer it with computer software then add some live stuff over the top to create something completely original. Amazingly, it works really well and shows what an artist Kid Beyond is. At the end of the day, it’s still just beatboxing so unless you are really into vocal instrumentals it’s nothing amazing.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: I might, but I doubt it.

Read on to view Kid Beyond live videos…

Kid Beyond - Ableton Artist Showcase Video

Kid Beyond - Live at the Metropolis (Montreal, Canada)