UK supergroup and World Beatbox Champions ‘The Beatbox Collective’ have been invited to represent the UK at SXSW 2024 USA.
Dubbed “the new rockstars of the music world” by BBC World News after going viral on the BBC. This superhuman group have collectively won nearly every beatbox competition on the planet, taught over 1 million people how to beatbox through Young Voices arena tours, alongside many notable accolades from TED X talks, to their self written and produced, multiple 5 star awarded Edinburgh Fringe show “What’s Your Sound? “If you didn’t think you were a beatbox fan before, they will prove you wrong.” EdFest Mag.
Formed of Ball-Zee, Bass6, Hobbit and MC Zani, they create a wall of sound that needs to be seen to be believed with their range of performances and productions over 10 years. From filling festival dancefloors, creating 5* theatre shows, soundtracking and featuring on adverts, multiple TV and Radio appearances, corporate team building, collaborations, musical therapy and recovery work with the NHS, and have now taught over 1 million young people how to beatbox through live UK arena tours with Young Voices and their work in education with their schools workshops. Setting the foundations for the future and leaving a legacy wherever they go.
The elite all vocal ensemble will embark on SXSW 2024 in Austin, Texas USA for the full festival fun, to demonstrate the range of soundscapes and sound design you can achieve with a dynamic and adaptable group of vocalists, simply with just the human anatomy and no FX.
The Beatbox Collective will also collaborate with top musicians attending SXSW and demonstrate the unexpected fusing together, of very different musical genres, instruments and styles. With these collaborations they are setting out to show how possible it is to synergise the beatbox element with other instruments, providing unique examples with the voice, imagination and microphones, a battle AI cannot win! (Further press releases with videos of these compilations to follow)
Rupert Oldridge (BASS6) of The Beatbox Collective comments “We’re ecstatic to be invited to SXSW so we can showcase our different sound vocabulary as pioneers for the beatbox world. We’ll be demonstrating our dynamic audio range and different styles of music and shows.
We’re also going be performing two unique collaborations curated especially for SXSW 2024 with Strings Quartet Vulva Voce and Strings duo The Ayoub Sisters which is an amazing chance to demonstrate how beatboxing and instruments can work seamlessly together, even across different musical genres. .
We’ll be showcasing a new approach to live performance and filling dance floors as an only vocal group, and proving the possibilities of using just the voice and imagination.”
Official show dates are:
March:
Sat 9th British Music Embassy, guests with Vulva Voce string quartet. The Backyard @ Downright. 8pm
Tues 12th International Day Stage 611 E 6th Street. 3pm
Tues 12th Fairmont Austin Hotel – Fulton Bar 101 Red River Street. 6pm
Tues 12th Official SXSW Music Opening Party – Palm Door, 6th. Time TBC
Thurs 14th International Hip Hop Stage, Cuatro Gato, 310 Colorado Street. 8.30pm
Thurs 14th Classical Unlocked, guests with The Ayoub Sisters (string duo) . Coopers, 217 Congress Ave. 10pm
Fri 15th Hyatt Regency Hotel, 208 Barton Springs Rd. 6pm
Featured collaborations to look out for are:
Saturday 9th March @ 8pm at British Music Embassy (BME)
The Beatbox Collective with string quartet Vulva Voce for this reimagined version of their original compositions.
Thursday 14th March @ 10pm at Coopers
The second collaboration at SXSW with the unique violin and cello duo The Ayoub Sisters fusing arabic tones and rhythms with the depth of atmosphere, bass and flow of beats from The Beatbox Collective.
