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Howdy, fellow loopers -- Kid Beyond here. Normally San Francisco-based, I've got a show in Cambridge MA this weekend that y'all Boston-area folks might be interested in. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SUN, JULY 11 -- 7pm BALL IN THE HOUSE with KID BEYOND RYLES JAZZ CLUB 212 Hampshire St. Cambridge MA (617) 876-9330 All ages ~ $10 http://www.rylesjazz.com http://www.ballinthehouse.com http://www.kidbeyond.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I do live-looping of voice -- singing, throat singing, beatboxing, vocal turntablism, vocal guitarsviolinsharmonicas, etc. -- to create a one-man a cappella band. I use Ableton Live, controlled by a Ground Control Pro pedalboard at my feet. (I never touch the laptop during the show.) My music is on the funk / R&B / trip-hop side of things, with a spiritual thrown in for good measure. It's not as improvisatory as most live-looping; it's predefined songs with words and such. As the East Bay Express (a paper here in the San Francisco area) wrote: Watching Kid Beyond one-man-vocal- percussionist-band his way through Portishead's "Wandering Star" is truly mesmerizing. "That's the best live thing I've ever seen," the dude behind me pants when it's over. Or you can just take my word for it -- it kicks butt. Ball in the House is a 5-man pop/R&B a cappella group. They put on a great show. I'm opening with a 45-minute set. If you show up, come and introduce yourself. I'd love to meet some Boston loopers. Cheers, Andrew Chaikin, aka Kid Beyond andrew at bigger bread dot com (415) 929-8822 http://biggerbread.com | http://kidbeyond.com