STAGE TUBE: SHLOMO - World Champion Beatboxer

The recently crowned World Loopstation Champion and acclaimed British beatboxer SHLOMO is about to take the UK on a mad one-man musical mashup, using nothing but his mouth, a microphone and a loop sampler, kicking off on Monday 7 February 2011 at Kingston's Rose Theatre.

After his previous collaborations with Bjork, Jarvis Cocker, Imogen Heap and DJ Yoda, SHLOMO has set himself a new challenge during the tour: in each town he will create a spontaneous collaboration with a local artist, preferably a stranger. Artists are being recommended to SHLOMO by fans through his blog and social networks. Your suggestions are needed! More details: shlo.co.uk/blog

SHLOMO starts his MOUTHTRONICA tour riding high from a recent trip to LA where he was crowned World Champion at the first ever BOSS World Loopstation Championships, beating competition from twelve other national looping champions from around the world. SHLOMO's breathtaking skills with the loop pedal, as seen on BBC2's coverage of Glastonbury, will be showcased to full effect in his new one-man show MOUTHTRONICA.

MOUTHTRONICA mixes storytelling, live-looping and high-energy genre-hopping human beatboxing. SHLOMO uses his voice to create original soundscapes ranging from experimental vocal acrobatics to jaw-dropping one-man renditions of classic tunes. Through MOUTHTRONICA, SHLOMO tells his unique story, going right back to when he was 3 years old, playing Arabic drums and belly dancing at his Iraqi-Jewish grandmother's parties.

SHLOMO will be running an exclusive beatbox masterclass at each venue, giving the public the chance to find out some of beatboxing's trade secrets.

"The kid's good. Jaw-droppingly good." The Guardian

"Brilliant soulful vocal gymnastics." Evening Standard

SHLOMO is known for leading his own beatbox troupe The Vocal Orchestra, and for his experimental collaborations with a diverse range of artists such as Martha Wainwright, Hexstatic, Portico Quartet, and Mad Professor. SHLOMO's musical story takes in his training in classical percussion and jazz drums, studying astrophysics, and beatboxing in the Arctic and on the Jools Holland show. He is also an artist in residence at London's Southbank Centre.

"He's like a one-man Hollywood action film soundtrack" The Times

"Master of the fine art of beatboxing" The Independent

 

Tour Listings

Mon 07 Feb 2011
Kingston Rose Theatre
0871 230 1552
www.rosetheatrekingston.org
Tue 08 Feb 2011
Newbury Arlington Arts Centre
01635 244246
www.arlingtonarts.co.uk
Thu 10 Feb 2011
Colchester Arts Centre
01206 500 900
www.colchesterartscentre.com
Thu 17 Feb 2011
Leeds West Yorkshire Playhouse
0113 213 7700
www.wyplayhouse.com
Sat 19 Feb 2011
Lancaster Dukes Theatre
01524 598500
www.dukes-lancaster.org
Mon 21 Feb 2011
Beck Hayes
020 8561 8371
www.becktheatre.org.uk
Tue 22 Feb 2011
Swindon Arts Centre
01793 445500
www.swindon.gov.uk/artscentre
Wed 23 Feb 2011 Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre
01256 844244
www.anvilarts.org.uk
Tue 01 Mar 2011
Ipswich Wolsey
01473 295 900
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk
Fri 06 Mar 2011
Milton Keynes Stables
01908 280800
www.stables.org
Wed 09 Mar 2011 Cambridge Junction
01223 511 511
www.junction.co.uk
Thu 10 Mar 2011
Bromsgrove Antrix Theatre
01527 577 330
www.artrix.co.uk
Sat 12 Mar 2011
Brighton Corn Exchange
01273 709 709
www.brightondome.org
Fri 25 Mar 2011
Greenwich Theatre
020 8858 7755
www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk
Sat 26 Mar 2011
Northampton Royal Theatre
01604 624 811
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
Wed 30 Mar 2011 Bath Festival, Komedia
0845 293 8480
www.komedia.co.uk/bath
Thu 31 Mar 2011
Birmingham Mac
0121 446 3232
www.macarts.co.uk
Fri 1 Apr 2011
Sage Gateshead
0191 443 4661
www.thesagegateshead.org