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Make the music with your mouth

11:28 a.m. · March 20, 2007 · by Eric Solomon

Maybe your mind is still reeling by Rahzel's turn on Bjork's inscrutable all-vocal Medulla to really contemplate the state of beatboxing - and that's fair. Boing Boing comes with another random post, compiling international entries into hip-hop's low-budget beat production technique. Checking out the video of Germany's Naturally 7 doing a six-man harmonized take on Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight is highly recommended - if only to watch the white folks who alternate between looking uncomfortable and grooving awkwardly to the track.
Also linked directly: an approach to beatbox production Cut Chemist, or Julia Childs, could be proud of.