The recently crowned World Loopstation Champion and acclaimed British beatboxer SHLOMO is about to take the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on a mad one-man musical mashup, using nothing but his mouth, a microphone and a loop sampler. SHLOMO performs MOUTHTRONICA daily (except 15 Aug) at UNDERBELLY, COWGATE from THURSDAY 4 UNTIL SATURDAY 27 AUGUST AT 9.00PM.
After his previous collaborations with Bjork, Jarvis Cocker, Imogen Heap and DJ Yoda, SHLOMO has set himself a new challenge: at each performance at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe he will create a spontaneous collaboration with an artist, either someone local or a Festival Fringe attendee/performer, but preferably a stranger. The unique tracks that are created at each performance will be available for download the following morning; all proceeds will be donated to charity. 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 Edinburgh Fringe Festival run of MOUTHTRONICA riding high from his recent UK Tour and a 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 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 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.
WATCH THE VIRAL TRAILER FOR MOUTHTRONICA – over 12,000 views after tweets from Bill Bailey and KT Tunstall: http://shlo.co.uk/mouthtronica
For more information about SHLOMO visit – www.shlo.co.uk / www.facebook.com/shlomizzle / www.twitter.com/shlomo
