Kid Beyond-Wandering Star

[SgtKikr]

its a nice rhythm..

[subatomikproduktions]

There USED to be a better copy of this posted somewhere on the internet/youtube, but I can't seem to find it anymore....Sad face for lack of quality :(

[FlamibleFrank]

Omfg blew my mind

[susannaofthesun]

Tightness! Love PortisHeads version also...

[nsbank]

I'm convinced that beatboxing is one of the few remaining REAL creative genres remaining in music. They may be doing covers of other songs but they always adding their own mark and majority of times are just as good or sometimes better than the original.

We may hate the Justin Bieber and Rebecca's Blacks of the world, but they're put out there by the recording industry that are only interested in making a quick buck, not creative geniuses like Beardyman, Kid Beyond, Ronald Jenkees and Dub FX.

[knifemelets]

This rendition literally sent shivers down my spine. I was initially skeptic, but both this and the original are incredibly charged with emotion and feeling.

[rainb0wg0ddess84]

i'm amazed when i watch vids that mesmorize me and yet they're always some haters around who "dislike". maybe if those haters weren't around, the world would be just peachy lol :p

[willamoore]

Love the original. Love his freestyle version. Amazing!

[ohyaimcoolest]

this is sick

[krinabelle]

Come see Kid in Phoenix for New Year's Eve :) Epic Red Cup Massive Psycho Circus.

we love this man and his talent so much we had to have him for our party :D

[Cowboysfromhell24x7]

Beyond Awesome!! I get chills everything time I watch this!

[gregretro]

Yes. Yes.

Yes Yes Yes My God Yes!

[OddlyIncredible]

When you fade out to silence, and everyone in the audience remains transfixed in equal silence before breaking out in a standing ovation, that is the moment when you know you killed it.

[bren1981]

@OddlyIncredible THIS.

[JTreehorn420]

Greatest Portishead remake ever. This guy is a saint for sharing his talent with us.

[MrBra66on]

wow.....i have to say that this guy is amazing......awesome cover.......well deserved standing ovation

[landmo87]

Amazing.

[MrChillGuy]

dude, youve inspired me.

[elpido0ola]

he is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sidegrinder1]

einfach genial was der Typ mit dem Mund machen kann!

[marcEj9000]

boss loopstation, see dub fx.

[authmaax]

next step verychip.... then later cyborgs take over hearth.

thus they will be much more capable than the original man... lol

cool stuff ehehe

[lolboy01]

sooo awesome

[GettoBux]

God!

[pigeonbeatbox]

Such a talent, Have so much respect for this guy!! Was amazing to meet him!!

[cassiosaurus]

Oh shit. Is he doing his beats and singing on top of that? All at once?

[pigeonbeatbox]

Nope its all Live looped using a loop pedal and Ableton Live!!

Still Amazing though :-)

[DrumLine21Ninja]

OH YEAH THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT!

[AiYume]

Just saw Kid Beyond at W00tstock. His music filled the Sweedish Music Hall to the rafters, and the performance was just incredible.

[jozeaphe]

Now please tell me, i heard 2 tones, 2 levels of voices at 3:34 and few seconds after that, was that was just him? doing 2 layers of sound at the same time!!!???

[pandoradoom]

watch his feet. He lays down the beat and then layers it. And I think that it is echoed at the time or its a playback from earlier on in the song.

[Luvan]

This song takes me places. Good places.

[heyitsjai]

omg my god... this is amazing :D love this song and HOT DAMN! he did it justice.

[panicfan966]

I saw him a few years ago at Wakarusa..I didn't know who he was at the time, but he put on one hell of a show..

[luisabertolatti]

love it ;)

[freakycakes]

I KNEW IT! It IS beatboxing! This guy is UH-fucking-MAZING! And I love that it's a white dude! Is he queer? That'd be delicious! Wow!

[Lilidarkstar]

Read the previous comments. He does beatboxing, and has loop pedals so he can build the whole song from scratch, but it is all him.

[ahffk]

u idiot.

hes a fking live looper and hes famous for this art form. hes not just a beatboxer, but hes a fx producer and singer.

so hes been known for his art of combining them into a capella with loop pedals live on stage.

live looping is a technique used by a lot of artists including guitarists and bassists and u wouldve known about it if u had any knowledge about music

[kingkanker]

this is no beatbox he records it and it replays itself continuesly

[bjorno]

Durrr. No shit. It's called a loop pedal and those noises are all created by his mouth, so it is a "beatbox".

[ahffk]

live looping is a totally different art in itself and it is beatboxing its all created by his mouth.

[kingkanker]

I think so too

[naamapupu]

This is so much better that the original Portishead version...impressive work

[avyquinn]

If there wasn't a Portishead version there wouldn't be his 'impressive work'. So I think props have to go to Portishead for an AMAZING song first and foremost.

But KB is just mind blowing. I want to see him live sometime... I really agree that his version is amazing, but Portishead is obviously in a different category so props to both in their own right.

[psychohagis]

yh but his original songs are pure brilliance. this cover is just a nice addition

[pnuthead42]

fuck this guy is amazing!!!!!!!! i wish that i could be this good at anything

[kakusxd]

his harmonica sound is awesome :O

[CovenantFan]

i'm a beatboxer too, inspired by kid beyond.

i tried preforming it, it has a different sound when i do it, of course, but its a damn fun song to do... alot of room to play with the sounds, and beats and stuff... i wanna record it so i can put it on here, i just need to set up a camera some time before i preform...

[munchyman3]

what kind of gear do you use, or Kid beyond for that matter? i imagine you could have a lot of fun making tunes.

[CovenantFan]

i use ableton live 6, with foot p[edals assigned to specific keystrokes, allowing me to give it a fade-out effect, or to switch tracks, or for example, i could mute two tracks, and beatbox with the music still playing, and add them back in, speed up or slow down one or all of the tracks, or whatever... and hothand makes stuff like adjusting track volume, or switching between tracks, or speed adjustment much easier... fun stuff :3

[5hizam]

Sounds like you got quite a nice set up. You get paid for gigs? Or you purely all pleasure? lol

I'm an armature beatboxer myself and had a few gigs at parties, pubs small clubs and such but I really want to get into looping (To give me abit of a rest) lol well that and the fact I'd like to vary my stuff.

I'd love to get a kaos pad 3 but of course im no rich man. at £299 in the Uk im gona be waiting a long time. Any tips on cheaper stuff to use and where I can find some?

[CovenantFan]

Well, for the time being, I'm going around, and doing small gigs like parties, or open mic. nights at places, only "big gig" was about a week ago, when I got paid to be the "intermission guy"...

I was off-stage, for a play in front of a couple hundred people, and every time the curtains closed, while people rushed around back stage to change the setting and stuff, I would do a short song for the intermission, then announce the setting and stuff, for the coming scene...

[Mithras3000]

My good lord. Do my eyes deceive me? An actually civil conversation in Youtube comments?

Verily, this be one of the signs of yonder Apocalypse.

[nixego]

fuck you

[MoviManATL]

@Mithras3000 Indeed, this has me rather concerned as well...although perhaps we should be thankful for its existence!

[Tconl]

@Mithras3000 Oeh he said verily! *touches*

[WombofWoe]

lol, this is so cool.

[xXNuclearWarXx]

Kid Beyond is fucking sick.  If anyone could survive nuclear holocaust, its this man.

[BadgerTuft]

this is way better than the original cuz he sings better and the beat is sick=D

[Threecagehit]

Kid Beyond is (pun intended) beyond sick, but I could never agree with this, as Portishead has one of the, if not THE most beautiful sound I have ever heard.

[snkdf]

"And the time that I'll suffer less is when I never have to wake."

[hottbloodead]

imgoing

to marry

this

man.

hands down.

[ftizzzzaw]

whats the name of this remix because i cant find this version of the song.

[CovenantFan]

this is just kid beyond's kickass remix of portishead's "wandering star"

personally, i like this one much better, cuz portishead's singer just WAY overdoes it...

anyhoo... keep rocki'n, kid beyond!

[MorganMacManus]

Killaaaaah.. gotta see this guy live, come to Oztralia!!

[fryheyt]

he's amazing!!

[tubsterMOI]

FUCKING AMAZING! And look how humble he is at the end! No "I'm the ultimate shit"-crap =)))

[kennyhyder]

SO sick

[lenstar2000]

COOOL!!!!

[poebelpop]

looping system

[nAmAri3]

He's the man. KB totaly rocks!

Thats what I call progressiv.

Greets from Germany

[realxiplok]

awesome!

great idea!

[brustu]

wow, the original song is very boring, but kid beyond´s version gives me the creeps!!!

love it!!!!!

[Dollarsdukk]

terrible

[fubar123456]

Only problem with this is the way he finishes...it's like "...is he done? Can we clap?". Should just be like BAM! DONE! And then everyone goes nuts.

[hopeulikejammintoo]

he gets all the chick!!!

[dowling1981]

Fame chasing slags, no?

[sakmode]

Totally awesome performance/cover by Kid Beyond! But better than Portishead...?? That's like saying a Beatles tribute band are better than the Beatles xD

Kid Beyond brought an awesome reimagining and colour to this song. But - with all due respect (cos I DO love this version) - this is like a one-note, yet talented, impression of a deeper, multi-layered, original by Portishead. Both are awesome in their own way.

Good work by Kid - and thanks for the video!

[hopeforrain]

I personally prefer this version to Portishead's. I think their version gets a bit old.

[juniper30]

Dude...fucking sick!! LOVED IT!!!

[bystrov2007]

guy is awesome, way better than portishead in my opinion!

[lcars84]

Finally a video with better sound quality. Thanks a lot.

[pcpeti]

Very musicial, very cool!!! Congratulations! :)