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HKClubbing.com: How would you describe what a ‘Beatboxer’ is?
Killa Kela: BEATBOXING HAS TRADITIONALLY ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF HIP-HOP – WHERE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE A BEAT WITH THEIR MOUTHS, FOR PEOPLE TO RAP OVER - USUALLY ON THE STREET OR SOMEWHERE - BUT WHAT I'M ABOUT IS BRINGING THE ART FORWARD INTO 2002 - I PREFER TO CALL MYSELF A MULTI-VOCALIST, RATHER THAN A BEATBOXER - THE TERM BEATBOXER IS TOO RESTRICTIVE - MULTIPLE VOCAL SOUNDS: SNARES, KICK DRUMS, HIGH HATS, SINGING, SCRATCHING, BASSLINES, TRUMPETS, GUITARS, KEYS ETC ETC - ALL WITH THE MOUTH - CREATING REAL MUSICAL RHYTHMS THAT GO WAY BEYOND JUST HIP-HOP.
HKClubbing.com: What have you heard about the music scene in Hong Kong?
Killa Kela: TO BE REAL HONEST I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT - WHEN YOU SAY HONG KONG TO ME I THINK NOODLES AND MAD BUILDINGS - WHICH IS WHY I'M REAL EXCITED BOUT COMING OUT THERE COS I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT AND I'M ALL ABOUT FINDING OUT...
HKClubbing.com: How important do you think the internet is to promoter your music?
Killa Kela: I'VE ALWAYS SEEN THE INTERNET AS MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I DO - COS SEEING WHAT I DO IS SO IMPORTANT - PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THE SOUNDS AND MUSIC THAT I MAKE ARE BEING MADE. AND SPLINTER, WHO MADE AND RUN WWW.KILLAKELA.COM REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND HAVE CREATED ONE MONSTER OF A SITE - GOT A REAL LIVELY FORUM ON THERE TOO, SO I KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT I DO.
HKClubbing.com: What's on your album that was released this year?
Killa Kela: IT'S BASICALLY TEN WAYS TO USE YOUR MOUTH - SOME STUFF ON THERE THAT'S JUST ME, DOING ALL THE INSTRUMENTATION ETC + A LOT OF COLLABORATIONS WITH ME ALONGSIDE OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND MCs ETC. ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC ARE HIT ON IT - FROM HIP-HOP, DRUM N'BASS, GARAGE, DOWNTEMPO STUFF, EVERYTHING REALLY...BUT REALLY WANTED TO MAKE AN ALBUM THAT STOOD UP MUSICALLY BY ITSLEF, THAT WASN'T DEPENDENT ON THE FACT MOST OF IT WAS MADE FROM MY MOUTH...SO IT'S NOT JUST ME MAKING FUNNY NOISES WITH MY MOUTH...WELL I GUESS IT IS...BUT LETS JUST HOPE PEOPLE ARE INTO IT
HKClubbing.com: What do you think the response will be from the Hong Kong crowd and what can we expect from you on the night?
Killa Kela: I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE INTO IT AND I'M MAD EXCITED ABOUT GETTING OUT THERE AND DOING IT...PLAYING TO BRAND NEW AUDIENCES THAT PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH LIKE IT BEFORE IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT...A LOAD OF ROUTINES FROM ME, ALONGSIDE MC TRIP AND DJ SKELETRIK, OUR SHOW IS ALL
ABOUT COMBINING THE SPECTACLE OF A REAL LIVE PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH HAVING ONE, BIG PARTY TIL THE EARLY HOURS - WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE STANDING AMAZED ONE SECOND AND THEN GETTING DOWN ON THE DANCEFLOOR THE NEXT...WE'RE GOING TO SMASH IT...HOLD TIGHT HONG KONG WE'RE COMING...
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