Archive for May, 2009

Photos by RJ Fernandez.

Shlomo gets deep

Valgeir Sigurdsson on the Steinway grand

collaboratoin is in the air

Shlomo vs amiina

Romeo from the Magic Number joins in

amiina make mesmorising music

hildur from amiina plays the saw

Applause!

the finale featuring Romeo Stoddard

take a bow

filmed at 300 frames per second in the dark outside the South Bank, illuminated with an LED torch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doiaKo_AjY4

In Summer 2009, Shlomo will be taking his collaborative performance series Music Through Unconventional Means to a UK festival near you.

He will appear with his incredible beatbox troupe the Vocal Orchestra at Glastonbury, WOMAD, Latitude and Greenbelt festivals.

Plus at both Glastonbury and WOMAD, they will perform specially extended collaborative sets, with top-secret superstar guests from across the musical spectrum.

More information about this summer’s festival appearances can be found on the events page.

Hey all

not checked into the blog since the stunning collaboration with the Icelandics. they are all such a pleasure to work with. we had a really intensive three days and i was distraught when it was all over.

the music was beautiful, hypnotic, peaceful mesmerising and spellbinding…

for me it was a real pleasure to be holding back, and beatbox so quietly.. it means you can hear all the delicate intricacies of the music, instead of my usual constant battle to impress and amaze the audience.

This is Romeo from the Magic Numbers joining us onstage to sing ‘The Night Before’ by Lee Hazlewood (who incidentally recorded his last song with Amiina just before he died).

I let rip possibly a little more than i should have done during my solo set in the first half. I ended my set with a massive rave tune which was loud. amiina then came on and did the most spacious, calm and quite moving song! i apologised to them in the interval for hyping it so much. they girls said it was fine.. like force feeding the crowd a pile of speed followed by valium….. LOLZ

anyway vids and pics to follow, big love to all it was sublime

SHLOMO – Globespotters Blog – NYTimes.com.

A couple of days ago I blogged about Homecut, the hip hop soul act masterminded by Testament (who is part of the Vocal Orchestra)……

They will be performing with their full live band at the QEH Front Room this Friday at 5.30pm, before the Music Through Unconventional Means show that evening. Admission is FREE! More info.

Thanks for all your entries to the competition to win VIP tickets to the Shlomo concert on May 15th. The winner of the competition is Dylan Heslop, whose tickets and backstage passes will be ready to collect at the QEH Box Office before the show.

You can still buy tickets for the concert, details below:

Icelandic Music Through Unconventional Means
Beatbox artist Shlomo collaborates with contemporary Icelandic musicians Amiina (Sigur Ros) and Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork)
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Friday May 15th 2009, 7.45pm
Tickets: £15
http://shlo.co.uk/events/27
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music/productions/icelandic-music-through-unconv-46511

Here’s the official results for my recent attempt to create the Guinness World Record for the Largest Beatbox Ensemble. The existing record was 120 people. In the Sky 1 studio we had 249 people beatboxing for 3 minutes. Yay I even got a medal! Shlo

Southbank Centre are offering two free tickets with backstage passes to see Shlomo collaborate with Icelandic musicians Amiina and Valgeir Sigurðsson at the QEH on May 15th 2009 at 7.45pm. See them make musical history and then join the party afterwards!

To win the tickets, you need to answer the following question:

Q. Shlomo and Valgeir Sigurðsson met whilst working with Björk on one of her albums, but which one was it?

Send your answer to competition@shlo.co.uk

Good luck!!

Homecut is the project of a talented hip hop artist from the North, of England, Testament… he is also an indispensable member of our beatbox troupe ‘Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra’.

Today is a big day is the first single is finally out! Features Grammy winner Corinne Bailey Ray and Mobo winner Soweto Kinch…… You can get it on iTunes for 79p or check out this taster!!

More info: http://www.myspace.com/homecut