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Joel Turner: World's Greatest Beatboxer

June 1st 2006 03:29

Gig Review

There's always been some types of music that I have never liked. Hip-Hop, R&B, beatboxing, and mainstream, overproduced pop - apart from pop, there's a distinct trend there. But of all the places I could have ended up last Saturday night, I went to a local musical event featuring none other than Joel Turner. Ok, truth be told, I actually had a hand in organising the event and, as a result, I was going to like it whether or not I really liked it. But, to my big surprise, I really liked it.

Tripartisan Approach

The musical event began with the first time I have been able to see my personal friends, Tripartisan Approach. A mix of Living End-influenced punk and jazz, I was really surprised about their musical style, mainly because the lead singer and lyricist tends to like bands like Archiecture in Helsinki, a farcry from their own style.

Once the main event began, I kept thinking about what Joel Turner what really end up like. For unAustralian readers, Joel Turner is a former Australian Idol contestant from Queensland. He never managed to make it to the finals of the contest, but he was noticed for his beatboxing skills by Australian Idol judge Mark Holden, and as a result, he managed to secure a record deal. This lead to his first album, "Joel Turner & the Modern Day Poets," which, between 2004 and 2005 released four singles, most of them pretty bad.

But, thankfully, Saturday night, was not about singing. It was about beatboxing, pure and simple. The act was pretty short, and unfortunately it was taken up a little too much by his two sidekicks. The first sidekick - can't even remember his name - had enough talent to last about five minutes, mainly because he did the same technique over and over and over again for about ten minutes. The second sidekick - aptly nicknamed Mr Obese - showed the first true signs of talent, beatboxing to several known beats, the most memorable of which were Snoop Dogg's Drop it Like It's Hot (complete with clicking tongue) and Black Eyed Peas My Humps though this wasn't as good.

Finally, after enough waiting, Joel Turner emerged, psyched and possibly high on something, but ready to beatbox. His sidekicks were pretty good beatboxers, but Joel Turner is out of this world. He covered everything from White Stripes, to several dance songs and beyond, even managing to recreate a bass line with beat at the same time. Until that night, I had no true appreciation for beatboxing but now I can see it as an artform in and of itself. The complexity of beatboxing, and the absolutely perfect timing needed to pulloff something like that is literally awe-inspiring. I'm not exactly sure whether all of his shows are like that, but if they are, then they are definitely worth attending.

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Comment by Cibbuano

June 1st 2006 22:52

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I love a good beatbox... I don't think you can call him the greatest beatboxer in the world, though!

Comment by Jimbo

June 2nd 2006 02:39

He actually won the 2004 or 2005 World Beatboxing Championships, so i'm pretty sure that makes him qualified to call himself the greatest for a short period of time