UNDER KONTROL x Just A Musical Trip x India (Teaser)
Hello All!
Back on tour around France, we were thinking about all the beautiful travels we made and here’s a teaser concerning the next musical report we’ll put out.
Joburg, Cape Town, Soweto, Kliptown…that was Just A Musical Trip “South Africa”.
Now, you can enjoy a bit of Bombay, New Delhi, Bangalore and more!!! Props to all the people we met out there.
UNDER KONTROL x Highland Festival x Support
Hello All!
Back from our Battle Of The Year trip, which took us from Mayotte to La Réunion, 2 of the most beautiful islands around the World…We’ve had a really great time with the team BOTY France and all the crew: Michel, Thomas, Ben, Missil, BBoy By, BBoy Jey, BBoy Val, Dj Taj Mahal, Maleek, BeaX BoT BreakdowN, Swan, Kollektif Sud, Oner, Skam, Clemence, and everyone we met.
Lovely people, great spots, damned, we’re gonna miss that! Stay tuned for some photos and footages…
Today, we wanted to give a shoutout to Keumart Da Green Saya Man and the whole team behind the Highland Festival, which takes place in Rougemont (Switzerland, CH) this week (May,18th-19th).
This 4th edition will be all about Beatbox, Hiphop and Dancehall, cool and fresh recipe isn’t it? Check the teaser below with footages from all the artists taking part in these 2 days of madness, from Taïro, Kenyon, Eklips to Hippocampe Fou, Dharni and more…Trust us, it’s a MUST!
We took part in the amazing 3rd Edition last year and we definitely wanna go back there: All the mountains around, beautiful Swiss landscapes and cows, excellent cheese, yummy chocolate, beautiful and cool people…Yes, we love and support Highlanders! Hands up for the Highland Festival!!!
Under Kontrol x Faya Braz x Instrumentals
Hello all, while we’re touring and working on Under Kontrol’s projects, we always have some time on the side to produce for the good people we connect with…Faya Braz loves to work with mc’s, he has produced a few tracks those last months and especially this one with a “Super Cool French Mc from Paris”…
Here’s the link for his Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/faya-braz
This is the best way to hear him not only as a beatboxer…For now, you will find tracks by:
Dandyguel (Invicibles4Real // End Of the Weak // French Battle Mc with lots of good lyrics)
K-Meleon (La Méthode // From Marseille, a cool mc with crazy flows and choruses)
Josiah Hotwire (USA // Harlem)
As we speak, Yoshi & Gaiden (Well known here for there rounds during the french battles Rap Contenders) are working on several tracks, produced by Fayabraz & Mr Lips aswell…
Enjoy the tracks, Send us some feedbacks, and get ready for the next level!!!
#beatboxnonstop
UNDER KONTROL x Battle of the Year x 2012
Our good folks from Battle Of The Year - France (http://www.botyfrance.com) just started the qualifying rounds for this year’s national competition. As usual, the winners will go to the International Battle Of The Year to represent France and battle for the supreme title.
It’s been quite a time since they support our band (2009 actually), call us to perform during their events and support the Beatbox movement, you can still check our showcase for the 2010 International BOTY on www.canalstreet.canalplus.fr.
BTW, France is the only country with a Beatbox - Battle Of The Year session (Stay tuned, the next one will be on July 4th, with Under Kontrol as Jury, more infos soon…)
So, this time, we’ll perform in Mayotte (May 5th) and La Réunion (May 11th, 12th, 13th) for the French Qualifying Rounds.
Yeah, we’re quite exciting about this session mixing hiphop, beaches and good life...
#beatboxnonstop
UNDER KONTROL x Sly Johnson x “The Mic Buddah”
Hello All,
Those last days, after performing @ the 5th Human Beatbox Festival, Sly Johnson (formerly from the super rap combo “Saïan Supa Crew”) published 2 short clips on his Youtube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/slythemicbuddah) where you can witness his beatboxing skills…
Big up to Mr Sly for all the work he did since such a long time and the work he’s still doing now! He’s such a big influencer in the Beatbox Community and for the French scene too…Actually, he’s probably one of the best vocal scratcher you’ll ever heard.
Watch the 1st part of this freestyle here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1WGJ2p4ihA&feature=relmfu
#beatboxnonstop
UNDER KONTROL x Incredibox x “Beatbox App”
You might have seen this for a while now as it’s all around the Internet and exploding the stats…French Freshness!!!
Trying to sum up, “Incredibox” is a beatbox app which allows you to perform online tracks with online digital characters! Enjoy this, create some Beatbox tracks and have fun with your friends.
Watch the trailer and you’ll learn more about this.
Full support to Incredible Polo (http://incrediblepolo.bandcamp.com) and his team (http://www.sofarsogood.fr) for this project!!!
V 1.0 back in 2009 was really the bomb, but trust us, this V 2.0 is C.R.A.Z.Y…
#beatboxnonstop
UNDER KONTROL x Beatbox Battle World Championships x “Skiller vs Alem”
Here’s the official video for the 2012 World Championships Male Final Round.
Again, it was very late in Berlin’s night, and after some epic battles against BMG or Reeps One, the 2 guys battle for the Supreme title.
Skiller was totally prepared, and he did a 100% perfect round…while Alem seemed to be on a Freestyle Mode all along.A very good battle with incredible skills. Finally, Skiller became the 3rd Beatbox World Champion…CONGRATS!!!
Big up to Alem though, the young french freshman did an insane competition with crazy rounds…
MAXIMUM RESPECT!!!
UNDER KONTROL x Beatbox Battle World Championships x “Pe4nkata vs Flashbox”
Here’s the official video for the 2012 World Championships Female Final Round.
It’s very late in Berlin’ night, and Pe4nkata from Bulgaria battles against Flashbox from France (Yay!). The level of the 2 battlers is really incredible, and actually, a lot of people and a lot of beatboxers were talking about how women could actually be as good as men after this crazy final!
This year competition is probably the best competition since the 1st edition, judges were amazed during the whole battle…Beatbox is spreading all over the globe and, trust us, the newcomers got sick skills…
Big up to Pe4nkata for this victory, and a special shoutout to the French girl aka the “crème de la crème” of beatboxing, Flashbox…
Full support!!!
UNDER KONTROL x Human Beatbox Festival #5 x “Support”
Today is a great day, it’s Human Beatbox Festival #5 day!!! This event is meant to show the incredibly large panel of beatbox gigs going on around the world. Here’s the complete schedule:
06/04/2012:
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Hôtel de Vogue - 18h - Gratuit
UNDER KONTROL x Back in France x “2 weeks of madness”
Hello there! It’s been a while since we posted something, so here’s a bunch of news from the last weeks. First, we went to India to perform around the country.
Shows took place in New Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Chennai! 4 concerts around 4 cities, lots of colors, people, airports…and not so much sleep!!! Thanks to all the people we met out there.
As we met great people, great singers, it looks like we’ll try to come back for more…to spread this Beatbox thing all around. Special shout out to Emma @ http://www.bluefrog.co.in/ and to the beatboxers we met.
Be on the look out for “Just a musical trip - India Edition”, the video-report is coming next…
Then we headed back to Paris to perform for “CHORUS DES HAUTS DE SEINE” Festival @ La Défense, we shared the bill with Orelsan & 1995 aka “The new generation of french rappers”! It was a blessing to be on this bill, so we wanna say thank you to the whole team organizing this huge event.
The trip continues so let’s go to Sofia, Bulgaria! 2 days with a lot of huge and crazy clubs, loads of vodka…Trust us, you can party all night in this city!!! We rocked the “CRASH” club and chilled @ “MIXTAPE”.Good places to showcase or perform, really nice venues with cool staff and more…
Finally, on March 31st, we flew to Berlin to perform @ the 3rd BEATBOX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. Arriving in the afternoon, we couldn’t have a line check, so we performed a few hours later “rough, rugged and raw”!
Big shoutout to Beelow from http://www.beatboxbattle.com and his whole crew for this solid event @ Astra Kulturhaus, 1000 pers+ in the lobby, 50000+ watching it on LiveStreaming with a HD quality…(Props to Camcast Crew!)
A complete day of beatboxing with incredible battles, 2012 might be the best competition we ever seen! We’ll publish some videos of this event later, because our frenchies fellas made such a great impression and rocked the whole event.
Even if finally, Skiller & Pe4nkata (from Bulgaria) won the solo contests.
Finally, you can now watch and enjoy our showcase in Berlin on Youtube, hope you’ll enjoy!!!
After a Livestream from Mumbai, a radioshow from Brussels!!!
While we’re abroad, you can still hear our sound all around Europe…so @ 9:00PM listen to Supafly Radioshow LIVE on FM Brussel 98.8!
Click on the pic, and listen to a supa cool selection…
Big up to Fatoosan for this “Special Beatbox Selection”, with a bit of Under Kontrol in it!
UNDER KONTROL x TOUR x India
La tournée 2012 passe par l’Inde, plus d’infos en français sur ce lien: http://afmagazine.in/home/?p=2298
While we’re on a Worldwide Tour, we were gently invited by the Alliance Française of Bombay to come and rock a few places around India…This week, you can meet us LIVE in the following cities and venues:
21/03: THE BLUE FROG, DELHI (http://www.bluefrog.co.in/events/under-kontrol-france)
22/03: THE BLUE FROG, BOMBAY (http://www.bluefrog.co.in/events/under-kontrol-france-0)
23/03: OPUS, BANGALORE (http://www.myopus.in/upcoming-gig/opus-palace-cross-road/23/under-kontrol-france-live)
24/03: N/C, CHENNAI
Beatbox and we don’t stop!!!
UNDER KONTROL xWebdoc x “Beatbox Now!”
Une initiative documentaire qu’on apprécie par ici, et qui prend part au Vimeo Festival + Awards…Support!!!
Often overlooked or underrated, Human Beatbox represents one of the oldest and most universal form of art: Bodymusic.
Here is an introduction to Human Beatbox by a bunch of Beatboxers.
- 2011 -Directed by HJ // hugojouxtel.blogspot.com
UNDER KONTROL x La Fine Équipe, Rewind x “Concert à venir”
On continue la tournée…et on ne compte pas s’arrêter!
Après l’Atabal à Biarritz Samedi dernier, voici un plateau frais pour le 16 Mars prochain. Au Fil à St Étienne, on retrouvera notre comparse Rewind, avec son projet Beatbox/Piano classique, les joyeux compères de La Fine Équipe pour un mix dont ils ont le secret, Dj Mongkut et Befour pour un versus son/image qui promet ainsi que Deejo…
ON SE VOIT LÀ BAS?
Toutes les infos sur ce lien: http://www.le-fil.com/In-Your-Face-Party-5Under-Kontrol
Grab your ticket here: http://www.forumsirius.fr/orion/lefil.phtml?seance=381
Big up to La Face B, La Limace et Le Fil for putting this together…
UNDER KONTROL x World Championships x “Wildcard”
Hello all, at the end of this month, the 3rd “Beatbox Battle” World Championships will take place in Berlin, you can find all infos here:
http://beatboxbattle.com/championship/event-schedule.html
Maximum respect to Beelow and Beatbox Battle for this event, we’ll be there to perform a small showcase on the night of the competition. We can’t wait to meet the Beatbox Community again…
GRAB YOUR TICKETS HERE: http://beatboxbattle.com/championship/ticket-service.html
A “Wildcard Contest” has been held on Internet those last days, the jurys chose 3 beatboxers who got a pass for the upcoming World Competition.
As we support ALL newschoolers from France and from anywhere else actually, we wanted to introduce you to one of the best newcomers (in our opinion), he didn’t make it for this Wildcard but he has a unique style and he wins a lot of battles…so please meet BMG!
And then, check out the 3 winners of this Wildcard:
Alem (Fr) http://youtu.be/8qwnkxvUkrM,
Peterpot (Can) http://youtu.be/LQM5aRcLndc
Pash (Rus) http://youtu.be/_uT6bPThWb8,
See you in Berlin!!!
