Killa Kela chats to ilikemusic.com
He's toured with Jurassic 5, been mentored by DJ Vadim, served time with the Scratch Perverts and Rocksteady Crew and released some fantastic singles. Now the UK's best beatboxer, Killa Kela, releases Elocution preceded by new single, Secrets (out March 20th).
I Like Music caught up with Killa Kela to find about his new material, how he impressed Pharrell with a 60-second beatbox, and how he puts together the building blocks of his music and makes such incredible sounds.
"I like music because… it keeps me out of trouble." KILLA KELA
ILM: So, your new single, "Secrets" is out on March 20th. Can you give us your own personal description of it?
Killa Kela: Musically, it's sort of a cross between maybe Dougie Fresh meets Prince meets N.E.R.D. meets The Streets kind of thing. It kind of bubbles in a real kind of 80s melodic way, I guess, which is all kind of post-Princey. On a technical level it's myself doing lead vocals and singing almost for the first time, to most people who know me, and also incorporating the beatbox; developing it into musical format, song format as opposed to live format.
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