Last in the series of incredible 7-piece vocal project Shlomo & The Lip Factory performing their song “Run It Rains” live at the London’s beautiful Union Chapel. Download this song on The Lip Factory EP from iTunes or name your price here.

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See if you can spot the cheeky Tinie Tempah reference

Big thanks to Union Chapel for allowing us to film
And to Moral Hangover for shooting and editing the video!

“Run It Rains” written by Shlomo

The Lip Factory are:
Shlomo
Claudia Georgette
Alyusha Chagrin
Heidi Vogel
Triple B aka Billy Benjamin Boothroyd
Testament
Matthew Featherstone

7-piece vocal project Shlomo & the Lip Factory singing and beatboxing a version of “Perfect Day” and “Hallelujah” backstage at London’s beautiful Union Chapel. Download The Lip Factory EP from iTunes http://itun.es/iBC2qb or name your price here.

Big thanks to Union Chapel to allowing us to film, and to the amazing dudes at Moral Hangover for shooting and editing the video- thanks guys!!

“Perfect Hallelujah” arranged by Shlomo

The Lip Factory are:
Shlomo
Claudia Georgette
Alyusha Chagrin
Heidi Vogel
Triple B aka Billy Benjamin Boothroyd
Testament
Matthew Featherstone

http://thebeatboxchoir.co.uk/

This is an award-winning documentary film from 2007 about the creation of beatboxer Shlomo’s choir “The Vocal Orchestra”.

Filmmaker Colette McWilliams and her team were granted exclusive access throughout the 6 weeks between the choir’s first meeting and performing their headlining show for the International Human Beatbox Convention. The film follows the highs and the lows as Shlomo, the Swingle Singers, MC Zani, Bellatrix and Spitf’ya break new ground to create a whole new performance sound – it’s THE BEATBOX CHOIR!

This film was independently produced in London and has previously only been shown at film festivals, including the OS International Film Festival where it was awarded Best Documentary, and at the D Reel International Film Festival, Australia where it was included in the official selection.

This is the first time it has been made available on the web.

Shlomo: http://shlo.co.uk/
The swingle Singers: http://swinglesingers.com/

http://sensoproductions.com

To organise screenings of the film:
info@sensoproducions.com

Directed and Produced by: Colette McWilliams
Producers: Russell Reid & Jean Phillipe Gossart
Director of Photography: Jean Phillipe Gossart http://jpgossart.com
Editor: Stephan Talneau http://vimeo.com/stephantalneau
Sound Recordist: George Butterworth
Boom Operators: Julian, Kareem, Curzio
Sound Mix: Sebastian Reuters http://klangkosmonauten.de

The Original Blurb from 2007:
Beatboxing has been on the rise in the UK over the last five years as fans marvel over the inhuman sounds that these underground stars can make. In The Beatbox choir we follow Shlomo, British beatbox pioneer and South bank artist in residence, as he takes four of the UK’s top beatboxers along side Grammy award winning acapella group The Swingle Singers, and gives them six weeks to turn themselves into the UK’s first full scale human Beatboxing choir.

Before the group had even met they had major festival interest and had been advertised as the headline act for The International Beatbox Convention 2007. Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra have six weeks to create a choir that has to follow acts such as as Beardyman (2x UK Beatbox Champion) and Roxorloops (Belgian Beatbox Champion) to a sit down concert hall full of beatbox fans. Sold out just days after the tickets went on sale and promoted internationally, the crowd’s expectations are high. As Shlomo aptly said in his first introduction to the choir: “I have no idea what we’re gonna do, but we’ve got to do something.”

This inspirational story tells of friendships forged from diverse backgrounds, conflicting musical genres and clashing cultures, with the creation of the choir comes the creation of musical family. From the first day the group meet until their first public performance at the convention, week-by-week we see the creative journey of Shlomo and the Vocal Orchestra. Lead through experimental voice-coaching techniques, we watch the group step out of their comfort zones as they perform in ways they never knew they could.

The Beatbox Choir is an inspirational story of ambition, risk-taking and brand new sounds.

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Here it is – this video comes with a hefty cheese warning!!

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My all-vocal band Shlomo and The Lip Factory joined the amazing 1Take.tv in the studio for a special Xmas medley! The Lip Factory are: Shlomo, Claudia Georgette, Johannah Jolson, Harriet Syndercombe Court, Triple B aka Billy Benjamin Boothroyd and Matthew Featherstone. Filmed and edited by Beatrice Black, Jonah James and Matthew Diegan, with sound production by Elliot Bradley.

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Another lovely one from our Union Chapel gig… The acoustics in the chapel are incredible so we decided not to use the mics for this one and sing it completely acoustically and acappella. It was a spinetingling moment You can find out more about my all-vocal project The Lip Factory and download our EP at http://shlo.co.uk/lipfactory.

Big thanks to Union Chapel to allowing us to film
And to Moral Hangover for shooting and editing the video!

“For Emma” by Bon Iver, arranged by Shlomo and Harriet Syndercombe-Court

Performed by:
Shlomo
Claudia Georgette
Triple B aka Billy Benjamin Boothroyd
Matthew Featherstone

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Check out this beautifully shot video of my new 7-piece vocal project “The Lip Factory” singing and beatboxing backstage at London’s stunning Union Chapel. You can download this song on The Lip Factory EP from iTunes or name your price at http://shlo.co.uk/lipfactory

Big thanks to Union Chapel to allowing us to film,
and to the amazing dudes at Moral Hangover for shooting and editing the video – thanks guys!!

“Mr Invincible” written and arranged by Shlomo

The Lip Factory are:
Shlomo
Claudia Georgette
Alyusha Chagrin
Heidi Vogel
Triple B aka Billy Benjamin Boothroyd
Testament
Matthew Featherstone

My new 7-piece vocal project The Lip Factory performing live at the London’s beautiful Union Chapel. Download this song on The Lip Factory EP from iTunes or name your price here.

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Big thanks to Union Chapel for allowing us to film
And to Moral Hangover for shooting and editing the video!

“Got Your Mind” written by Shlomo and M. Kahn

The Lip Factory are:
Shlomo
Claudia Georgette
Alyusha Chagrin
Heidi Vogel
Triple B aka Billy Benjamin Boothroyd
Testament
Matthew Featherstone

Here’s what happened when I met singer songwriter Jason Mraz in Brick Lane recently

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Recorded live at Bristol Old Vic, November 2010

The Vocal Orchestra are:
Shlomo
Alyusha Chagrin
Claudia Georgette
Johannah Jolson
Grace Savage aka Gracious B
Andy Brooks aka Testament
Robin Bailey
Matthew Featherstone
Understudies: DJ Walde and Chewy

Credits
Written and directed by Shlomo
Sound – Speth Hughes
Lighting Design – Tom Richmond
Stage Manager – Surenee Chan Somchit
Assistant Creative Director – DJ Walde
Movement Director – Simeon Qsyea
AV Design – Chris McGill and Tim Baxter at Dusthouse
Costume Supervisor – Nadia Malik
Filmed and edited by Roswitha Chesher
Produced by Bristol Old Vic, Southbank Centre and Shlomo

Special thanks to
PRS Foundation, Tom Morris, Daffyd Launder, Emma Stenning, Jude Kelly, Simon Godwin, Irit Kahn