Kishi Bashi

[ZackeryH]

Saw this guy perform some songs at the Flagpole award show in Athens recently. One of the people in the audience yelled "Holy shit!" when he was done and he really stole the show. He creates music by beat boxing, singing, and looping his violin.

Some music videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewB7xHHIvE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C6g7JfYztE

Here's a recent NPR performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgqAmZHkkTg

Bandcamp page:
http://kishibashi.bandcamp.com/

[REPLICA]

I got to see him back in Asheville @ The Orange Peel when Of, Montreal had a performance. I enjoyed his work, bought up his album right after his set. I'm going to try to get his vinyl albums.

EDIT: He was a pretty cool guy, he hung around with some of the fans after his set.

[ZackeryH]

He actually worked on the new Of Montreal record which has a lot more string arrangements than previous ones.