Breathcontrol Videos

Breath Control is a documentary about making music with nothing but the human voice. The human beat box is one of the key elements in the develop- ment of Hip Hop culture, alongside Dj-ing, Graffiti, Breakdancing, and MC-ing. Unfortunately, its contri- bution has been largely overlooked, as has the fun, expressive, human, and spontaneous dimension of Hip Hop that it represents. As the first documentary of its kind, Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box uses interviews, live performances, archi- val footage, and animation to bring to light this impor- tant and neglected ingredient of Hip Hop s identity. With the help of Beat Box pioneers DOUG E. FRESH, BIZ MARKIE, and THE FAT BOYS, Breath Control traces this art form from it s basic beat beginnings in the Eighties to it s present day multi-layered, poly- rhythmatic figurehead s RAHZEL and SCRATCH of the Hip Hop group THE ROOTS. But Breath Control isn t limited to Hip Hop. Musician ZAP MAMA posits that human beat boxing is an artform practiced all over the world and has been refined by many differ- ent cultures. Breath Control is a half historical, half tutorial look at humans as actual instruments.