BEAT BOXING: Human Music
The lights dim on the stage in Klub Progresja in Warsaw, Poland. The crowd cheers, whoops and whistles as Scott Jackson, official host of the Grand Beatbox Battle, walks on stage and holds up a hand for silence. He raises the microphone to his lips and whispers, ‘Esh?’
‘ESH!’ comes the deafening reply.
Swahili or Korean. In fact, it’s not in any language – but for beatboxers across the world, it needs no translation. It’s universally understood:
