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Beats That Defy Boxes | Reggie Watts | TED

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Reggie Watts performs at TED 2012, blending vocal looping, beatboxing, poetry and comedy across musical genres in a larger-than-life improvised set.

HN points to it as a memorable performance that doubles as a parody of TED talks and a showcase of live vocal looping.

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4 comments from Hacker News

@mxfh2013 · in “We Need to Talk About TED”

Reggie Watts pretty much said it all back in 2012. [VIDEO] Hard to imagine how anyone could follow up after this.

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@boondaburrah2017 · in “Buzzword Ipsum”

Here is Reggie Watts, at actual TED, near as I can tell live synthesizing a ted-talk out of radiation picked up through his hair. [VIDEO]

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@kaycebasques2019 · in “How to Understand the Universe When You’re Stuck Inside of It”

Your comment reminded me of Reggie Watts’ TED talk where he impersonates an intellectual TED talk by stringing together random big words in a British accent. [VIDEO]

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@bitwize2022 · in “Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” synth sounds”

Also recommend everything by Reggie Watts, a master of the vocal layering technique. His TED talk is one for the ages: [VIDEO]

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