YasSon – So now for a bit of a sillier question.

Kela – Cool...

yasSon – Did you get a blue peter badge when you were on the show?

Kela – Yeah, I did! Yeah, never leave the studio without one I’m saying! I got one, and I got another one for my mum, but that was a secret pilff, that was a secret steal. I loved it. It was great. Who wouldn’t you know?

yasSon – Keeping with the silly questions… Is it really impossible to put a ‘Fruit Pastille’ in yer mouth without chewing..?

Kela – It’s not so impossible, it’s just a headache after like the 79th time of doing it! I love Fruit Pastilles, but the red ones! I am going to still hold out for a couple of months! It was intense, because you could only have like the one flavour. But yeah, you can if truth be known…

yasSon - As you know Vauxhall are now sponsoring the Beatboxing Championships in the UK. How do you feel this affects the Beatboxing scene in general?

Kela – Well yeah, if Vauxhall’s sponsoring the championships, that’s ridiculous!

Kela’s manager – We’re all driving Corsas!

Kela – Yeah, we’re all driving Corsas, where’s my Corsa? But seriously man, if you’ve got any big corporate company putting money into it…it’s so productive and works, I just think it’s nothing but a really, really good thing. It highlights the scene and pushes it into a more, a more commercial direction. It gives people an insight into a thing we all love. That’s totally… I think it’s wicked.

yasSon – Ok, now we have some questions from the full members of Humanbeatbox.com

Kela – Cool.

yasSon – First up we have Evret from Toowoomba, Australia, What physical affects (both negative, and positive) has Beatboxing for so long had on your body (throat, vocal chords, lungs, etc.). And if there are any negatives, have they all been overcome, or are there lasting effects?

Kela – Right, as far as incidences go, where you know potential after-effects and stuff I don’t think so. But, I had a benign tumour in my tonsil, back in 2002, and literally, what’s the dangly bit? Anyway, it was the size of a balloon, in the back of my tonsil, hanging off my tonsil. And I can’t help but think…it was the time when I was doing a lot of shows, a lot of shows. And I completely took it for granted. I felt like there was something there, but I was like… whatever. In hindsight, it could have been something to do with it, to do with Beatboxing maybe. By and large, I don’t think you’re doing yourself anything outside of the norm. I find when I do normal tracks, where I am doing vocal scratching and singing, or shouting or spoken word or whatever, I find my voice gets a little bit more raw after that then if I am Beatboxing. Normally Beatboxing is a bit more of a downtime for in-between the shows, it’s a bit more a downtime for the vocal. It’s a bit easier on the voice, other things like…I got muscles all around here now (moves around his lips). You know we’re talking 10 years of Beatboxing. And like yeah I got that (around his lips) got a quite a few muscles (moves around jaw) here and there, around here (moves around throat) and that’s good… But you know, you learn the errors of your ways as well. When I was younger I would get so tired out of doing shows, afterwards, and stuff from Beatboxing. I think at 23/24 [years old] the last thing you’re thinking about is your dietary habits or physically taking or how physically it’s hitting you. But now that I’m older, and I’m training and I’m exercising, I’m living a better way of life. It’s not so in the back of a van or on a flight, or eating bad, drinking too much. When you’re doing a show, it’s just better. Just look after yourself. I speak to some people and they worry about this, that and the third, and it’s only because it means so much to them. If it means so much to you, you’re going to worry. I used to do that when I was younger… so worried about stuff, what if that, what if this? Man, honestly…don’t worry about it, you know? Nothing can go wrong. Just don’t do the obvious, don’t smoke, don’t do weed, don’t you know, I hate to be the barer like of “do the right thing”, but do the right thing, and then you’ll be fine.

I remember having bags of Vocal Zones. I used to have bags of Vocal Zones from Boots, loads of honey before and after every show. “I hear so and so said, ‘If you do that your voice will get 10 times’”…But…I could warm up maybe, I could warm up my voice before I go on stage, maybe I could do that a bit better or something like that. But nah just do what you do. There’s my answer!!

YasSon – Well, the next person from Humanbeatbox.com we have is Zepenso from Uppsala, Sweden. I hope I pronounced that right…

Kela – Wicked... (laughs)

yasSon – He’s asking, once you get to the Pro-Beatboxer level, how much does Beatboxing begin to feel like work rather than fun?

Kela – Nah, it’s always fun! There’s no work element in it, man. The holidays started years ago, Ha… No, no, it’s good fun. Everything, everything’s great, no work… The day you have to sign off from work asking for permission for 3 days off.

yasSon – Yeah, that’s happening at the moment with me! I’ve got to do it.

Kela – You know what you’ve got to do. Yeah (laughs)

yasSon – Ok, the next person from Humanbeatbox.com, …we have MCLD from London, England. What do you think about the possibilities for Beatboxers to take it seriously and earn some/all of their living off it? Can only a few ever manage it? Are there things you have to do, like sponsorship, adverts?

Kela – I think in terms of music nowadays it’s going full circle. It’s every man for himself, in terms of where your commodity comes from. If it’s doing an album and it’s making money off the music, if it’s doing an advert, then it’s doing a commercial for whoever Vauxhall or whoever. Yeah, I guess by any means necessary. It’s like with anything. The music in general is not really what it was last year. In terms of can any one be a success? Yeah, of course you can, anyone can do it. And you know I’m testament to a Beatboxer success, I’ve never had a job, Ha! I had a part time job as a petrol attendant in 1998 and I did that for 6 months and that’s it. Makes me absolutely useless though if you were to put me in an environment as simple as using a computer for something like a tourist information board, I wouldn’t be able to do it. So I can’t discredit from doing their jobs…’cause I can’t do it. But what I can do is Beatbox, sing and entertain. Entertain.

yasSon – Well Thanks Killa Kela, any shout out’s you want to give to the camera?

Kela – Big shout out to Humanbeatbox.com all day, every day. Big up to my boys, big up to Faith, big up to Shlomo, big up to Rahzel the gentleman, big up to Splinter, big up to YasSon, the big man! Big shout out to Spitkingdom, Andy Show, DJ Skeletric, big shout out too Chi Chi, big shout out to Spider J, big shout out to Trip, Rookwood, Dick and Deliable, Porje One. More importantly, you guys, you’re fuc*ing great, keep it large, keep it big and keep pushing…keep pushing the boundaries, keep doing your things… And get out of the bedrooms and get on stage. PEACE.

Big up to TyTe, big up to Hobbit, big shouts to Gemma’s street team. Big shouts to Agent 77, big shouts to Spitkingdom street-team…No wait a minute, I haven’t finished! Big shout out to my Moms, big shout out to my Dad, my Dad’s always on Humanbeatbox.com. Big shout out to Bristol, big shout out to Australia, Big shout to New Zealand, Big shout out to Eklips, big, big thanks to Martin Rushenent. I’d like to thank everyone…(laughs) right then, see ya later!