What's A Little Innocent Looping Between Friends?

June 11, 2013 2:49 PM

Between pounding out Flying Lotus on a typewriter, plucking at Erykah Badu with a Chinese harp, and tickling a bit of Lapalux on a vibraphone, BINKBEAT has quite possibly the best live performances of any Youtube channel I've seen or heard.
posted by tarpin (12 comments total)

I'm pulling my jaw up off the floor. These look performed unedited, and it certainly looks like he could pull them off without editing. These really are spectacular performances, I wonder if this could be pulled off on stage. also that's a vibraphone, not a xylophone
posted by Brent Parker at 3:06 PM on June 11, 2013

Would that a mod fix my mistaking a vibraphone for a xylophone, I would be grateful. Thanks Brent.
posted by tarpin at 3:09 PM on June 11, 2013

Also missing an 'A' at the end of the Erykah Badu link's video ID.
posted by kmz at 3:13 PM on June 11, 2013

kmz, wow I can't believe I did that.

Here's the fixed Erykah Badu link
posted by tarpin at 3:16 PM on June 11, 2013

Mod note: Fixed!
posted by cortex (staff) at 3:23 PM on June 11, 2013

Thanks Cortex, as a bonus for those that read these comments:

BINKBEATS Soundcloud with just the audio from all three tracks.
posted by tarpin at 3:25 PM on June 11, 2013

He did that lapalux song justice.
posted by milarepa at 7:52 PM on June 11, 2013

Here's the fixed Erykah Badu link

Somehow this really made me want to go listen to Tubular / Bells
although I was a little disappointed because I really wanted to hear it from vinyl.
posted by spbmp at 8:18 PM on June 11, 2013 [1 favorite]

Thank you for posting this. I feel enriched because I never would have found this myself. I very often skip over "my favorite band" posts because I've learned that my (admittedly plebeian) musical tastes rarely intersect with them. I'm very glad that I didn't skip this one.

He is amazingly talented but does it in a way that elegantly showcases the beauty of the music rather than his skill in creating it. If I hadn't seen the video, I would not have believed that this was performed by one person in one sitting.
posted by double block and bleed at 5:00 AM on June 12, 2013 [1 favorite]

Wow, great tracks, they just kept getting better and better.
posted by carter at 5:01 AM on June 12, 2013

This is so great. Been trying to find out more about the guy, but this seems to be all there is. A million blog posts and a basic soundcloud / facebook / myspace popped up online in March. Glad he did!!
posted by yoHighness at 4:06 PM on June 12, 2013

really really good, thanks for the link.
posted by jonbro at 3:49 AM on June 13, 2013