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Kurzweil Music Systems - Offers a Take 6 CD-ROM with "over 420 megabytes of samples, including traditional vocal syllables, a construction kit full of MIDI files, techno files, vocal percussion, vocal percussion loops, vocal brass emulations, synth vocal programs, [and] synth vocal bass programs" for use by studio professionals.
Got Spit? : Percussion - Offers hints, tips, tricks, techninques, articles and links for vocal percussion performers and enthusiasts.
Vocomotion, LLC - Ordering information for the TH60 throat microphone for amplifying live produced vocal percussion. Includes photos, technical specs and audio samples.
MouthGrooves.com - Official website of vocal percussion / beatboxing virtuoso Tony Brown. Site includes concert schedule, tips and tricks, MP3 sound clips, biography, photos, and information on classes and private lessons.
Scat! Vocal Improvisation Techniques - [changingtones.com] Instructional book and CD by Bob Stoloff, covering vocal drum articulation, bass lines and drum grooves. Page includes description, cover scan, audio samples and ordering information.
The Box - Hip Hop Archive - Beatbox Audios - Old school rap archive with photos, MP3 samples and video clips of beatboxing legends.
Portland Mercury: The Fifth Element, Disputing the Case for Beatboxing - Brian Goedde article from the Music Quarterly compares even the best beatboxers to John Henry, who imitated the machine that ultimately beat him. Links to more hiphop articles.
Sixty-Minute-Man: A Rockapella Fan - Collection of Rockapella Mp3s. All sounds are created by the human voice, including the vocal percussion.
Four Shadow - Contemporary a cappella group, featuring tight blends and vocal percussion with a repertoire of smart originals and well-selected covers. Site features biographies, concert and booking information, downloadable song clips and mailing list.
Mouth Drumming - Wes Carroll, the "human beatbox" with the San Francisco group, the House Jacks, offers video and private instruction as well as links to scheduled performances and instructional sessions. Biography, video sales.

Wikipedia Articles

Vocal percussion - Vocal percussion is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument, whether in a group of singers, an instrumental ensemble, or solo.
Bump in the Night (Ian McLagan album) - ... the second album by former Small Faces and Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, released in 1981 on Mercury Records. Retaining Johnny Lee Schell from his debut, the album saw McLagan form the first edition of The Bump Band for the recording of the album, the line-up being McLagan (vocal, keyboards, guitar), Schell (guitar, vocal), Ricky Fataar (drums, piano, percussion, bass, vocal) and Ray Ohara (bass).
Scratch (musician) - Scratch (born Kyle Jones) is an American rapper. He is a hip hop MC who specializes in beatboxing or vocal percussion.
Eklips - Eklips is a French hip hop MC who specializes in beatboxing or vocal percussion. He is one of the three member of a French band called Le Remède.
Free (Chi Rho album) - Free (2001) features more contemporary music by artists such as DC Talk and Jars of Clay all arranged and sung by the Chi Rho Wake Forest Christian Male A Cappella Ensemble. This CD a very elaborate mixture of great vocal percussion and tight harmonies.