Stylophone BeatBox hits the shops!

This week should see the first ever Stylophone percussion instrument finally go on sale to the public worldwide. The Stylophone BeatBox is a pocket drum machine/percussion instrument based on the Stylophone mode of play.

Ben Jarvis of Dubreq Ltd says:
Even before we signed the deal with Re:creation that led to the S1, Dubreq had a desire to create a simple pocket percussion instrument to compliment the Stylophone. After the success of the S1 became apparent, Dubreq were asked directly if we could come up with some ideas for 'follow-on' products for the Stylophone brand, the BeatBox was the obvious first choice. 

We looked at a lot of existing percussion instruments for inspiration on the BeatBox, but ultimately wanted to create something new and unique which is, after all, what the Stylophone brand is all about. It was after looking at steel drums that the idea of the circular 'wrap-around' keyboard came to us... the ability to slide between pads and 'draw' on the keyboard to set up repeating beats was the key idea behind the keyboard. The addition of the record/loop function also makes the BeatBox a unique and very useful little instrument.

The BeatBox features three all new voices, an electronic drum kit with useful percussion sounds, a human beat-box voice featuring the awesome talents of MC Zani, one of Europe's most accomplished beatboxers, and finally a 'bass' voice which give a bass melody option to allow you to play a bass line (or set up a repeating bass loop) to accompany another instrument, such as an S1!

The BeatBox will be available in the UK from all good Stylophone stockists online and on the high street for the dangerously reasonable price of £19.99(rrp). Check back regularly for stockist updates and look for upcoming promo videos featuring some well known Stylophonists using the new instrument!

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