Jes Sadler is a vocal percussionist, singer and educator.
He spent nine years touring with The Swingle Singers as Baritone and Vocal Percussionist, giving concerts in many of the world's top venues, recording seven albums and serving as the group's Technical Director.
Jes left Swingles in 2006 and became a founder member of ‘Beatbox Choir’ The Vocal Orchestra, a collective comprising some of the UK's outstanding human beatboxers, vocal percussionists and vocalists. Founded by beatboxer and current South Bank Centre artist in residence Shlomo, the ensemble's debut performance was headlining the International Human Beatbox Convention at the South Bank Centre in 2007. They went on to perform to 10,000 people at that year's Big Chill festival and in 2008 returned to London's South Bank as part of the Chorus vocal festival, were one of the highlights of the Glastonbury Festival and finished the year singing as the backing band for a collaborative night featuring artists as diverse as Jarvis Cocker, Ashley Walters, Mutya Buena and Cleveland Watkiss.
An accomplished educator, Jes is Lead Tutor with Battersea Arts Centre's pioneering project the BAC Beatbox Academy. In association with leading human beatbox agency All From The Mouth, the project finds and works with young people in South London by introducing them to beatboxing, enhancing their skills and developing their musicianship and collaborative abilities.
Jes has recently become involved with the SPARK and Sing Up! national education programmes, encouraging primary-aged children to find and experiment with their voices with his course “My Voice - My Instrument”.
He is much in demand as a session vocalist for film, commercials and recordings and, being an ensemble specialist, Jes has performed with a number of other groups, the most recent and notable being elite a cappella band The Magnets, with whom he currently tours and records.
For more info please see his website at www.myspace.com/gobforhire