A crimp is a type of humorous a cappella nonsense song, sung in a scat style featuring lyrics characterized by non-sequiturs that are rhythmically similar to beatboxing. A true crimp is often sung about a single event that happened to one or both of the crimpers, and usually can only be entirely understood by them and in this way it is very personal. Crimp is more than just a song, it often sports a small performance of hand gestures and pantomimes performed in sync with the music as well as all other crimpers.
Crimping was created by comedians Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt. The term crimping was first coined in "The Power Of The Crimp" episode 3 of The Mighty Boosh in season three. Originally they did not want to name it. However, after fan reaction, they decided to do so and have an episode about it. The name was derived from the word Krumping.
Crimp is rhythmically related to puirt a beul and beatboxing. Unlike beatboxing and scat, crimp contains lyrics bearing a similarity to puirt a beul in the sense that the rhythm is more important than the words themselves. Two features that particularly distinguish a crimp from similar styles are that:
- (A) A crimp must be a cappella, and
- (B) It must be sung by two or more people in synchrony.
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