The supremely talented beatbox MC Beardyman is playing tonight at the Twisted Pepper and judging by his latest set in Cargo, London it’s going to be amazing. During the 8-part video set he takes requests from the crowd and using a loop station does some incredible things with his voice including some drum and bass, ‘Simon Says’, mixes Benga and Coki’s ‘Night’ with Rick Astley, ‘Born Slippy’, ‘Electrobank’, LFO, ‘Oompa Lumpa Song’ and loads more. Just watch.
Beardyman will be joined by DJ Kormac (Scribble) and Nic James (Mud) and Klute (Commerical Suicide,UK). Doors are 11pm . Tickets are e10 in advance or e15 on the door.
Watch this. The other seven videos on Youtube but my favourites continue in the more. Thanks to Cian for the tip.
Part 1
Part 8
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I LOVE THIS GUY
For me, Beardyman is really talented, and very ‘youtube-watchable’, but as for an entire gig… surely a bit annoying after 15 minutes when the novelty goes? When he doesn’t flow consistently and stops and chops regularly, it’s a bit tiresome. No? Ok, just me then.
*cue beatboxers thumping me for using the word novelty*
ooooh.. Maybe gUna maybe. I will go tonight and find out, maybe.
una, i’d normally agree with you, it’s a big job to take beatbxoing from novelty value into real musicality and a full 45 minute + set. but Beardyman is one of a handful beatboxers world wide that can can keep me interested for more than twenty odd minutes. his use of kaoss pads, the jamman and his showmanship make his live show banging throughout. last night was not his best work, but still had an amazing night and was thoroughly entertained. having said that, in the last ten or ffiteen minutes i’d pretty much had my fill. for me, live looping and sampling is the future for beatbox and artists like beardyman, and to a lesser extent shlomo, dubfx, eklips, and others can pull off great live shows.
a lot of the fun with beardyman is how much is improvised, and it’s real crowd pleaser stuff, a totally live medium. one of the things i love about his show is how he’ll mess up a loop, then chop it and turn it into something great. the whole ‘making something out of nothing’ is a big part of all types of art for me, and ties into beatboxing a lot.