‘Beardyman is a vocal shaman, Beatboxing champion and live looping pioneer who improvises cutting edge studio quality Dance music in real time with the help of his world leading, self-designed live music production system, the BEARDYTRON_5000.’
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2x UK beatbox champion, real-time music-production pioneer, comedian, songwriter, voice actor and music-technology innovator, Beardyman, a name synonymous with madcap musical innovation, has etched his mark on the global music scene with his mastery of vocal manipulation.
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Having started beatboxing at the age of 3, and writing a symphony for his school orchestra at the age of 9, the advent of Youtube saw Beardyman, aka Darren Foreman, become an internet phenomenon racking up over 50 million views on Socials.
Since then, the multi-vocalist has been headlining shows and playing festival stages and venues all over the world. Over the years he has collaborated with the likes of Groove Armada, Herbie Hancock, Tim Minchin, Peter Serafinowicz, Shaun Keavney, Daniel Sloss, Joe Rogan, Reggie Watts, Jack Black, 3x World DMC champion DJ JFB, Tom Scott, to name but a few.
He penned the pivotal EDM track “Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat” in collaboration with Norman Cook and Calvin Harris, which reached No 1 in multiple countries, performed a leading spot at the BBC Proms, has repeatedly sold out the largest venues at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival year after year, scored the music for multiple high profile TV ad campaigns and TV shows, voiced lead characters in multiple cartoon TV series, has been a regular contributor to Radio 4’s Now Show, writing and performing satirical songs, and performed spots on multiple mainstream TV and Radio shows around the world and a TED talk about his journey creating the game-changing software solution he developed with some of the best programmers in the industry to do what he does, has inspired a generation of beatboxers and live loopers, acting as a judge in the prestigious worldwide SBX Grand Beatbox Battle.
His immersive 360 degree audio-visual piece “We Wanna Be” can be viewed at the prestigious new ITEC space in immersive Soundscape spatial audio at London’s Science museum, and his new album Kings Without Kingdoms with Emmy Nominated Cellist and composer Rob Lewis is out in June 2024.
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Website www.beardyman.co.uk