Awesome Beatboxing

Dharni and Mamikoyoko are each amazing performers, but when they collaborate, something magical happens. Their multitrack beatbox recordings of trance and dance tracks like Children, Sandstorm, Castles in the Sky, and Better off Alone are so well-executed that if you close your eyes, you might think you were listening to synthesizers, not humans.

Beatbox champion and human sequencer Gunho Kim aka WING shows off his incredible talents with the original techno track Dopamine. We’re amazed by his ability to maintain a rhythmic backbeat while interspersing vocals and drum breaks. For more of WING’s smooth beats, check out Triviallusion.

Singer and beatboxer Vahtang turns in a straight-up wild interpretation of the 1970 Ram Jam classic Black Betty. His version takes full advantage of his incredibly deep voice, contrasted by his smooth and soulful singing. Want more? Check out his performance of Look in Your Eyes, featuring way more microphones than anyone needs.

Clint Mansell’s Lux Aeterna from Requiem for a Dream is one of the most incredible pieces of movie music ever composed. Beatboxer Helium shows off his mad skills with an amazing cover of the track performed without looping or sound effects other than those made with his mouth, tongue, and throat. His LanigirO 2.0 is similarly mesmerizing.

Beatboxer SO-SO presents a fun, multi-part performance inspired by the world of Super Mario. There are tributes to Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart, Luigi’s Mansion, Donkey Kong Country, and more. The energy level by the end of the medley is off the charts. It’s a must-listen for Nintendo fans.

Beatbox artist Improver shows why he’s one of the world’s best with his Grand Beatbox Battle 2023 World League solo performance. His original track Dirty Planet is a hard-driving commentary on humanity’s gradual destruction of our planet. He also plays a mean accordion.

Azel is the Italian beatboxing champion. Around the one-minute mark in this clip, you’ll find out why. Between the crazy sounds coming from his mouth to the wild facial contortions, this guy is a true master of his craft. We’re just impressed he didn’t get more spit on the camera lens.

Beatboxer Hiss is unbelievably good at producing tones and sound effects with his mouth. In this short clip, he shows us how he replicated the Overworld Theme music from Super Mario Bros. 2, building it up layer by layer. The man is a living synthesizer.

Beatboxer Tom Thum takes us on an exotic trip to a Middle Eastern desert oasis with this transportive 1-minute performance. We’re also thinking it would be a great tune for a snake charmer. Tom said he was having trouble making his whistle sound, but he still impressed the hell out of us.

Beatboxer Tom Thum shows off his versatility by using his throat, mouth, and a digital looper to create a synthwave track that would be right at home in a 1980s science fiction flick. He might look goofy as he makes noises, but he sure sounds good. They should hire Tom to do music for season five of Stranger Things.

French beatboxer Mohamed Belkhir aka MB14 is back with another epic performance, this time using his vocal and live-looping skills to emulate various musical instruments, a chorus, and an operatic lead singer, bringing it all together with a middle-eastern flair.

There are plenty of amateur beatboxers out there, but it takes years of practice to turn it into a profession. Vocalist D-low offers an audible history of his progression from entry-level to world beatbox champion in a single 1-minute video.

Musician Dan Murphy of Irish folk band Hermitage Green has made a name for himself with his ability to beatbox and play the harmonica at the same time. In this clip, he managed to switch between four different harmonicas in order to play notes across more octaves.

It’s been a little while since we checked in with beatbox maestro Tom Thum, but from the looks of his TikTok channel, the dude’s still got it. Turn up the volume and listen up as he lays down beats, scratches, raps, and even sounds like an electric organ.

French musician MB14 shows off his impressive mix of beatboxing, live-looping, and singing skills with a creative solo cover of the LSD (Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo) track Genius. He tosses in a bit of whistling and an operatic falsetto for bonus points. Despite the pause, the song is far from over at 1:45.

When you sing a song, there are usually lyrics written down somewhere. But we never thought that way about beatboxing until now. Vocal master verbalese takes notes on the mouth sounds he makes to help explain his process, and to document his tunes so they can be replicated. More beatboxing lyrics here and here.