16 Facts About Beardyman

Beardyman is the brother of comedian and YouTuber Jay Foreman, with whom he sometimes collaborates onstage.

In 2006 Beardyman battled to become UK Beatbox Champion and retained his title in 2007 making him the first beatboxer in UK history to win two championships in a row.

Already an accomplished solo beatboxer in the modern tradition, Beardyman was further inspired by MC Xander to use music technology such as the Korg Kaoss Pad 3 to loop and sample his vocals.

On 29 November 2012 Beardyman posted a live gig performed in October 2012 in Pune, India, which was the first live gig audio revealed online to solely use the Beardytron 5000 MkII.

Beardyman has stated that the software for the Beardytron 5000 MkII will be available to purchase by the public sometime in 2014.

On 28 February 2013, Beardyman gave a talk at a TED conference, an 11-minute overview and demonstration of the Beardytron 5000 MkII.

Beardyman then explains that despite his ability to create sounds, the human voice is still intrinsically limited by its physical and biological characteristics.

Beardyman describes his invention as a real-time music production machine.

Since then they have worked together to produce various multi-camera videos of Beardyman's performances filmed at the Cube Microplex.

Beardyman has appeared on stage for improvised live shows with mr_hopkinson providing visual backdrops from images instantly searched from the internet in response to audience suggestions at Just for Laughs Montreal and Edinburgh Fringe international comedy festivals, sourcing and manipulating images live from the internet in response to audience suggestions.

Beardyman was commissioned in 2010 to produce a promotional video for Dolby Mobile, a surround sound chip for mobile devices.

Beardyman has impersonated Elvis, dressed as a monkey on stage at Bestival, and once posed as an Austrian climate change lecturer, "Professor Bernhard Steinerhoff", before breaking into his set, with over 2 million views on YouTube.

Beardyman supported Groove Armada on their UK tour in 2007.

Beardyman appeared in the BBC Comedy Prom 2011 with Tim Minchin.

Beardyman cites the Lyrebird as a form of inspiration, and hosted a BBC Radio 4 documentary about the bird entitled, "Beardyman and the Mimics".

Beardyman regularly appears on the BBC Radio 4 Now Show and was a guest panelist on Series 18, Episode 5 of The Infinite Monkey Cage.