The International Beatbox Battle Convention was held in Berlin, Germany this year. It drew artists from all over the world. Here’s Markooz giving one of the tightest performances of the night. I’d kill for that first snare and any of the synth stuff in the second half of the video.

The whole beatboxing music festival was produced and organized by Bee Low for http://BEATBOXBATTLE.com.

I was just going back through some of the beatboxing videos here on BOtB and I noticed that there’s nothing here by Kenny Mohammad! As connoisseurs of beatboxing,I’m sure you all realize that Kenny (AKA the Human Orchestra) is one of the originators and creative forces behind today’s beatboxing scene. While easily confused with Rahzel, Kenny’s definitely got a style of his own. Here he is with the New York Philharmonic.

Hernan Livolsi is an Argentinian musician living in Spain who plays an eclectic array of instruments. He’s particularly fond of, and skilled on, the didgeridoo. The video below shows Herman kickin’ beats live on the didge. He has a bunch more videos on myspace.

Wes Carrol, of Mouthdrumming fame teamed up with Dave Baumgartner, his prodigy ex-pupil, at SoJam, an annual A Cappella conference in North Carolina. This is some really, really good stuff. Enjoy.

This guy is kinda like the William Hung of live looping.  He’s actually pretty clever, but his strange singing (and lack of pitch) make it kinda hard to follow.

This is the video with the clearest, cleanest sound we’ve seen.  Check him out:

Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

Everyone’s favorite French beatboxer has returned for another edition of France’s version of American Idol, “Nouvelle Star.”

Click here to watch this video. Just do it.

This video has nothing to do with learning to beatbox. It’s just fun — gotta love Futurama.

Somebody apparently stumbled upon BeatOutsidetheBox.com the other day and really liked it. The subsequent traffic and visitor response has been a sight to see. Thanks for all of your suggestions and comments.

One visitor, Yonatan, suggested that I highlight Take 6, one of America’s premier a cappella groups. Take 6 has been nominated for 18 Grammys and won 10. Here they are picking one of their songs apart and putting it back together live. This is a classic example of vocal percussion being used in an a cappella setting.

Dave Baumgartner strikes me as a vocal percussionist more in my stream of experience. This solo doesn’t have a lot of popular sounds like nose growls and vocal scratching that so many hip hop beatboxers boast in their repertoires these days, but it does have some impressive sounds and tricks combined with obvious skill and dexterity. I may be wrong on this one, but he strikes me as an a cappella vocal percussionist that has learned to be a soloist as opposed to simply a solo artist. Dave, my hat’s off to you. This solo is great.

This is a short narration about one of the biggest names in beatbox history.