Hi Life Konzerte GmbH - Hamburg

It has finally arrived, the debut album by Beardyman. It marks the transition from performing artist to recording artist and he is a marquee signing for Rob da Bank and his label Sunday Best. Exclusively known as a live artist, Beardyman’s live odyssey reached epic proportions throughout the summer of 2010 culminating with possibly the greatest 3 minutes of the year (by anyone’s standards) at Reading & Leeds Festival. His performance turned the Alternative Stage, which had earlier played host to various comedians, into the unofficial ‘Rave Tent’ for Reading. As the afternoon sun streamed in it all went a bit Beardy. The overspill from the tent was bigger than the Gulf of Mexico Deep Water Horizon slick. Arms were most definitely aloft and at one point someone lost their trousers!

Whilst Beardyman might be known only for his beatboxing exploits, he is far from just another beatboxer. He is a musician with superhuman-like abilities and his voice is his superpower and his instrument. His sets boast dazzling variety, changes in beat-fuelled freakouts, a unique approach to a wide array of genres and a vivacious sense of humor – all of which set him apart from his peers and establishes him as being far more than a novelty jaw warmer. A genius savant would be a better way of looking at him.

I Done A Album gives you a sense of the inner workings of Beardyman and what lies in store for the world once the album drops. As Beardyman himself puts it, “I have some form of musical ADD. But everything’s beat driven and nothing’s out of bounds. My album’s all about taking people on a journey, and making it entertaining enough for everyone to willingly come with me – wherever it takes them, wherever it goes…”. That journey includes destinations such as lead single Where Does Your Mind Go? which is a pulse throbbing demonstration of ear-shattering sonic sleight to Africa with Twist Your Ankal. Smell The Vibe, a track layered in funky beats creating a captivating soundscape upon which Beardyman drops his Q-Tip flavoured rhymes. Vampire Skank is a dark journey into Eastern Europe with an accordion before becoming a savage dubstep monster chomping its way through to your eardrums.