Beardyman's incredible live studio jam with the Beardytron 5000mk2
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DJ Mag Live Sessions Episode 2, featuring Beardyman
Imagine a machine that can let you record and mix music in real time - one that will enable musicians to get down the ideas in their head instantly, with no filter between the germs of a song and hearing it come alive straight away. Imagine the fevered genius capable of building such a perfect musical aid. Meet the BEARDYTRON_5000mkIII (Beardytron). And meet its creator…Beardyman, whose performances have been viewed over 50 million times on CZcams alone with improvisation being at the heart of the creative process.
Chances are, you already know Beardyman (born Darren Foreman). He’s the lovable beatboxing champion, the festival favorite last heard playing the charismatic stoner on Fatboy Slim’s global smash “Eat Sleep Rave Repeat,” right? Well, yes, that was Beardyman. But the musician emerging from hiding on his startling new album Distractions (out on 2/17 in North America on Tummy Touch Records) is virtually a different species altogether. The album is currently streaming in full over at KCRW.com (www.kcrw.com/music/shows/album....
It’s an album a world away from comedy, a multi-faceted collection that takes in blissed-out declarations of love, glitchy electronica and thwacking great big pop songs. What it definitely doesn’t have is straight-up beatboxed pastiches.
Three years in the making, Distractions was initially designed to showcase what the Beardytron is capable of. In doing so, it also showed what Beardyman is capable of. Having scrapped plans to release EPs themed around sci-fi based electronica, Balearic-inspired, jump-up dance and his singer-songwriter side, Beardyman has compiled the best songs together on Distractions, before taking out the dance tracks as they didn’t quite fit with the chilled out, uplifting mood that unites the other songs’ vision.
“Once I found a way to sequence these tracks, I thought ‘This really works’,” says Beardyman. “There are three different trajectories, but they hang together well as a journey. The Balearic ones seem to be about love, lust and betrayal, the electronic ones are abstract and the singer-songwriter tracks are more personal, quite angsty.”
As for the Beardytron that Distractions was made on? It requires four iPads and two laptops “running at just below the speed of light” to enable Beardyman to instantly process any song ideas he has, straight away being able to access his hundreds of presets made on myriad instruments and manipulating them in infinite combinations to record and mix live. Frankly, we should be grateful that Beardyman has used the Beardytron to make a great album, rather than create the black hole it’s probably capable of.
“Before I started making Distractions, I was using a patched-up array of different machines, and the end result was still nowhere near what I had in my head for the Beardytron,” says Beardyman at his north London terraced home, the outwardly unlikely lair for such a game changing instrument. “It’s taken three years and three different versions to get the Beardytron properly running, but it really does let me create songs instantly, with no filter between having an idea and realizing it as a song.”
To the public, the first glimpse of the Beardytron was at Beardyman’s TED talk in 2013 (goo.gl/58dLwq), which has racked up a staggering two million views.
“I was going to talk about the history of mimicry, but I don’t have a PhD, so I didn’t” he smiles. “I thought ‘The Beardytron is really cool, why not showcase that?’ I think I found a happy medium of demonstrating what I’d built, whilst framing it in the context of beatboxing and my personal story.” Those suitably impressed in the TED audience included philosopher Daniel Dennett, Paypal founder Elon Musk, Bono, and Simpson’s creator Matt Groening.
Beardyman also met Herbie Hancock at TED, leading the jazz pioneer to become the only other person so far to successfully use the Beardytron. “We jammed for four hours and there are some sweet little ideas that I might use for other stuff,” he says. “There are plans to develop a commercially available version of the Beardytron. “But I’ve been talking about developing it for a long time and for now it’s time to stop developing the gear and develop as an artist instead.”
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beardyman's understanding of musical structure and layering never creases to amaze and fascinate me. such a talent. next level as always dude
Creases 😂
He's a genius for sure. Brilliant musician and a wicked comedian. If you see him in front of an audience you're amazed by his sounds, not bored for 1 sec and laughing your ass off
Beardyman is a step ahead of humanity.
the thing is, Beardy is only artist I know of, whom everytime I heard him, he played something different and that"s bloody wicked!
Reggie Watts as a close second, anyone..?
@Sebastian Kleinod Aw yea! Tash rocks.
He sings, does the beatbox, memory-and-repeat thing, effects, electronics, killer keyboard reef, and create the.. thing!!
I'll be damned if he's not featured in music magazines in the next decade as a new icon.
I listened to many hours of Beardyman and never heard the same thing twice.
It's funny how hard it is to explain to people how valuable this guy is to the future of music. Imagine a band of Beardys'. Hopefully we'll be seeing a product line on the market soon!!
+Jason Becker Hmm, a whole band - how would that work? To be able to improvise on the spot, wouldn't the band members need to be somehow telepathically connected to a single overmind? Ohh yes, future of music - brain-computer interface networks - the Beardtrix.
+orbik aha
He has actually formed one called the Dream Team. Has two freestyle rappers and a cellist. Beardy communicates to them telepathically, if you will, with a mic and in-ears :)
Yeh. That one is on sound cloud. In terms of telepathy, his connection with the audience has always been greater than most artists...
id love to buy a beardyman sexrobot
He is the only one. The chosen one. The Beardyman.
The Beardyone
Easily one of the most naturally talented musicians of his generation, or any other generation for that matter!! Just outstanding as always Beardyman. You're on another level.
Most people have no idea how difficult what he does actually is. Incredible stuff...
They really don't! I would love to have a go on the Beardytron 5000 though!
Holy shit.... He just did in one hour what it takes me to do in two months with FL studio
definitely can
Crunch Buttsteak Please make me a vid of you doing this in FL LMAO
2 skills are required for this...1st. the knowledge of fl studio and how each instrument works...the 2nd is the skills from being a dj which is based a lot on timing and mixing sounds/songs and how to cut off beats or match beats. You have to be a producer & a dj to even come close to beardyman the guy is a genius with music
I love when people talk down about FL. It's nowhere near the worst DAW. It's really good, just hard to use properly.
make a time lapse of you doing this in FL
The fact this is 5 years old, it still remains current in 2021!! Beardyman is a genius a musical pioneer and a personal inspiration!! Timeless!!!
When Beardy does house, it's glorious.
Still my favourite set of his… straight up musical masterpiece. No one even comes close to this.
A true ARTIST! I’m once again blown away by his unreal amount of creativity and ideas 🔥😱♥️
Still coming back to this. It's so ethereal. Wish he'd record an album of it
They say God is the ultimate creator. This guy is the closest I've seen so far. 🏆
Genius
I love how you could see the thoughts in his head on his face, right at the end of his set. Such purity in his moment. Thank you Beardyman. You are truly inspirational!
Check out episode 1 - a full live hardware performance from Saytek! czcams.com/video/4LFU59nTPTU/video.html
And, thank you very much Dj Mag for create this moment .
When i read the comments i see that most of the viewers get how brilliant this is, how brilliant he is!
However, i dont get why he still is a "underdog". For me, he is simply the best musican alive. I cant understand why everybod knows david guetta and nobody i talk to knows him. I Love him, and i honestly i think everybody who likes music should too
I keep coming back to the this. The opening is like the perfect example of a DJ shadow track from the glory days.
Omg he's doing what EOTO does, but better and with only one person!!
Perfection ! no audiance. no transitions. no false need to hype. Just pure vibe and sounds.
:))))))
17:23 oh my god ~!!!!
Man and machine in perfect harmony.
his music takes you to a whole different level in space-time
ive been glued to that through all the session ............... feckin awesome :-)
30-35th minute OMG what a tune he has created... i want to buy that right now!
Very unique, very cool
Dmetal23 Glad you enjoyed it. Check this one from Saytek too czcams.com/video/4LFU59nTPTU/video.html
so good
What an absolute genius !
Man I'm jealous ...
This is LEGENDARY!
Amazing performance, sound, ideas, all music. A true genius.
Incredible - so so good!
That was awesome!
so much talent
damn, clip is 8 years old, yet it is so advanced already... right now its unfathomable mental stuff
Right into the favorites...
thats how electronic should be made. Live performing it rather than preproducing it and then mixing it live which i also enjoy but its much more respectable for musicians seeing it as a performance
Michael Zehdnicker There can be an equal amount of talent in preproducing a song just as there is performing it live. Different skills are required, and obviously beardyman has both.
un pur bonheur pour mes oreilles !! chapeau bas l'artiste
........and here my friends, u can see the god of music at work.
Goosebumps all the way
Very, Very NICE work!
This is So awesome, seriously a masterpiece of work, Beardyman reinvents him self daily. To have that much talent & intellect. Love his stuff, I hope I see him live one day.
He's playing in another league. Amazing stuff
Mind-bending and therapeutic stuff. Thank God I discovered this during the pandemic
Definitely one of the best stuff on CZcams!
I laughed when he started sampling the tune he just played at 1:00 hip-hop style - Genius!
how are more people not flipping their shit over this mix x_x beardyman is so dope. that first track stunning -- and it only gets better from there.
I cannot wait to hear the productions Beardyman creates, now that is finally happy (or close to being) with the beardytron!
+Steven Arnoldi It still crashes unfortunately - he had to abandon using it at the gig on Friday as the response time dropped on one of the chained iPads :(
Steven Arnoldi titihýuoh th i
Sick!!
Amazing !!!
Absolute. Mad man.
awesome
That track at around 29:00 - 35:00 blows my mind every time.
+pofijanika Agree! He is a genius
+pofijanika mine too 🔥♥️👌🏻
pofijanika best part of the whole set. I keep rewinding it back. The way he says “let go” (I think that’s what he says) matches so perfectly with the beat.
wow I had no idea what beardyman has been up to since his korg kp3 days. This is awesome! Huge fan of what he's doing
RESPECT !!!!!!!!
Siiiiick
Watched the whole thing, incredible indeed
This guy is amazing !
Amazing As Always BRO!!!!!!!!! Flew Away from 23 minute of your live!!
Good indeed ole chap
Ducking awsome much respect to you
getting into some serious Shpongle territory there
Aaa cellll clearmenser saya yang tidak pernah 8
Shpong-house.
4:35 is the best part for me. That gets me every time....
F0cking Amazing.
Absolutely bonkers. I'm only 3.5 mins in. Mental performance.
A Musical Genius!!!!
if he was playing his pre made stuff live this would be amazing but hes making it live which is incredible...
"A True Artist Creating Humans Sensations from Synthetic forms"
Love listen to u, wachting u and moving us
GoodWork
My idol
A truth master of sound
No money to hire a DJ?
No problem! Just cue up a half dozen Beardyman vids and you're off the hook.
this is killer!
and that great piano skills
Nuts!!!
Woooo👍👍👍👍👍👍
The only thing not hooked up is the fucking Toaster.
it´s just out of picture
mid-set snack
The Beard never let's me down!
Clem Moudiongui dan mereka tidak dapat elak
whaaaaaaat this is crayzay dude!
Expletive superb.
loving straight beat
DAMN!
The Music Ambassador in the Universe . You Fucking Good Basstard ! I love you .
so Nice,,,, smooth as eggs my friend
Nice job sound proofing
My dudes... that jam that starts at 30:51 ... sooo smooth.
wooo!! 😎😎
DAMN! HIS BASSLINES ARE KILLER! ....J
i love the intro
super
Incrediballzzzzz
Even though I don't really like this kind of music, what he's doing is pretty sick!
Duuuuude! That nearly psygressive stuff... Beardyman for Boom Festival 2018!
Even shaven, He don't lose His powers!
32:15 gets me everytime. Bloody love this mix. Get him in for round two!
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The future has arrived.
Amazing set! My favorite 24:00 onward