Thepetebox

THePETEBOX is a live looping human beatbox artist from the UK. He was crowned the BBC Radio 1 beatbox champion in 2005.

THePETEBOX
THePETEBOX at Mayor's Thames Festival 2008
Background information
OriginNottingham, England
GenresBeatbox, hip hop
Years active2004–present
LabelsIzumi Records, Imoto Records
Associated actsSwimming, WeShowUpOnRadar
Websitewww.thepetebox.com

Biography

THePETEBOX uses a loop pedal to create songs using his vocal and beatboxing ability. He won the 2005 BBC Radio 1 Beatbox Championships, and was named as a winner of the year's Channel 4 Talent Awards.

THePETEBOX has toured around the UK, Africa, France, Norway, Czech Republic, and appeared at Isle of Wight, Bestival, V, Leeds, Reading, Latitude, Creamfields and Glastonbury festivals.

In 2007, THePETEBOX featured in a TV advert for Movistar mobile phones.[1] The advert aired in March 2007 in Mexico and will be shown in Panama and Guatemala later in the year. THePETEBOX is also a member of the bands Swimming[2] and WeShowUpOnRadar.[3]

THePETEBOX appeared in the UK and US television coverage of the 2009 World Free Running Championships on 15 August.

Other TV appearances include ITV's Skillicious in 2009, and ITV's Odd One In in 2010. The same year, he toured twice with the dance group Diversity.

THePETEBOX released his debut album Future Loops on 11 April 2012. It is a live, studio album - each track is performed, mixed, effected and recorded live in a studio environment to a stereo mix. This process is filmed, creating a live performance video of the recordings themselves.

Discography
  • Future Loops (2012)
  • Live to Tape 001 (2013)
  • Songs from the Vaults (2017)
  • The Strings (2018)
  • Use The Fire (2018)
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References
  1. "Beatbox Movistar THePETEBOX". YouTube. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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