The 28-year-old artist emulated the sounds of several instruments, a chorus, and an operatic singer.
He then used his loop station to layer the sounds and bring them all together.
He was invited to compete after producers came across his extraordinary beatbox cover of Massive Attack’s Teardrop.
At the time, hesays, I was the outsider, the beat boxer who sang a little.
In those five years betweenThe Voiceappearances, he significantly evolved as an artist.
While beatboxing remains one of his passions, he’s begun focusing on opera and film as mediums.
To prepare for the role, he took operatic singing lessons each week for a month and a half.
It unblocked me a lot vocally, he says.
Before I was in the head voice a lot; there I discovered the depth of my chest voice.
Having worked on this film opened up new horizons for me.
Now I listen to opera almost every day.
I don’t want to think of myself as just a beatboxer anymore, it limited me artistically.
I want to use all my possibilities so as not to lock myself in a register.
