THePETEBOX

2005 Radio 1 Beatbox Champion, 2007 Channel 4Talent Award Winner.

“Outstanding skills – a barrage of sounds, beats and rhythms that I was instantly absorbed into. Competent, original and one to tip I think.” - Catherine Lovesey, editor of T4.

"I've been writing about music for ten years but I've never come across anyone quite like Pete. There are one-man bands, but the concept of a one-man recording studio is something else entirely. This is a deeply talented, quietly charismatic man, and a damn nice one to boot. He is destined for great things." - Ed Potton, The Times.


Not only is THePETEBOX one of the world's finest human beatboxers, he has spent the past year crafting a whole new approach to using his beatbox skills to create music. His live show is more that of a full bands and sees him creating fully crafted songs as well as demonstrating his world class beatbox skills. Creating each layer of his tracks live using a loop pedal THePETEBOX's shows lead the audience through a journey of real time music production which builds up and delivers a full frequency spectrum of sound, from deep bass, to high pitched trumpets, to multiple vocal harmonies - all made with his mouth!
This pioneering endeavour led THePETEBOX to be announced a winner of the year’s prestigious Channel 4Talent Awards in December 2007, placing him alongside some of the countries’ most promising young creatives. Over 2008 he has toured his show around Africa, Norway, France, Czech Republic and the UK and showcased at a host of festivals over the summer including Isle of White, Bestival, Creamfields, V Festival and Glastonbury.

THePETEBOX is a leading player on the beatboxing scene, making his mark after only a few months of gigging by winning the Radio 1 beatbox championships in 2005. Since then his breathtaking abilities to create, and re-create many styles of music such as hip-hop, drum ’n’ bass, jazz, house, garage and rock, has established him as an explosive live performer, having appeared at countless club nights and festivals around the UK and abroad over the past three years.

THePETEBOX’s travels have led him to support legends such as Grandmaster Flash, Will Smith, Pendulum, The Automatic, Grooverider, Tim Westwood, even The Human League and have seen him play alongside host of artists including New Young Pony Club, Mystery Jets, Sway, Ty, Skinnyman and Killa Kela. He can also been seen frequently wowing the crowds at some of the UK’s most renowned club nights including UK Takeover, Chibuku, Firefly and Detonate and has completed tours with UK Hip Hop legends Foreign Beggars as their beatboxer.
His festival appearances to date include Glastonbury, V Festival, Creamfields, Urban Music Festival, Malawi’s Lake of Stars Festival, Germany’s Das Fest, UK’s Eastern Haze and a tour of Africa in 2007 took him to three festivals in three African countries and led him to be featured on South African TV and Radio and the cover of Malawi’s national arts supplement.

THePETEBOX has made guest appearances on BBC Radio, BBC TV and Kerrang national radio and has made jingles for Kerrang and Centreforce fm. In March 2007 he was flown over to Mexico to star in a TV advert for Telefonica Movistar Mobile Phones, which aired in Mexico, Panama and Guatemala! Hola! He is also sponsored by Shure microphones and Sole Heaven footwear Distribution Company.

The coming year sees THePETEBOX pursuing his first solo studio project, more live and studio collaborations and as ever showcasing his art form at venues around the globe.

THePETEBOX is also hard at work with the bands Swimming, and WeShowUpOnRadaR.

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2005 Radio 1 Beatbox Champion, 2007 Channel 4Talent Award Winner.

“Outstanding skills – a barrage of sounds, beats and rhythms that I was instantly absorbed into. Competent, original and one to tip I think.” - Catherine Lovesey, editor of T4.

"I've been writing about music for ten years but I've never come across anyone quite like Pete. There are one-man bands, but the concept of a one-man recording studio is something else entirely. This is a deeply talented, quietly charismatic man, and a... (read more)