Tom Thum

Armed with just a microphone, Tom Thum pushes the limits of the human voice to create incredible soundtracks of impossible beats and phenomenal sounds, with scratched vinyl, the Michael Jackson back catalogue, the didgeridoo and an entire '50s jazz band amongst his vocal repertoire. Footage of his performance at TEDx Sydney 2013 recently became the most watched TEDx video of all time, with over 18 million hits.

Thum challenges preconceptions of the capabilities of the human voice-box and reveals a unique form of vocal technique that spans an amplitude of eras and genres, with not an instrument, synthesizer, drum machine or sampler in sight.Tom Thum is an Australian beat boxer who has given keynotes on his creative line of work and the impact that music can have on an individual. Thum is originally from Brisbane, Australia, but his exciting line of work takes him all over the world. Back in 2005, Thum's beat boxing crew won the World Beatbox Championships and then in 2006 Thum took second place in the Scribble Jam Beatbox Battles in the United States. 

Only in his mid-twenties, Tom Thum has achieved and experienced more than most artists could hope to achieve in a lifetime. From winning the team battles (alongside Joel Turner) in the World Beatbox Championships in 2005, to fulfilling every artist's dream and performing on Broadway in New York with the Tom Tom Crew, Tom has seen his fair share of accolades and well and truly paid his dues. Raised by the small but accommodating Brisbane hip hop scene, Tom started out as a graffiti writer and Bboy but slowly rose to recognition through his ability to produce unhuman sounds and his natural knack for performing and weaselling his way on stage...

As Tom's experience within the music industry expands, he plans to push the limits of the human voice as far as inhumanly possible. Enrolling the help of numerous loop stations, Tom has been conducting DJ sets using only his voice and nothing else, propelling crowds across the country into a frenzy of jaw-dropping disbelief, as he re-creates and remixes classic joints and jams from all eras and genres.

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