DJ Kormac's fantastic Bakesale returns for mouthful #3. The star guest tonight is human studio beatboxer Beardyman who's talent and status is shooting up by the second!

Downstairs in the basement Revolution help new age Californian Funk star Dam Funk celebrate the launch of his new album, we're very excited about this one...

BEARDYMAN

www.myspace.com/beardyman

Foreman moved to Brighton in 2001 to study at the University of Sussex. After seeing Rahzel play live, he started beatboxing at an improv show in 2002. He was given the nick-name “Beardyman” because at the time, he had a beard.

He has gigged and recorded with Klum-Z-Tung as part of MC/beatbox duo The Gobfathers, Together, they presented Get Lucky TV's 'The Freestyle Show” in 2005. He has worked alongside Grooverider, Shy FX, Killa Kela, Jazzy Jeff andAndy C to name a few. He battled to become UK Beatbox Champion 2006 and retained his title in 2007 making him the first beatboxer in UK history to win 2 championships in a row.

Beardyman often uses humour as well as beatboxing in his act. He has impersonated Elvis, parodied a cookery show and once posed as an Austrian climate change lecturer before breaking into his set. Beardyman also features in the Funky Sage ringtones in which he plays a floating head who beatboxes and gives good advice.

During November 2006 he took part in a series of children's choir charity concerts called Young Voices appearing in Manchester, Birmingham, London and Belfast. On 10 February 2007 he made an appearance on the second episode of the BBC1 show When Will I Be Famous[2]. Despite winning over the studio audience and two of the three judges, he came second in a public vote. On the same day, he was on also on the Channel 4 show Homemade where he was profiled as the weirdest beatboxer around.

Music seems to run in his family. His brother is comedy musician Jay Foreman who wrote the song "Moon Chavs" among others.

Beardyman has represented the UK in the World Beatboxing Championships in Germany in 2007.

Check him out:

DAM FUNK

www.myspace.com/damfunk

www.stonesthrow.com/damfunk

Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dãm-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dãm (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance rooted in the early-'80s styles known as Boogie, Modern Soul and Electro-Funk.

As a DJ/selector, Dãm attracts the most discerning Boogie Funk afficionados within driving distance of his storied Monday-night Funkmosphere parties. But it's not just collectors at the bar toasting to the melodic sounds. Anyone who grooves to the likes of Slave, Aurra, early Prince, Prelude Records and the like, will get a dose of those groups' unknown contemporaries – more obscure but equally Funk-worthy.

The next phase of the Ambassador's mission is his debut album Toeachizown: continuing the classic West Coast tradition into today's scene with Dãm's own original "Modern-Funk" compositions. By plugging in his arsenal of vintage synths and drum machines, Dãm channels the galactic harmonies of his inspiration into his own brand of new boogie. Stones Throw Records' like-minded honcho Peanut Butter Wolf brought Dãm on to the team to glide into the future with his unique, synth and bass-driven vibe. It's a promising new chapter for Southern Cali space funk.