Apr 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Human Beat Vox

Japanese beatboxer Dokaka has never met a genre he didn’t like. His aécapella covers of everyone from Miles Davis to Slayer have become a worldwide phenomenon, thanks to the free MP3s on Dokaka.com. (Our favorite is his riff on Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne.”) In 2004, Björk tapped the vocalist for Medulla, and he can be […]

Japanese beatboxer Dokaka has never met a genre he didn't like. His aécapella covers of everyone from Miles Davis to Slayer have become a worldwide phenomenon, thanks to the free MP3s on Dokaka.com. (Our favorite is his riff on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne.") In 2004, Björk tapped the vocalist for Medulla, and he can be heard on the soundtrack for the popular videogame We Katamari. So much for the notion that Japanese pop music doesn't translate: He expects to release a CD this year.

- Brian Ashcraft

Japanese beatboxer Dokaka
credit Jun Takagi

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