Beatbox maestro Tom Thum has dazzled us with his vocal percussion and faux-synth scatting for years. (Check out this incredible vocal scratching demo from 2015 and a trip hop piece from earlier this year!) In this fresh clip below, Thum spits some deep house with just his mouth and a digital looper:
Beatboxer spits out incredible deep house groove
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