Berywam

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Berywam
Berywam on stage, during the Hue Festival 2018 in Vietnam (from left side to right : Rythmind, Beatness, Beasty and Wawad)
Berywam on stage, during the Hue Festival 2018 in Vietnam
(from left side to right : Rythmind, Beatness, Beasty and Wawad)
Background information
OriginToulouse, France[1]
GenresBeatboxing
Years active2015–present
LabelsBarclay Records
MembersBeatness
Rythmind
Wawad
Beasty
Past membersMB14

Berywam is a French beatbox crew based in Toulouse, France.[1] They won the French Beatbox Championship 2016. Their EP was released on June 2, 2017.[2] They also won the Beatbox Battle World Championship 2018 in crew category.

Career

2015-2016: Formation crew and debut

Berywam was formed in 2015 to the surprise of everyone during the French Beatbox Championship. The name of the band is composed with the first letters of each original member (BE-RY-WA-M). Despite being defeated by Team Punk in 2015, they won the French beatbox championship team category in 2016 and qualified for the 2018 World Beatbox Championship.[2] Berywam became popular on the internet for their beatbox covers posted on various social media websites.[2]

2017-2019: Tú sí que vales, tour concert, line changes-up, American Got Talent

2017 was a turning point for the band as they began a tour across the France in April and finished with a summer tour until August. They released their EP on June 2, 2017 after signing a contract with Barclay Records.[2] They opened for several well known artists' gigs like Bigflo & Oli[3] and Georgio.[4] They ended their year strong, taking part in the Italian TV talent show Tú sí que vales. It was a success for the band, being eliminated only after reaching the finals.[5]

They began 2018 by announcing two gigs: one in Paris in April and the other in Toulouse in February. Both concerts were sold out one month in advance. Stemming from their success that came from the two gigs, the band announced two more gigs in the same cities in September in Paris, and in October in Toulouse. They were also invited to one of the most famous French music festivals, Les Francofolies de La Rochelle.[6]

2018 is announced as crucial for the band as they prepare their first album[2] and the 5th Beatbox Battle World Championship on 2018.[2] During the tournament, Berywam (composed of the current members along with MB14), became world champions in the "Crew" category. On April 9, 2018, Berywam published on their YouTube channel a video explaining that MB14 decided to leave the band to pursue his solo career. On April 20, 2018, the crew announced in another YouTube video that Beasty, winner of the 2010 French Beatbox Championship, was chosen as the new member of the crew.

Berywam continues the talent shows by participating in the 14th season of America's Got Talent, broadcast on the NBC channel. Their first participation is broadcast on June 18-19, 2019. Following the latter, they manage to climb to the second round of show. Berywam also successfully passes the second round but will stop later at the gates of the semi-finals.

2020: Beriddim, Pacifique

On January 24, 2020, Berywam was released on YouTube and several streaming platforms "Beriddim" the their first single song. On July 24, 2020, Berywam was released the second single song "Pacifique" on streaming music platforms and YouTube.

Members

Current members

The group is composed of four beatboxers, each having their own speciality: Beatness, Rythmind, Wawad and Beasty. They won together the 2016 French Beatbox Championship and the 2018 Beatbox Battle World Championship in the Team category.

  • Beatness (real name: Fabian Quèzac), born September 23, 1993 from Toulouse,[3] is the bass voice of the band on most of their tracks.[3] As a part of their duo Fabulous Wadness, Beatness and his partner Wawad won the 2014 French Beatbox Championship and the 2016 Grand Beatbox Battle in Tag Team category. They also claimed fourth place during the 2015 World Beatbox Championship. He formed another duo with Rythmind called Bery. They won the 2017 French Beatbox Championship and the First World Beatbox Camp in the Tag Team category. Beatness also and the World Beatbox Camp in Poland. Rythmind has also reached the semi-finals in solo category in 2014 and 2015 at the French Beatbox Championship. He won the 2019 Grand Beatbox Battle in Loopstation category.
  • Rythmind (real name: Loїc Barcourt), born September 19, 1988 from Saint-Raphaël,[3] mainly deals with the rhythm part and percussion.[3] He regularly participates in the Seven 7 to Smoke Battle organized during the Grand Beatbox Battle weekend and was also selected for the solo category in 2018. He ultimately does not pass the elimination phases. In 2017, he won the French championships with Beatness against the Oniisan team and the first World Beatbox Battle (Tag Team). Rythmind also managed to reach the semi-finals of the French solo championship, in 2014 when he lost against Wawad and in 2015 when he failed against BMG. He succeeded in 2018 in obtaining a wildcard allowing him to participate in the next Beatbox Battle World Championship in Berlin in the Loopstation category. Rythmind did not manage to pass the qualifications in this category but he made it to the semi-finals in the Tag Team category with Beatness. In April 2019, Rythmind participates in the Grand Beatbox Battle in the loopstation category. He beats the Italian NME in the final and manages to win his first major solo title.
  • Wawad (real name: Walid Baali), born August 24, 1990 from Toulouse,[3] is specialized in the musicality part and considered as a master of click by his peers.[3] He has one of the most impressive record in the French beatbox community. He won the French Beatbox Championship in Tag team category, the 2016 Grand Beatbox Battle and reached the semi-finals during the 2015 World Beatbox Championship. He also reached the Top 16 in the solo category of the 2015 Beatbox Battle World Championship. Wawad has participated in the Grand Beatboxnch Beatbox champion, beating Alem in the finals. He reached the top 8 during the 2012 Beatbox Battle World Championship, but was defeated by the eventual champion, Skiller. With the French team, Beasty took part in La Cup in 2013. They reached the finals, but lost against the German team. Beasty is also known on YouTube thanks to his TEDx conference, reaching more than 4.8 million views as of March, 2019.
  • Beasty (real name: Loїc Palmiste), born June 15, 1989 from Bordeaux, is new member was joined the group in April 2018 changes MB14. He was participant at French Human Beatbox Champion in 2010 by beating Alem in the final, he climbed into the world Top 8 in 2012 but failed against Skiller who won the world championships during this same competition. Beasty also participates with France in La Cup in 2013, they will reach the final but will fail against Germany. Finally, Beasty is also known on YouTube thanks to his participation in a TEDx conference on the beatbox, his video exceeded 4 million views in 2018.

Former member

  • MB14 (real name: Mohamed Belkhir), born June 19, 1994 from Amiens,[3] is well known in the band for his voice and his dynamic instrument impressions.[3] He became known in France after he reached the finals in the TV show The Voice: la plus belle voix in 2016.[7] He reached the semi-finals of the Grand Beatbox Battle in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the loopstation category. Codex also reached the semi-finals of the 2016 French Beatbox Championship in the solo category. In 2019, MB14 has continued his career by acting as a judge for the Loopstation category at the Grand Beatbox Battle in Warsaw, Poland and reached to the quarter finals in the solo Grand Beatbox Battle.

Discography

EP albums

Title Album details
BERYWAM
Track listing
  1. Crazy
  2. Shape of You
  3. Hey Brother
  4. Diggity

Singles

Title Years Album
"Shape of You" 2017 BERYWAM
"Beriddim" 2020 Non-album single
"Pacifique" Non-album single

References

  1. ^ a b "Les champions de France de beatbox, Berywam, vivent en colocation à Toulouse". La Dépêche. 2017-01-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Ils sont champions de France de beatbox et vivent en colocation à Toulouse". Actu.fr. 2018-02-10.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Berywam, sublime harmonie". La Dépêche. 2018-02-16.
  4. ^ "Concert : Georgio passe à l'Aeronef de Lille, le jeudi 26 octobre 2017". Actu.fr. 2017-10-10.
  5. ^ ""Non solo sono originali... sono dei fenomeni!" (Finale Tu si que vales 2017)". ilsussidiario. 2017-12-09.
  6. ^ "Francofolies de La Rochelle : Julien Clerc, Damso, Birkin… les derniers noms dévoilés". Sud Ouest. 2018-02-02.
  7. ^ "Eurovision 2017 : Un finaliste de The Voice pour représenter la France avec Alma ?". Public. 2017-05-06.

External links

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