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Kid Beyond
Kid Beyond appearing at Coachella in 2007
Born
Andrew Chaikin
Occupations
  • Singer
  • beatboxer
  • voice actor
Years active1991–present
Musical career
Instruments
LabelsLove-Million Records
Websitewww.kidbeyond.com Edit this at Wikidata

Andrew Chaikin, better known by his stage name Kid Beyond, is an American singer, beatboxer, live looper and voice actor, based in the San Francisco area.

Performances

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Kid Beyond has toured nationally with Imogen Heap.[1] He has also performed at major music festivals, including sets at Burning Man atop a Unimog, the Langerado festival,[2] the 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival,[3] and Coachella.[4]

His song "Mothership" from Amplivate was used in NBA Live 08 by EA Sports.

While opening for Buckethead in San Francisco on February 15, 2008, Kid Beyond mentioned recording vocals for "Free Bird" and other songs for Guitar Hero II.

Kid Beyond performed at the inaugural w00tstock[5] shows at the Swedish American Hall, San Francisco, California on October 19 and 20, 2009.

He appeared on the game show Jeopardy![6] on November 6 and 9, 2020, winning $21,601. He returned as a contestant on a special Champions Wildcard episode on December 5, 2023, this time earning $18,242 and qualifying as a semi-finalist.[7]

Techniques

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Kid Beyond's performances often include some traditional beatboxing as well as live looping. The looped pieces make heavy use of Ableton's Live software on a laptop to layer and loop vocal and vocal percussion tracks together to create full songs. Prior to concerts, the software is configured with the tracks that will be used in each piece, including any necessary effects and levels, but lacking any audio. A set of MIDI controller foot pedals allow Kid Beyond to control the software during performance, enabling him to record, play, and manipulate the audio tracks with a set of predefined macros. In some cases, a single press of a pedal performs multiple actions, such as muting one track while initializing recording on another.[8]

In recognition of his innovative techniques, Ableton made him a featured artist[9] on their website and presented him at a series of clinics in Germany.[10] The associated footage[11] was shown on a number of viral video sites.

Voice acting

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As Andrew Chaikin, he has performed as a voice-over artist for a number of video games and advertisements, prominently in American McGee's Alice as The Mad Hatter/The White Rabbit/The March Hare, and in the 2005 game Star Wars: Republic Commando, where he does the voices of Clone Advisor and Delta 40 "Fixer".[12]

He also provided several voices in graphic adventure titles by Telltale Games, including Phoney Bone and Ted the bug in the Bone adaptations, a pair of suspects in CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder, and most notably Max for the first episode "Culture Shock" of Sam & Max Season One before being replaced by William Kasten for the rest of the series for health reasons. The Telltale Games characters include a few pirates in Tales of Monkey Island and Narrator, Papierwaite, and a Moleman in Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse. He also voiced Biff Tannen as well as Cliff Tannen and Riff Tannen in Back to the Future: The Game,[a] Grendel in The Wolf Among Us, Roman in The Walking Dead: 400 Days and Carlos in the second season of The Walking Dead.

He has also provided his vocal talents for the cover versions of the songs from Konami's Karaoke Revolution video game series starting with Karaoke Revolution Volume 2. His song "Mothership" is on Tap Tap Revenge 2. He has appeared in the official video game adaptation of Iron Man 2 as the villain Ultimo and JARVIS.

He has done multiple covers for the Guitar Hero series of video games, including "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age [13] and "Girlfriend" by Matthew Sweet.[14]

He appears as Penny Arcade's Tycho Brahe in Poker Night at the Inventory, making him the first actor to ever portray the character.

He voiced Dio Brando in the 2004 English dub of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure OVA.[15]

Discography

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  • Amplivate (2006)

Filmography

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Anime dubbing

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Year Title Role Notes
2003–2004 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Dio Brando 5 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2000 X-Squad John G-Connors (Ash) [16]
2000 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001 Mark Calcavecchia [16]
2000 American McGee's Alice The White Rabit, The Mad Hatter, The March Hare [16]
2001 Cel Damage Cinder, T. Wrecks
2002 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs Jester
2002 Superman: The Man of Steel Additional voices
2002 Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter Gurk Yoba, Harro Ruuk [16]
2003 Virtua Cop 3 Rage (Michael Hardy) [16]
2003 Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Zolkovo English version [16]
2003 Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer! Howdy [16]
2003 Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Hobbie, Windy, Commander 6 [16]
2003 Whiplash Franklin D. Mann [16]
2004 Crisis Zone Jared Hunter Console version
2004 Lifeline Allen Honda [16]
2004 Blood Will Tell Tanosuke, Dragon Brood [16]
2005 Star Wars: Republic Commando Clone Advisor, Delta 40 [16]
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Clone Trooper, Clone Captain [16]
2005 Death Jr. Seep [16]
2005 Bone: Out from Boneville Phoney Bone, Ted the Bug [16]
2006 CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder Andy Penmore, Michael DuBois [16]
2006 Bone: The Great Cow Race Phoney Bone [16]
2006 Sam & Max Save the World Max Episode 1 only [16]
2006 Death Jr. II: Root of Evil Seep, Wrestler [16]
2006 Thrillville Disc Jockey [16]
2007 Thrillville: Off the Rails Disc Jockey [16]
2007 Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron Admiral Ackbar, Boba Fett, Clone Trooper, Rodian Contact
2008 Spore Military civilization, Player colony
2009 CSI: Deadly Intent Airam Dominguez, Gary Beaumont, Steve Tampson
2010 Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse Narrator, Alien Brain, Jebediah Moleman, Papierwaite, Guardian #1 [16]
2010 Iron Man 2 J.A.R.V.I.S., Ultimo, AIM Personnel [16]
2010 Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem Peter Parker / Spider-Man [16]
2010 CSI: Fatal Conspiracy Sergeant Tim Lipp, Brian Reid, John Barrett [16]
2010 Back to the Future: The Game Biff Tannen, Cliff Tannen, Riff Tannen [16]
2011 BackStab (iOS) Edmund Kane
2011 Law & Order: Legacies Mickey Trevino, Det. Mike Logan [16]
2012 The Walking Dead Roman [16]
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man (iOS) Peter Parker / Spider-Man [16]
2013 The Wolf Among Us Grendel [16]
2013 The Walking Dead: Season Two Carlos [16]
2014 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition Bartender, Watchman
2015 Back to the Future: The Game 30th Anniversary Edition Cliff Tannen, Riff Tannen

Awards

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  • Best of the Bay 2006: Best Oral in the Bay[17]
  • Best of San Francisco: Best Beatboxer[18]

Notes

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  1. ^ In later editions of the game, Biff was dubbed over by Thomas F. Wilson, who originated the role in the film.

References

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  1. ^ "Being There Mag". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  2. ^ "Langerado.com". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2007-02-21.
  3. ^ "Giveaway". Rolet.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Coachella.com". Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
  5. ^ "w00tstock". Paulandstorm.com. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Facebook". Facebook.com. 8 November 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  8. ^ Hawkins, Eric (2006-01-01). "Get Loopy". Remix Magazine. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
  9. ^ "Kid Beyond". Ableton.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Kid Beyond". Ableton.com. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Ableton Artist: Kid Beyond - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  12. ^ See the IMDb article on Andrew Chaikin Imdb.com
  13. ^ [1] [dead link]
  14. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  15. ^ "Kid Beyond on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Andrew Chaikin (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved 2019-12-09. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  17. ^ Chun, Kimberly. "Best of the Bay 2006: Best Oral in the Bay". San Francisco Bay Guardian. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  18. ^ "Best of San Francisco: Best Beatboxer". SF Weekly. May 19, 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
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