Prepare to have your face melted clean off as you enter a whole new world of mouth noise, with guest Tani Levitt. And remember, if you’re sitting in the plash zone, you will get spittle all over you.

Tani presents SpeshFX, a narrative podcast that dives deep into the fascinating world of competitive beatboxing. If you’re familiar with the rap battle scene, it’s like that but nicer, and where people make their O face when being hit by several megatons of sick beats (just helping ease you in with the lingo).

Tani got into the scene via his brother, and started charting not only the beatbox battle scene, but also his own education, through SpeshFX. If you want a primer, start with his Beatboxing Basics YouTube playlist.

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (12:14) - Tani's pick: Alem
• (15:28) - Mark's pick: NaPoM
• (17:24) - Tani's pick: Alexinho
• (19:20) - Mark's pick: Codfish
• (22:04) - Tani's pick: Hiss
• (23:38) - Mark's' pick: D-Low
• (27:36) - What do beatbox champs win?
• (30:16) - Tani's pick: Gene Shinozaki
• (32:02) - Mark's pick: MB14
• (34:26) - Honourable mentions
• (40:32) - Finalising the list
• (44:42) - More honourable mentions
• (49:32) - How to follow the competetive beatbox scene
• (53:36) - Goodbyes

If this has got you ready for more, you can follow the scene on YouTube via SwissBeatbox, the host of the Grand Beatbox Battle, or Beatbox Battle who host the World Championships every two years, and on Instagram via Alem, Hiss, and Madox for the shoutouts, or Swish Beatbox for the goofs.

You should subscribe to SpeshFX (via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts), to learn infinitely more about the beatbox scene than you will here.