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MaJiKer • TED@BCG Paris

Who says you can't play the piano with your foot?

Producer, songwriter, beatboxer and vocal arranger MaJiKer uses his whole body to express himself musically. Here, he premieres an experimental new piece that combines piano (occasionally played with his foot and head) with beatboxing, to wild effect.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG.

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Producer, songwriter, beatboxer and vocal arranger MaJiKer uses his whole body to express himself musically. Here, he premieres an experimental new piece that combines piano (occasionally played with his foot and head) with beatboxing, to wild effect.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG.

Read more about the TED Institute.

About the speaker

MaJiKer

Body percussionist

Award-winning beatboxer, producer and songwriter MaJiKer is a British musical polymath who currently lives in Paris. He has produced two platinum-selling albums and won three French Grammys, the BBC Radio 3 European Album of the Year, critics and press prizes at the Sanremo Song Festival and the French Mercury Music Prize. A prolific collaborator, he has worked with an eclectic range of international artists and created his own projects in the studio and onstage. He once beatboxed at the BBC Proms. MaJiKer is currently developing several new projects, including a solo sonata for beatbox and piano.

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