Rizumik, taken from the Japanese word rizumikkusouru (rhythmic soul), is the stage name that epitomizes Portuguese beatboxer Tiago Grade—who caught the ear of Miniguide by answering the magazine’s Call for Artists in the October/November ’09 issue. Here for five months, he’s found Barcelona an open place, receptive to his kind of music.
Beats roll off his tongue in a language most understand but few speak. Inspired by afrobeat, ethnic and world music, and multi-format artists such as Stomp, Cirque du Soleil and Mayumana, Rizumik challenges urban beatboxing, showing “multi-vocality for all its versatility.” He creates complex rhythms and sounds with nothing but a pair of well-trained vocal chords, gifted sense of pace, a mic, and PA. From tables and chairs, to his own body and voice, he discovered at a young age that anything could produce a beat. His passion for percussion has evolved over the years, saying that “percussion is a natural part of my life, it’s the basis of rhythm and rhythm is a part of me, I feel it within me.” Of course, he endeavors whenever he can to make beatboxing part of larger musical projects and not just about producing rhythms.
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