If you’re like me, and grew up listening to – and mimicking – cassette recordings of rap artists like Biz Markie and the Fat Boys beat boxing, Shlomo is now on the radar. And not in a throwback, nostalgic kind of way; the Leeds-based, Israeli-Iraqi-German beatbox artist rips it.

Since the musicians are only getting together just two days prior to an upcoming performance, the results will be anyone’s guess. “The performance will be raw, often improvised,” Shlomo wrote. “Maybe not the most polished or slick of performances, but hopefully you’ll get some real magic in there.”

The full blog post is at the NEW YORK TIMES