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Tablaboxing Biography
Student of the tabla player Hameed Khan (his father), Yusuf Khan (his grand-father) and the late Ustad Hydayat Khan, Ilyas Raphaël Khan grew up in an musical Indo-French family in Jaipur, India.
After training as a tabla player, Ilyas later discovered human beatboxing and began fusing this contemporary rhythmic vocal technique with Indian vocal percussion and the tabla to create evolving and captivating rhythms. In the process, he created his own musical style: tablaboxing.
llyas started to perform on stage at the age of 14, and has since performed in India, France, Lebanon, Denmark and in United Kingdom, where he studied performing arts for two years.
More recently he has been touring with hip-pop and Bharatanatyam dancers, as well as the world champion beatboxer Alem. He has also collaborated with several different musicians from Tunisia, France, the UK and Denmark.
Read MoreAfter training as a tabla player, Ilyas later discovered human beatboxing and began fusing this contemporary rhythmic vocal technique with Indian vocal percussion and the tabla to create evolving and captivating rhythms. In the process, he created his own musical style: tablaboxing.
llyas started to perform on stage at the age of 14, and has since performed in India, France, Lebanon, Denmark and in United Kingdom, where he studied performing arts for two years.
More recently he has been touring with hip-pop and Bharatanatyam dancers, as well as the world champion beatboxer Alem. He has also collaborated with several different musicians from Tunisia, France, the UK and Denmark.
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