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“Rahzel performed much of his usual set but one-or-two pieces stood out from the rest. The classic “Oh My Gosh” supplied the vehicle with which Rahzel drove home his impressive vocal scratching skills as he squared off with JS1 in a mock man-vs-machine battle. His vocal scratching was achieved using the traditional falsetto throat method favoured by most beatboxers, mixed with words such as ‘yippity’ to achieve speed. In terms of sound, there was little difference between the voice and the vinyl. Oh my gosh.

Rahzel primarily used two snare sounds, the traditional ‘pff’ and a TR606-style click snare. The latter sound, like Kela’s is particularly tight. I watched closely to see if he created this sound by pushing or sucking air. Bearing in mind the short, crisp timbre of the sound and that he took regular small breaths in every bar, it seems likely that he creates this sound by pushing air out forcefully through each side of his tongue.

Other features of Rahzel’s set included a constant modulating hum with kick drum, over which he pronounced a delayed version of each letter of his name. Even at close range, I couldn’t figure how he did that one! Of course, no Rahzel gig would be complete without the obligatory ‘If Your Mother Only Knew’. Rahzel confessed that the competition had caught up so he ploughed ahead by doing the chorus, the beat and the bassline at the same time. That should keep newbies on the forum busy for a while!

The big man finished his set with the awesome hip-hop crowd-pleaser ‘All I Know’ and it dropped heavier than a second-hand Soviet space station. Let’s hope there are tracks this good on Rahzel’s soon to be released second album.

In terms of a stage show, Rahzel’s got it down to a fine art and with JS1 on the decks, they make a formidable team. In my last review I said that I wouldn’t get drawn into the Kela vs Rahzel debate but I’ll simply say that somewhere, someday they’ll be on stage together to share their skills, and when they do, I want to be there."
-human beatbox.com