Vocodah

"Yeah, we got a little problem..."

**Anthony Ridenhour**, better known as **Vocodah** (formerly **Audical**), is an American beatboxer.

## History

Vocodah is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He initially started beatboxing around September 2013 after discovering it through online game communities and having known about the Beatbox Battle World Championship beforehand. He began to seriously develop his sounds during his freshman year of high school after a friend showed him a video of Reeps One. He was an alto saxophone player in his school's band, and during band class he would often attempt to imitate his classmate's drum patterns by beatboxing.

He changed his name from Audical to Vocodah in 2020, citing potential copyright issues with companies of the same name as well as a desire to build a new brand.

On November 14, 2021, Vocodah announced that he had cut ties with Swissbeatbox and that all previous and upcoming videos featuring him on their channel would be removed, citing frustration with the organization's "failure to engage with the community." He went on to further criticize them in the same post, stating: "It's disappointing to see sheer ignorance about problems in this community from the people who run it." This announcement was made in the wake of surfacing sexual assault allegations surrounding the Grand Beatbox Battle 2021.

## Personal life

Vocodah currently resides in Richmond, Virginia.

## Achievements

### 2022

* 1st place (Solo) – Bayreuth Beatbox Battle 2022

### 2021

* Top 16 (Solo) – Grand Beatbox Battle 2021
* Top 8 (7 to Smoke) – Grand Beatbox Battle 2021
* Top 8 (Solo) – Beatbox To World Live 2021

### 2020

* 1st place (Solo) – Online World Beatbox Championship 2020
* 1st place (Solo) – Royal Jam International Beatbox Battle
* 1st place (Solo) – Discord Battle v1
* 2nd place (Solo) – International Throwdown
* 2nd place (Solo) – Grand Beatbox Battle Online 2020
* 2nd place (Solo) – Odyssey Online Showcase Battle 2020

### 2019

* 1st place (Solo) – American Beatbox Championships 2019
* 1st place (Solo) – Beatbox Talk Championship 2019
* 4th place (Solo) – Beatbox Legends Championship 2019
* Top 8 (Solo) – Great North Battle 2019
* Top 16 (Solo) – Grand Beatbox Battle 2019
* Top 8 (7 to Smoke) – Grand Beatbox Battle 2019

### 2018

* 1st place (Solo) – Crossroads Beatbox Battle 2018
* 2nd place (Solo) – Midwest Beatbox Battle 2018
* 3rd place (Solo) – American Beatbox Championships 2018

### 2017

* 1st place (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2017-08-27
* Top 8 (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2017-02-26
* Top 8 (Tag Team, with Jaynkins as OGO) American Beatbox Championships 2017
* Top 16 (Solo) – American Beatbox Championships 2017

### 2016

* 2nd place (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2016-02-28
* 3rd place (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2016-12-18
* Top 4 (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2016-04-24
* Top 8 (Solo) – American Beatbox Championships 2016
* Top 8 (Solo) - Midwest Beatbox Battle 2016

### 2015

* 1st place (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2015-10-25
* 2nd place (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2015-03-01
* 3rd place (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2015-08-30
* Top 8 (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2015-12-27
* Top 8 (Solo) – BBXKINGS 2015-05-03

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "THE BEATBOX INTERVIEW | Audical (Vocodah)." Accessed November 2, 2020.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Vocodah I SBX Beyond the Beats 2020 I Episode 8." Accessed November 3, 2020.
3. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Vocodah/posts/887427445013706 Accessed November 28, 2020.
4. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/VocodahDubstep/posts/1575551549451679 Facebook. Accessed November 15, 2021.
5. ↑ "AUDICAL vs KOMODO | American Beatbox Championship 2016 | 1/4 Final." Accessed November 28, 2020.