In what was probably the best tagline for any BBC News guest in all time, when Beardyman was welcomed onto the Breakfast couch last month, underneath his moniker read the words: "King of Sound and Ruler of Beats".

It's typical of the 28-year-old's pidgeonhole-dodging, quirky style; a winning method which means his growing legion of fans still struggle to classify him. For Beardyman, it's all part of a conscious bid to avoid being bored and being boring.

"You know those bands that just do the yearly cycle over and over?" asks Beardyman, real name Darren Foreman, sat in a pub in Ireland ahead of a gig. "They write some songs about girls messing them over, add a middle eight and drum fill and then just tour it.

"Even if you make incredible music, that must get boring. I've never been able to figure that out."

His live shows are a far cry from this standard formula, combining comedy, electronic wizardry and music made only with the mouth. His videos and performance clips attract millions of hits on Youtube and many of his supporters dedicate themselves to spreading the phrase Deus Ex Barba (that's Latin for 'God out of Beard') over the internet.

"It baffles me that so many music acts want to be taken so seriously," explains Beardyman. "If you look at the early hip-hop albums, they have skits in between the songs, there's comedy in them. It's so entertaining, so why not be just that - entertaining?"

Entertaining is something he's been doing since an early age. He took up piano at five ("I used to go round friend's houses who had keyboards and make them laugh with stupid songs"), played viola in the school orchestra, wrote a song for his school's choir aged nine and picked up the guitar in his teens.

But it's with beatboxing that his reputation has been forged.

"It's something I've always done but for a long time only for my own amusement - it was only for jokes. A mate dared me to go into this beatboxing battle. I did for a laugh and won so I did another one. I lost and it annoyed me so much, I then had this mission to be the best."

It's difficult not to be impressed by the range of sounds Beardyman can unleash from his throat. It's upon this vocal dexterity that the rest of the live performance is layered.

"It's seen as a novelty act, a side show, but I use it as a vehicle to carry other things on. Comedy and dance music don't ever really go together but you can do both and give people a reason to see both."

His latest outing, The Where Are You Taking Me? Tour, is kept fresh for followers and performer, since each show is unique to each venue. Along with the mass of electronic gizmos that loop and transform Beardyman's noises, a Twitter feed displayed on stage allows the audience to suggest song titles and genres with which the former Barnet resident will work his magic.

"When you write a song you write it in the moment," he explains. "It captures your feelings at that exact time. I can't imagine having to play that song when your not feeling that way anymore.

"The idea is that I make a new album on every night of the tour. I couldn't go out and play the same songs, I've no interest in doing that, every band does that."

So we'll never see him atop a stool with an acoustic guitar? "I'll never abandon beatboxing but you may do, in fact you will do. People wouldn't expect that, so yeah!"

Beardyman’s new album I Done A Album, is out this month. Catch him and his show at Jazz Café, London on Tuesday, March 29, 7pm. Details: 0844 412 4642