Beatbox House

Beatbox House^[1] is an American beatbox collective based in New York City consisting of 7 award winning beatboxers.^[2]

Formation

The beatbox house^[3] began as a residence home in Brooklyn, New York for beatboxer Chris Celiz and Izzy Freedman who one day had an idea to create a place for beatboxers to connect and socialize. Beatboxers Mark Martin and Johnny Buffalo lived in the house and organized jam sessions and performances for beatboxers.Artists from worldwide locations would lodge in the house when traveling for shows. Eventually, Beatboxers Neil Medows of Pennsylvania,Kenny Urban of Connecticut, Amit Bhowmick and Kaila Mullady of New York City, and Gene Shinozaki of Boston,Met up along with Chris at the American Human Beatbox festival, joined the residency and decided to form an official group. They often do their performances Busking in the subways and streets of New York City. Mark Martin, who has spent time as a member of the American cast of The Voca People, became an official member of the group in late 2015.^[4]

Members

Neil "Napom" Medows

Neil "Napom" Medows is an award winning beatboxer,^[5] who's titles include:2015 Vice World Champion, 2014 + 2015 American Beatbox Champion, 2014 Midwest Champion & 2x Unity Champion. His beatbox style involves his signature percussive sounds as well as his extensive lip roll techniques. He started beatboxing after high school, won the 2014 American beatbox championships at age 18 and was given the opportunity to compete at the world championships which helped him earn his title as the 2015 Vice World Beatbox Champion. He is also known for his work with fellow beatbox house member Kenny Urban as "K-POM"

Mark Martin

Mark Martin (Sometimes known as Mandibul) is an actor and musician who has been beatboxing since age 13. His title credit's include. 2016 Beatrhyme Slam Champion and 2016 American Beatbox Champion. He is well known for his work with beatboxing in Linguistics. His beatbox style primarily involves his incorporation of musical theater as well as Overtone singing. He has played the role of "Beat-on" in the American cast of The Voca People. He is a teacher of the BEAT rockers program which teaches beatboxing to blind youth at the Lavelle School for the Blind in the Bronx.^[6] Martin has served as a judge for the New England Regional Beatbox Battle and The SingStrong Chicago Acapella Festival. He along with Kaila Mullady has performed in the comedy hip hop group "North Coast".

Amit Bhowmick

Amit Bhowmick is a hip hop artist who started beatboxing at the age of 14. His beatbox sound involves his extensive usage of technical beats and deep bass sounds. His title credits include 2012 Midwest Champion and 2014 East Coast Champion.

Gene Shinozaki

Gene Shinozaki is a beatbox musician from Boston MA.^[7] He began his music career attending Berklee College, studying drumming as a major, Before dropping out to pursue a career in beatboxing. His beatbox style involves his imitation of guitar power chords using lip oscillation techniques, his melodic sounds, and clicks. He often incorporates singer songwriter elements into his performances. He sites Bobby Mcferrin as a primary influence on his sound.

Chris Celiz

Chris Celiz who is the founding member of Beatbox house, is a beatboxer, Musician and Teacher.^[8] He is the 2015 American 2v2 Champion. He is most known for his signature percussive grooves and harmonic sounds. He has done work for artists such as Harry Belafonte, Bryonn Bain and Dana Leong. He has been ranked as one of the top North American beatboxers.

Kaila Mullady

Kaila Mullady is an American musician, Beatboxer,Actress and multi-instrumentalist.^[9] She is one of the pioneering figures in the Art of beatrhyming. Her title credits include 2015 Female World Beatbox Champion, 3 time American Loop Station Champion, 2014 American Vice Champion and 3-time American Beatrhyme Champion. Her beatbox style involves extensive beatrhyming, polyrhythms, and the mouth trumpet technique. She is well known for her one woman band performances, where she combines, singing,rapping,beatboxing, Guitar and live looping, to create full songs and compositions. She is an avid instructor^[10] who teaches beatboxing and beatrhyming.^[11] She was trained as a beatrhymer by beatbox legend Kid Lucky.

Kenny Urban

Kenny Urban is an American beatboxer and singer, whose title credits include 2016 Grand Beatbox Champion, 2015 Vice American Beatbox Champion, 2014 2v2 Champion and 2x Unity Beatbox Champion. His beatbox style involves bass emphasized beats, synth sounds and extensive singing. He is a private beatbox instructor^[12] and has also taught workshops in various schools such as Harvard University and The Raymond York Elementary School.

References

External links

• http://www.beatboxhouse.com