Beatbox House is an American beatbox collective based in New York City originally consisting of five beatboxers. The Beatbox House has since its formation helped many beatboxers along their journey.
Formation
The beatbox house 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.
Members
Neil "NaPoMMMM" Meadows
Neil "Napom" Meadows is an award winning beatboxer, whose titles include: 2016 Grand Beatbox Battle Vice Champion, 2017 Grand Beatbox Battle Champion, 2015 Vice World Champion, 2014 and 2015 American Beatbox Champion, 2014 Midwest Champion & 2x Unity Champion. His beatbox style involves his signature percussive sounds and 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". In 2018, he released a beatbox album "Lips" with Swissbeatbox. Napom is well-known for revolutionizing the use of different liproll techniques such as inward liproll and sub-liproll bass.
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, 2014 East Coast Champion, 2017 World Beatbox Camp Solo Champion. In 2018, he won Smash Sounds, the first ever hybrid Beatbox Battle & Super Smash Bros tournament. He is also known for his signature sound, the "OD Bass".
Gene Shinozaki is a beatbox musician from Boston, MA. He began his music career attending Berklee College of Music, 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 cites Bobby Mcferrin as a primary influence on his sound. He is the 2015 Grand Beatbox Battle Champion, and with fellow Beatbox House member, Chris Celiz, won the title of 2018 World Beatbox Tag Team Champion as "Spiderhorse".
Chris Celiz
Chris Celiz, the founding member of Beatbox House, is a beatboxer, musician and teacher. 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, and with fellow Beatbox House member, Gene Shinozaki, won the title of 2018 World Beatbox Tag Team Champion as "Spiderhorse".
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 and has also taught workshops in various schools such as Harvard University and The Raymond York Elementary School.
Departed Members
Mark Martin
Mark Martin is an American beatboxer, singer and teacher from Connecticut. Mark has won titles such as American Beatbox Champion and Human Beatbox Festival BeatRhyme Champion. Mark is also currently a part of the tag team "Lightship" consisting of him and Kaila Mullady. Mark Martin left the beatbox house somewhere in between 2017 and 2018 together with his fellow beatboxer and girlfriend Kaila Mullady.
