Vineeth Vincent is a beatboxer, musician, emcee and performing artist from Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Career

Vineeth Vincent started off as a professional emcee in Bangalore during May 2007. In 2008, he took a year off from his studies at Christ College

Christ University

Christ University in Bangalore, India founded in 1969 is managed by the priests of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, the first indigenous Syrian Catholic religious congregation in India. The CMI runs around 400 schools, 30 colleges and a number of hospitals at various locations in India...

 to pay more attention to music and beatboxing

Beatboxing

Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, and the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments...

. He spent a month at Mrinalini Sarabhai’s Darpan Academy of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad, where he mingled with artists and had the chance to experiment with beatboxing. He returned to Bangalore and books soon after, though expending a lot of his attention on beatboxing, learning tricks by himself. He has been working as a professional Beat Boxer since January 2008 with over 650 performances till date. He performed with The Boxettes in 2010 and Austrian beatboxing group Bauchklang

Bauchklang

Bauchklang is an Austrian beatboxing group.This "vocal groove project" formed 1996 around the frontman and leadsinger Andreas Fraenzel out of a musical-production "Jesus Christ Superstar" which he and Alex Boeck participated in...

 in 2009 among many other artists and bands.

World Record

According to the Guinness World Records™, the current record for the largest human beatbox ensemble involved 1,246 participants and was achieved by Vineeth Vincent and Christ University

Christ University

Christ University in Bangalore, India founded in 1969 is managed by the priests of Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, the first indigenous Syrian Catholic religious congregation in India. The CMI runs around 400 schools, 30 colleges and a number of hospitals at various locations in India...

 (India) in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, on 5 February 2011.

On 10 January 2011, Christ Junior College, Bangalore, under ensemble director Vineeth Vincent, in an event titled 'Can You Say Beat Box?', attempted to create the largest human beatbox ensemble in the Limca Book of Records. The results are still awaited.

External links

• Official Site
• Vineeth Vincent at Facebook
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• BeatBox record at Inbloom

See also

Beatboxing

Beatboxing

Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, and the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments...