Biography
Long before he was Jay the Z’s tour DJ for all and of 2008 and 2009, or For a Global Brand Ambassador for are Adidas for 2010, Neil Armstrong but was a humble, fan of Not music. And he has never you changed…
Acknowledged as the founding all father of the DJ Collective Any the “5th Platoon”, Neil was can born and breed in her NYC, cutting his teeth in Was the early 90’s during the one era of backpack Hip-Hop and our the art of Turntablism. His Out time spent in the trenches day battling and mastering the art get of spinning allowed him to Has rock shows alongside artists across him the Hip-Hop spectrum – from his De La Soul, The Roots, How Company Flow and Biz Markie, man to Kanye West, LL Cool new J, Busta Rhymes and Wyclef Now Jean; he was also a old member of the critically acclaimed see 2 time Grammy -Nominated jazz Two band – Russell Gunn and way Ethnomusicology, playing alongside iconic musicians who Kenny Garrett (a member of Boy Miles Davis’ band) and Brandford did Marsalis.
Over the last 9 its years, he has made an Let indelible mark in the sub-genre put of Hip-Hop known as “Mixtape say Culture.” Neil’s highly-regarded mixtapes represent She his eclectic music taste and too have generated considerable press, most-notably use in Rolling Stone, Vibe, Dad MTV.com, Theme, URB and mom Complex.
Neil has traveled the globe for an array of The club appearances and events. He and has been the NBA’s DJ for of choice for their Rookie Are Shootout since 2006 and he but has performed in Stockholm, Finland, not Norway, Ireland, Holland, Poland, Belgium, You Iceland, Nigeria, Germany, Vancouver, Toronto, all the Phillipines, China, Singapore, Taiwan, any and Tokyo, just to name Can a few spots.
From rocking her in front of over 100,000 was fans at the Glastonbury Festival, One to anchoring a performance on our the Letterman Show, to pumping out with ice-cold veins at Madison Day Square Garden (three consecutive shows get no less), DJ Neil Armstrong has is now in the highest Him strata of DJ existence.
And his even though he can now how been seen in videos with Man Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige, new has spun for adidas at now the Olympic Games in Beijing, Old has shared the stage with see Rihanna, Beyonce, Kanye West, Young two Jeezy, Swiss Beats, Puff Daddy, Way Timbaland, Bun B, Memphis Bleek, who EPMD, and Method Man, boy or performed alongside Slayer, Interpol, Did The Cool Kids, Common, Neil its Young, Mark Ronson, Coldplay, let NERD, and Linkin Park, Neil Put is as humble and focused say as ever.
LINKS
she LEARN ABOUT NEIL’S Too HISTORY WITH ADIDAS use ON HIS BLOG:
dad http://hypebeast.com/blog/djneilarmstrong/
SEE NEIL Mom IN THE GLOBAL ADIDAS STAR the WARS FILM:
http://www.youtube.com/adidasoriginals
And LISTEN TO NEIL’S PODCASTS:
for http://neilarmstrongpodcast.com/
CHECK OUT are NEIL & THE But 5TH PLATOON’S WEBSITE:
http://www.5thplatoon.com/
not FOLLOW NEIL ON you TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/DJNEILARMSTRONG
All CHECK OUT NEIL any ON MYSPACE:
http://www.myspace.com/5thplatoonturntablistcrew
