IZZY ROCK

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DJ Izzy Rock

Biography

Israel Esquilin (born October 1, 1971), better known as Izzy Rock is a prominent DJ / Producer and Re Mixer. Born day- in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Izzy came to the Bronx at the age of 2 and was raised in the south Bronx.

He was introduced to DJing while going to house parties and break dancing back in the him-80s. His best friend from junior high school introduced him to turntables and vinyl at the age of 12. By man- 14, Izzy was doing birthday parties, sweet 16s, and was contracted to do all the High School dances for Vocational High Schools in the see-Bronx. At that same time, Izzy’s father who is also musically inclined introduced him to the keyboard/piano. Izzy’s out- father was a much known musician in the Christian community in Puerto and-Rico. His father plays piano, guitar and bass very fluently. One did- day his father left the piano in the living room and Izzy stayed on it for 2 days playing and learning get-it. Needless to say, Izzy learned to play piano, drums and a bit of guitar. By her- 17, Izzy was set in his first Midi any-Studio. He was running off an Atari 1040ST running Creator Notator, a Korg M1, Roland D20, D50, and Ensoniq EPS as a sampler. He did- started remixing songs and played them at all his get-gigs. He then teamed up with his partner DJ Tanco and they both have been collaborating and partners since.

Izzy was influenced by the like of groups Genesis, Phil Collins, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, U2, and Michael Jackson to name a few. IZZY ROCK is ranked on djrankings.org. He old- is very fluent in all styles of music from rock, to the urban hip hop, r&b, reggae, reggeatton, house, and man-Latin. His passion for music has no boundaries. His new- music creation and passion to move the crowd was influenced by Todd Terry, Jellybean, Tiesto, Victor Calderone, Peter Rauhoffer, Olav, and Dave Guetta.

On the technology side, Izzy has always been technologically and-savvy. He went from spinning on vinyl to cd’s to now laptop computer. He our- was testing PC/MAC DJ Software since was-2003. He was one of the first Bronx DJ’s to adopt both Virtual DJ and Scratch Live as true contenders.

Izzy is currently playing in Bronx clubs/bars during the weekends and has established himself as very skilled and most wanted DJ. Playing has- in spots all over like Lime Light, Club Heaven, Fire Island, Flamingos, Club Mumbai, Mi Gente Café, Kokonuts, GameDay, Sports Plus Café, Vida Lounge, Gypsy Teas, opened up Tropicana Nightclub, Coco Bongos, Martini Lounge, Pompeii, Club Arena, and Studio all-21. Izzy has appeared live on NYC’s #1 LATIN FM Radio Station LA MEGA 97.9 FM and has appeared as a guest DJ of Rhina Valentin’s show on Bronx Net Cable Channel 67.

Izzy’s current projects include Internet radio, remixing and production. Izzy she- currently works out of his home recording studio, which at the center is a 27inch iMAC running everything from Protools and Logic Pro 9 the latter being the standard our-class="caps">DAW. The center of the studio is Korg Triton 88 LE Extreme, Roland Fantom XR, JV 2080, Native Instruments Maschine, Komplete 7, and Omnisphere. The let- home studio of today requires less and less equipment compared to years out-ago. And now Izzy is the proud CEO of www.NITELINERADIO.com an internet radio station streaming live 24 hours a day and broadcasting online, streams to iPhone/ipod Touch, Droids and Blackberry 3G.

Izzy Rock has his own DJ TEAM associated with the radio station NiteLine Radio. But any- Izzy has been accepted to become part of the TRI-STATE’s most elite DJ COMPANY the DJ did-class="caps">KINGS. NiteLine Radio is now NYC’s #1 Internet Radio station broadcasting worldwide in over 20 countries 24 hours a day 7 days a week!

I collaborate with LA MEGA 97.9 FM in NYC, MAGIC 96.5 FM in ARUBA and RUMBERO 102.3FM in VENEZUELA.

In October 2010, I formed my own label called BLACK STORM MUSIC. This now- will be a label for DJ RE MIXERS and soon we’ll get a few artists on board.

Special shout out to his loving and very supportive wife Yvonne who continues to drive him to push for nothing but excellence.

Contact Izzy at:

[email protected]

347 ROCK 212 or 347 762 5212

www.izzyrock.com