Vinroc aka Vincent Punsalan, started his career in music at the age
of 10. He discovered his passion for music through djing. Growing up
across the river from Manhattan in Jersey City, he was influenced by
the melting pot of music that New York city had to offer. Hip Hop,
House, Reggae Dancehall and everything else in between, A former two
time world champion Dj - 97-98 ITF Advancements and a producer, Dj Vinroc relocated to the west coast in 1997 to the Bay Area.
Based on the west coast He began working with and performing with some of the most celebrated djs in
the music industry: tour dates alongside Dj Z-trip, The Beat Junkies,
Kid Kapri, Dj Qbert and Mix Master Mike just to name a few. He has
even had the privelage to speak on a dj panel at a hip hop summit with
the late Jam Master Jay and flanked by Africa Bambaataa! He has also
been featured in numerous publications including urb magazine, the
Source, XXL, the cover of Dj times, and rolling stones throughout his
career.
Vinroc represents two Dj super groups on each coast:5th Platoon from
New York City and the Triple Threat Djs from the Bay Area, whose
member include celebrated Mixtape Dj Neil Armstrong as well as Former
ISP member DJ Shortkut .
Currently Vinroc is focusing on music production and has had the
privelage to do remixes and music for Talib Kweli , Black Thought of
the Roots, Bay area soul siren Goapale, and Souls of Mischief. True to
the Bay area's independent musical spirit, Vinroc runs his own
distribution and promotion of his own projects all available at
www.bsiderecordshop.com and numerous other locations.
Vinroc's current projects include a instrumental Album called
"Ethni-Cali: Music inspired by California", as well as new music from
various artists that he works with . He works out of a studio In
Oakland not far from his somewhere in the East Bay Hills.