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Infekto (Riku Pentti) has been the brokenbeats
pioneer in Finland since 1994. Co-founder of the first finnish
breakbeat/hip hop label Pyssy and half of the chart topping
hip hop/beats producer duo Skillsters he has now been hired
to produce and be a part of the live act of Bomfunk MCs - Finlands
biggest dance music export.
Though a key player in the Helsinki scene, he is based further north in Tampere, another hotbed of Finnish music, home of house act U&K among others.
Many Finnish hip hop acts have hired Infekto's avantgarde scratching skills. He
is also the founder of the eclectic breakbeat club Beatformers
now stronger than ever in its 6th year. As his infulences he
always mentions Spede (Finnish comedian/inventor), Chevy Chase
& Biz markie. His most powerful inspiration though must
still be crosscountry skiing in the cold dark woods of Finland.
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Infekto's tunes and DJ sets combine the whole
spectrum of broken beats from funk to hip hop to nu breaks to
drum& bass not forgetting the raw ol' skool hardcore sound
of 92' and a touch of jazz. His first release on 925 "Left hand
Jazz" got rave reviews from some of the biggest names in the
business: Roni Size 5/5, "buy it Now" Knowledge magazine; appeared
on Gilles Peterson comp; on cover of a Muzik magazine. etc.
And that was just opening the flood gates. What followed was
wide variety of breakbeat mayhem and critical acclaim on such
UK labels as Passenger and Hospital contenuing to this day.
Infekto's dare we say it, 'infectious', breakbeat bootegs on the unofficial "medcab"
label ("Me Myself and I", "Infekto's Message" and "Warzone")
have been among the most creative and enjoyable unofficial breaks
mixes of the past year, gaining support from all the A league
breaks DJs.
Infekto's party breaks mayhem track "Bring it" appears
on Heavy Disco's "Helsinki Breaks Out EP", with further releases
on the label scheduled for later in 2004.
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Discography
Fat beat detector : Mad killers at large E.P (Pyssy, 1997)
// Infekto : Left hand Jazz (nine2five, 2002) // Infekto
:Burner (Passenger, 2003) // Infekto :Original Black Magic
(nin2five 2003) // Infekto :Bystander (Passenger,2003)
// Infekto :Burner (Passenger, 2003) // Infekto :My Groove
(Hospital, 2003) // Infekto :Miami Treble (Passenger 2004)
// Bootleg : Me, myself and Infekto (medcab 2004) // Bootleg
:Infekto's message (medcab 2004) // Upcoming: Debut album
: Future Primitive (nine2five, 2004)// 12" :Flashlighter
(as Rico Tubbs, Menu,2004) // Circuit breaker & Decart:Supa
remix (Release 2004) // Infekto :Bring It / Helsinki Breaks
Out EP (Heavy Disco 2004) // Infekto vs Ded Prez :Warzone
(Medcab 2004)
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