Teeth
Helsinki based Matti Pentikäinen, who records as Teeth, has been actively recording for quite some time firstly as a leftfield rapper (It should be noted quickly his language skills also led to him translating Saul Williams, Jeff Chang and Gary Steyngart into Finnish). His poem book Techno infected album Aavaavaa released on Finnish imprint Katusea in 2005 saw him collaborate with Vladislav Delay, Samuli Kosiminen and others.
However since 2009 he’s taken a new direction with the Funky / Dubstep / Garage project Teeth which captured a lot of attention in 2011, firstly with the Shawty EP on 502 Recordings in May (featuring a remix from Falty DL), then the Cnt EP on Finnish Noppa Recordings in June and then two 10”s on the much-respected Ramp label (also home to acts like Zomby) in September. Those two 10”s - Swarm / Shift / Sequence / Spawn Part One and Part Two described as being “somewhere between early DMZ & Source Direct” helped bring him more international acclaim and led to him performing at Rinse, Boiler Room, the 6th birthday of DMZ and Unsound in Kraków this past October.
Now this mysterious Finn makes his US debut with a special live set.
