Kper

Kper is the moniker of journalist and overall geek Laurent Fintoni. Under his real name he has been writing, editing and doing various other interesting/nerdy (delete as appropriate) things with words and sounds online and in the real world since 2002.

These interesting/nerdy things include creating and running the Spin Science online resource, presenting, co-running, masterminding and programming the Turntable Radio and Rhythm Incursions podcasts, writing about music and other things for magazines and sites worldwide (including ukhh. com, Serie B (Spain), ATM (UK), Japanzine (Japan), Shook (UK), and more) and founding and co-running the Original Cultures project, a non-profit cultural exchange platform.

Under the moniker Kper he plays records which he thinks shouldn’t be gathering dust in his room. When he lived in London between 97 and 2007 he held a few residencies, most notably at the Dragon Bar in Old St where alongside MC Chu-I he ran the open mic sessions Sunday Cypher between 04 and 06. There he played beats and more alongside 2tall for resident MCs Chu-I and Asif and guests. Together they played at the Lovebox festival in 2006, and did a few other one off specials at various venues around London.

After moving to Tokyo in January 07, Kper has regularly appeared at the Back To Chill night, hosted by Goth Trad and the BTC crew, Tokyo’s only monthly dubstep dance. The link came from hosting a special guest set from Goth Trad at the Sunday Cypher when the man visited London in 2006.