About

INFINITY16

Overview

INFINITY16 (stylized from Infinity 16) is a reggae sound system from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. They debuted as a major label artist in 2008. Their most successful songs include "Dream Lover" (a collaboration with Shōnan no Kaze, Minmi and Moomin) and "Tsutaetai Koto ga Konna Aru noni" (with Wakadanna from Shōnan no Kaze and Jay'ed).

Career

Tela-C started the project in 1994, and Decem joined the following year. In 1998 the members stayed overseas in places such as New York City and Jamaica, and in 2002 they began focusing on music properly. The group played at many clubs across Japan and in 2004 won Club Citta's Sound Clash Tournament in Kawasaki.

Between 2005 and 2007 they released six albums independently. In March 2007 they won at the World Reggae Soundclash in Brooklyn, New York, in the International Cup-Garrison Showdown category. In 2007 they debuted under the major label Far Eastern Tribe Records with the single "Dream Land" (with Shōnan no Kaze, Minmi and Moomin), and at the same time Decem left the project.

Members

The current member is TELA-C (real name Tatsuo Terashima, from Yokohama, MC/selector). Former members are SHOCK EYE and Wakadanna (both left in 2000 and now with Shōnan no Kaze) and DECEM (a member from 1995 to 2007, now a selector with YARD BEAT as DESEM).

Featured works and recent activity

INFINITY16 appeared on Shōnan no Kaze's "Shōnan no Kaze: Raga Parade" (2004), MUNEHIRO's "Up and Coming" (2006), TRF's "Samui Yoru dakara…" (2011) and a remix of Keiko Utoku's "Revolution" (2017).

Releases include the album "Lover’s Remixez" (2013), the single "大仕事" (2014), the album "Single Collection" (2015) and the album "無限十六 -16 BANG BANG-" (2017). They then issued a series of "welcomez" singles with artists such as J-REXXX & EEK-A-MOUSE, Kantaro, ADACHIMAN, GOTCH, OGU & MAKA and TAK-Z. In 2023 they released "一歩前へ", "Happy Happy (feat. WARSAN)" and "ドロだらけのスニーカー (feat. 横川翔)".