Camo & Krooked

Camo & Krooked
Camo & Krooked official press pic 2017
Background information
Also known as	Masai, Chrome
Origin	Vienna, Austria
Genres	Drum and bass, drumstep, dubstep, electro, house, funk, minimal
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Mosaik Records, RAM Records, Hospital Records, Mainframe Recordings, Beta Recordings, Viper Recordings, Breakbeat Kaos, AudioPorn Records
Associated acts	Future Prophecies, Body & Soul, Phetsta, Shock One, John B, DJ Fresh, Netsky, Pat Fulgoni, Tali, Professor Green, Friction, Dynamite MC, TC, Futurebound, Jenna G, Shaz Sparks, Ayah Marar, Ian Shaw, Metrik, Lemâitre
Website	www.camoandkrooked.com
Members	Reinhard Rietsch Markus Wagner

Camo & Krooked are an electronic music producer/artist duo from Vienna, Austria with their musical roots embedded in drum and bass, consisting of Reinhard "Camo" Rietsch (born 12 November 1983 in Salzburg) and Markus "Krooked" Wagner (born 31 July 1989 in Lilienfeld).

Both Rietsch and Wagner have been producing music since 2002. They met at one of Rietsch's gigs and collaborated to form Camo & Krooked in 2007. Their first collaboration was the track "Play It" from Camo's 2007 single Drop It.

The duo has been releasing songs on various labels throughout 2008 to 2010, including Future Prophecies's Berzerk and Body & Soul's Nasca. More frequently, they've released multiple singles through fellow Austrian drum and bass producer and promoter DisasZt's label Mainframe Recordings. On 12 February 2010, the duo had released their debut studio album Above & Beyond through the label. The fourteen-track album includes a Mainframe Recordings compilation mix composed by DJ DisasZt himself. Camo & Krooked had then released the Edge of Mind EP on John B's label Beta Recordings ten days later. It had received DJ support from many of the biggest names in drum and bass, including Pendulum, Grooverider, DJ Fresh, Adam F, London Elektricity, Matrix & Futurebound, Shimon, Concord Dawn, and DJ SS.

Due to Camo & Krooked's success with Above & Beyond, they won Best Newcomer DJs at the 2010 Drum & Bass Arena Awards, and put out two mixes for BBC Radio 1's Annie Nightingale, Fabio & Grooverider. Grooverider later quoted that Camo & Krooked are "one of the biggest talents in Drum & Bass". Both of these mixes bring to the table Camo & Krooked's usual varying subgenres of drum and bass. They have released successful remixes of drum and bass tracks such as Future Prophecies's "September", John B's "Numbers" and DJ Fresh's "Talkbox". They have also produced remixes for songs by English rapper Professor Green twice: one for "Just Be Good to Green" and another for "Monster". The latter remix was their first venture into the realms of dubstep, a new genre for them.