Yuri Obukhov (born as "lurii Vladislavovich Obukov"), better known as Inkie, is a Russian beatboxer and looper.
History[]
Inkie started beatboxing in 2006 after watching a video of RoxorLoops performing at the French Beatbox Championship 2016.[1] He started looping after being inspired by Beardyman and receiving an RC-505 in November 2014.[2] In Loopstation battles, he used a Line 6 Helix as a second device. Inkie works for the Swissbeatbox team and has uploaded many tutorials on how to use complex second devices.
Achievements[]
2023[]
- Top 4 (Loopstation) - Beatland Beatbox Battle 2023
2019[]
- 2nd Place (Loopstation) – Multiverse Beatbox Battle 2019
- 3rd Place (Loopstation) – Grand Beatbox Battle 2019
2018[]
- 2nd Place (Loopstation) – 5th Beatbox Battle World Championship
- Top 8 (Loopstation) – Grand Beatbox Battle 2018
2017[]
- 1st Place (Loopstation) – Russian Beatbox Championship 2017
2016[]
- 3rd Place (Solo) – Russian Beatbox Championship 2016
Trivia[]
- Inkie's name originates from his childhood love of drawing with ink.[2]
- Inkie created two albums, one Keep it Strange and the other, using only 6 sounds, Voisource.
- Inkie is credited one for the many reasons that the Producer category was added to GBB, as in GBB 2019, he was disqualified for using the Line 6 Helix.
Gallery[]
Inkie performing at GBB 2019.
Inkie performing judge showcase at GBB 2021.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.humanbeatbox.com/beatboxers/inkie/ Accessed November 15, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBgL8wEiN9E Accessed November 3, 2020.