Clazziquai Project! Korean Most Loved Electronica Band

Clazziquai Project [클래지콰이 프로젝트]

Years of Activity:  2004-present

Members:
DJ Clazzi (Kim Seong-Hoon [김성훈]) - Mixing, producing
Alex (Alexander Hyeon-Gon Chu [추현곤]) - Vocal
Horan (Choi Su-Jin [최수진]) - Vocal
Christina (Christina Yeong-Ju Chu [추영주]) - Vocal (regularly featuring guest)

Discography:

Regular Albums

Instant Pig (2004)
Color Your Soul (2005)
Love Child of the Century (2007)
Mucho Punk (2009)

Special Albums

Remix - Pinch Your Soul (2006)
Robotica (2007)
Metrotronics Original Soundtrack (2008)
Remix - Mucho Beat (2009)

In 15 Words or Less:  World-Class electronica band who made the genre mainstream.

Representative Song:  Futuristic, from Instant Pig

Futuristic

We are in virtual loving time

And I am thinking what a mess

All I want from you baby is just a little dance

I know the world we're living in

All these things we do

You want me I want you 

You hold me you love me

Now now let me out 

I want to take you in my arms I want to feel

Now you dance with me 

Come to meet my arms

Now I set you free 

I want to look in to your eyes to see the magic

Now now come on out 

Futuristic dance yeah

We are in virtual loving time 

We are moving and moving and moving

And the future will make me into a fusion girl

I know the world we are living in

All these things we do

You want me I want you 

You hold me you love me

Now now let me out 

I want to take you in my arms I want to feel

Now you dance with me 

Come to meet my arms

Now I set you free 

I want to look in to your eyes to see the magic

Now now come on out 

Futuristic dance yeah

All this time our love is 

Making you and I

Your kiss and your breath 

Turn me on turn me on... now

Now now let me out 

I want to take you in my arms I want to feel

Now you dance with me 

Come to meet my arms

Now I set you free 

I want to look in to your eyes to see the magic

Now now come on out 

Futuristic dance yea

(Dancing for your love)

Why is that this band important?

Even while not respect to its music, the way within which Clazziquai elevated to its current form is critical in and of itself. In 2000 once smuggled transfer of mp3 (a new technology at the time) was decimating the music market, DJ Clazzi opened an easy website that failed to have a lot of aside from his music, that may well be freely shared. Of course, DJ Clazzi wasn't initial to line up such an internet site -- however, he has seemingly been that the first K-pop creative person UN agency really became no-hit that approach. The sophistication that he had shown on the free samples on his website was quite enough to lure many massive label executives of Korea to create a visit dead set Canada. (Kim Seong-Hoon, a.k.a. DJ Clazzi, could be a Korean-Canadian UN agency immigrated through out his highschool years.) By the time the band's initial album was free at 2004, the grassroots support for the band was sturdy enough to beat the overall depression within the music recordings market. In short, Clazziquai embodies the new model of inventive success within the net era, within which talent merely wins get into the democratized field.

And what talent that was. Techno/electronica in Korea could moreover be divided into 2 eras -- pre-Clazziquai, and post-Clazziquai. Electronica created the occasional look in K-pop previous to Clazziquai, however, it had been ne'er pursued for the sake of itself. Instead, it had been primarily a ploy for a vocalist to convey one thing totally different merely for the sake of conveyance one thing different. K-pop "musicians" cheaply purchased electronica to boost their tired repertoire, and cast it away even as cheaply. Clazziquai is that the initial band that seriously pursued techno/electronica as an Associate in Nursing objective instead of mistreatment it as a tool. It's too bad that K-pop had to attend till 2004 to possess a band like Clazziquai, however the standard of Clazziquai's music was well worth the wait. Clazziquai -- like Jamiroquai to that its name pays deference -- has perpetually pursued music that was relaxed however groovy. Its music is calm, however complicated. Its rhythmical  while not being intrusive. It will be licitly thought-about a first band.

But for the aim of this list, Clazziquai's crowning action isn't merely that they created high-quality music, however, that they created high-quality music accessible, and even widespread, among regular Koreans. For all of its inventive deserves, Clazziquai ne'er developed the proud (and ultimately toxic) perspective that their music was too sensible for the lots, just like the approach sure different gifted members of K-pop pantheon did. whereas ne'er sacrificing quality, Clazziquai however created their music (and themselves) simply accessible to Korean public. creating a mean Korean music fan to possess higher appreciation for newer and a lot of subtle music may be the best bequest that Clazziquai can leave behind, even once their already-promising career involves a grand conclusion.

Interesting Trivia:

- DJ Clazzi's music education served as a wonderful foundation for his later career as a fusion musician. As a child, he learned musical style from his mother. Once immigrated to Canada, he compete piano within the faculty dance orchestra, and majored in jazz and music technology in his faculty years.

- Alex and Christina square measure siblings.

- Metrotronics was a sound recording created specifically for a DJ liquid ecstasy moveable two, a music game for PSP.