Being a fan of acid/electro jazz, I was digging the net for more asian jazz bands when i came upon Clazziquai Project back in 2005, with their first album Instant Pig. Do not let the quirky album name fool you into giving their music a miss. The band is one of the freshest (at that time) Korean electro jazz band I've ever heard.
I was wondering, how did I ever miss this? They are not the usual love ballad crooners for those stupid-ass sappy korean dramas. The music are a mix-match of electro, bossa and acid jazz, some of their songs are in english (their pronounciation is fucked, but you can overlook that cos' they make good music) and I've never heard of a Korean jazz band this good. The band consist of DJ Clazzi, Cristina and Alex initially, but Cristina was later replaced by cutie Horan who sound just as hot with the vocals. Their music is used for several dramas and movies. So far, they have released 3 albums and several remixes that are extremely good save for the remixes. Furthermore, they are so popular in their homeland, they even have PSP rhythm games made with their tracks ala' Guitar Heroes.
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