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8eight The Bridge

Mixed trio, 8eight, returned to the music scene with a completely different concept for their title track ‘Validity Period’ going with a synthesized electro beat. Unfortunately, some Korean fans weren’t very fond of the change in the vocal group, so the group went back to the studio to make ‘The End Is Coming’, written by Bang Si Hyuk who also wrote their hit, Empty Heart for their mini album The Bridge.

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Clazziquai Mucho Punk

Classical jazz,funk and group Clazziquai went on a short break for Alex to release his solo album ‘My Vintage Romance’ and Horan to join project group Ilbadi and release Never Ending Story. The group came back together in 2009 to produce Mucho Punk.

I have been listening to this group every since I first heard Romeo and Juliet on We Got Married. Mucho Punk kept that techno fun that Clazziquai is known for and took it to a more modern level. Continue reading Clazziquai Mucho Punk

Big Bang Since 2007

Remember when Big Bang and DBSK were the dominating groups in K-pop? The good ol’ days without autotune and people actually singing. Anyways, I like the original R&B sound that Big Bang had like with this album instead of their latest Japanese singles that are pretty much an autotune fest.

Big Bang debuted with ‘Since 2007’ , a album with heavy R&B influences. It was mostly written by G-Dragon, but he also had some help from the other members. The album was released December 2006. It sold 110,408 copies and reached the number 1 spot on the weekly charts. Continue reading Big Bang Since 2007

Perfume – Nee/ねぇ

01. ねぇ (Hey)
02. FAKE IT

They can sing without the auto-tune yet they use it. Perfume is known as a Techno-pop 3 member group in Japan and quite successful. There’s something about Perfume and their strange attempt since debut to use autotune in their songs that actually is quite successful and makes me go back to the J-Pop scene.

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Clazziquai Color Your Soul

Clazziquai is a acid jazz,house, electronica, easy listening band that have fresh beats from DJ Clazi along with smooth vocals from male lead Alex Chu and female lead Horan Choi.

Be My Love” and “She Is“, were featured in the Korean hit television drama, My Lovely Samsoon. Clazziquai’s second album, Color Your Soul, charted #3 in the Kyobo Hot track list, as well as #5 in the Hanter Album chart list.Released September 22,2005. Continue reading Clazziquai Color Your Soul

Xiao Yu Classmate Xiao Yu,That’s Me

Yay! First Taiwanese artist on the site, the adorable R&B singer Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu is like a super artist. He can rap, sing, writes for other artists and he’s good looking. In 2003, he was studying while he joined a production team and worked on vocal arrangements, backing vocals and rap for artistes like: Andy Hui, Elva Hsu, Awaking, Alex Toh, Vivian Hsu, Vicki Zhao, Kenji Wu, Nicholas Tse, Twins, i.n.g, Joey Yung, Jiang Mei Qi, Danson Tang etc.

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