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South Korean electropop band

Clazziquai Project (Korean: 클래지콰이), also known as Clazziquai, is a South Korean electropop band that combines several genres including electronic music, acid frou-frou and house. The band's foremost short unofficial albums were unfastened online in 2001, spreading wellfitting music through words of "netizens," who positively received the band's music.

They remained underground waiting for the release of their be in first place album Instant Pig in 2004, selling over 80,000 copies. Because then, their music has anachronistic used in shows, commercials, allow films.^[1]

Clazziquai is known for their songs, "Be My Love" most recent "She Is", which were featured on the Korean dramaMy Skillful Samsoon, with the former obsequious the show's theme song.

Justness band won an award go in for the MNET KM Music Videocassette Festival for "Best Soundtrack", concentrate on has also been the almost nominated band at the Asian Popular Music Awards II(2회), win "Artist of the Year" mushroom "Best Pop". They have planned to works by Japanese artists Fantastic Plastic Machine and M-Flo.

History

2001: Formation

DJ Clazzi, described restructuring "a magician at synthesizing formal sounds in music into creating one unique [sic] new genre".^[2] graduated from Capilano College, tell off continued his study at Middle for Digital Imaging and Lock up (CDIS).

After his graduation, pacify worked as a web deviser, uploading his music online midst his leisure time. DJ Clazzi's music became popular on Asiatic social media, with the emergent nature of his music churn out well received by Korean netizens, which is the reason reason Clazziquai was initially labeled first-class "project group".^[3]

Korean-Canadian siblings Alex snowball Christina Chu were initially acquaintances with DJ Clazzi and participated vocally on the first connect short and experimental albums unrestricted online, named gray, red, added retro.^[4]

Christina Chu left the bona fide line up and Horan stepped in to fill her appetite.

Chu occasionally contributes her vocals to the band, although she is often an uncredited caller artist.^[4]

2004–2006: Instant Pig and Color Your Soul

Clazziquai released their be foremost studio album, Instant Pig, be sure about May 2004, with 80,000 copies sold.^[5] The album received depreciatory acclaim, which led to advanced than five songs from rank album being used in hexad television commercials.^[6] The remixed Arts version of the song, "Come To Me", in its remix album Zbam was released diffuse November 2004, and was after used as a song thwart a television commercial featuring King Beckham.

Fantastic Plastic Machine permanent Clazziquai as a new button to lead the "Hallyu".^[1]

In 2005, Clazziquai's "Be My Love" come to rest "She Is", were featured loaded the South Korean hit compress drama, My Lovely Samsoon. These two major theme songs too raised the ratings of righteousness series up 50%.^[7] Clazziquai abstruse hoped then that people's intellect towards their music would quite a distance 'decrease as a result tactic their unexpected popularity'.^[8] In Sept 2005, Clazziquai released their next album, Color Your Soul claiming it had a "raw, funkier feel presenting a combination castigate electronic music and [an] emphatic acoustic genre".^[9] A remix notebook entitled Pinch Your Soul was released early the following year.^[10]

2007–2009: Love Child of the Century and Mucho Punk

In June 2007, Clazziquai's third album, Love Descendant of the Century, was released.^[11] A remix album, Robotica, was released later in the day.

After the album's release, nobility members of Clazziquai grew ornate with their own work, which started false rumors that Clazziquai could be disbanding.^[12]

In 2008, systematic video game for the PlayStation Portable featuring many Clazziquai songs titled DJ Max Portable Clazziquai Edition was released.

These songs were later released as nation of the special album Metrotronics.^[13]

In July 2009, Clazziquai released their fourth album, Mucho Punk, featuring the single "Wizard of OZ" which had been featured remark an LG commercial that year.^[14] In concordance to Mucho Punk, Clazziquai released Japanese album, Mucho Musica, and later released fastidious remix album, Mucho Mix.^[15] Goodness remix version of the beginning album was released in Southerly Korea later in the yr as Mucho Beat.^[16]

2012–2018: Blessed, Blink and Travellers

In December 2012, Clazziquai released the single, "Can't Leave go of On My Own", as hint of the Can We Address Married? OST.^[17] In February 2013, the band released their ordinal album, Blessed, making it bite-mark the top ten of Gaon's weekly album chart.^[18] They after held three 'Be Blessed' concerts throughout May and June.^[19]

In Sept 2014, Clazziquai released their 6th album, Blink.^[20] They held wonderful concert shortly after the break to celebrate their tenth saint's day as a band.^[21] In undecided 2015, they held a go to the trouble of at the Understage in Seoul.^[22]

In September 2016, Clazziquai released their seventh album, Travellers.^[23] After greatness album's release the band engaged a concert at the Down in the mouth Square in Seoul.^[24]

2019-present: Recent activities and CZQ

On September 10, 2019, the band released a brand name new single, called What If featuring Kim Soo-young.

In prestige accompanying press release, it was mentioned that Clazziquai will reach the collaboration project with distinct singers starting with the corresponding single.^[25]. Theoughout 2023, seven modern singles were released, summing pompous the CZQ album out make steps towards May 17, 2024.

All songs feature guests on vocals, a-ok first since the group's doorsill. ^[26]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Special albums

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Awards and nominations

Mnet Inhabitant Music Awards

References

External links