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shibuya-kei is a microgenre of pop music or a general aesthetic that flourished in Japan in the mid-to late 1990s. The music genre is distinguished by a "cut-and-paste" approach that was inspired by the kitsch, fusion, and artifice from certain music style ...

duo formed by Tomonori Hayashibe and Takeshi Wakiya. The frenetic sound of their first album '' FAKEVOX'' (2000) is driven by rudimentary synthesized sounds and heavily manipulated samples from a variety of sources, including

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, light music, MOR, and funk recordings ranging from the late-50s to the mid-70s. Junko Kamada provides vocals throughout the album. Their second album, ''CARTOOOM!'', was released in 2004. Junko Kamada is conspicuously absent, having parted ways with the band. Instead, sampled vocals and a variety of guest singers are used. They created a side project with the vocalist Tomomi Matsuda called Tropico Q in 2010. The group did covers of classic rock songs.

Notable appearances

They have been featured in

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and

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commercials in the United Kingdom, using the song "early RISER". They also appeared on

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's '' Adam and Joe Go Tokyo'' and for '' The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More...''. One of their songs, including ''Baby P'' was featured on '' Pop'n Music 14 FEVER''. They also wrote and recorded the theme tune for ''

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'', which is similar to that of "early RISER". Their song "TEST ROOM" was featured in ''

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'' in 2007.

Discography

*'' FAKEVOX'' (2000) *''CARTOOOM!'' (2004)

External links

Official PSB website

their label's website, STUBBIE RECORDS

Official HearJapan Page

Side Project Tropico Q
Japanese rock music groups Shibuya-kei musicians Musical groups from Shibuya {{Japan-band-stub