I’m in love again (with fusion group Clazziquai)
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Clazziquai (클래지콰이) are a fusion group, blending together aspects of acid jazz, electronic, house and groove to create something very unique and very catchy. They have the sort of sound that’s very easy to love or hate, but whether you love it or hate it or are feeling pretty neutral about it it is still quite a breath of fresh air when compared to all the standard pop/dance/R&B styles floating around.
I find that Clazziquai is pretty good “chill out music”. It’s the sort of stuff you can have on in the background while you’re doing other things, and it won’t be in your face and distracting you. That’s not to say it’ll put you to sleep - it won’t, because it’s definitely very upbeat music.
Clazziquai was formed by DJ Clazzi, who was then joined by Korean-Canadian brother/sister vocal team Alex and Christina. Christina was soon unable to participate fully in Clazziquai as she was working in Canada, at which point 호란 (Horan) took over her place.
Clazziquai’s first releases were in the form of three digital mini-albums, followed by their first album Instant Pig in 2004. Over the past five years they have released several Korean albums and remix albums, as well as some Japanese releases.
One of my favourite songs of theirs is Flea, and the MV for it is one that I find very, very cool. It’s weird and kind of creepy, and I absolutely love it:
More recently, they released their latest album MUCHO PUNK last month. The main single from MUCHO PUNK is the song Love Again. I really enjoyed this song. Check out the MV:
Posted by Taliana in Korean Music |
August 6th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
I’ve been a fan for about a year and I absolutely love them. they have perfected their craft and are incredibly talented musicians. I’m amazed at they’re range of abilities, styles, and genres. All in all, I’m always pleasantly surprised by them
August 9th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
I found you through koreanadoptees.com ! I love reading your posts. I can relate in so many ways! I just had a chance to check out your site…sites! I love it!!! I have some Korean music on my site as well. I share the same interest in your music selections..I need to go check these out! Some that I really like are SolFlower and Rollercoaster..check them out if you don’t know them already. I am sorry, I am a korean american adoptee who was adopted around 7years old. I recently started a site myself to share my stories, thoughts, and dreams and to reach out to other adoptees and whomever that share same interest and thoughts! Hope you can come check it out! The address is http://homeiswithin.blogspot.com
from KyungMee
August 22nd, 2009 at 6:30 pm
I’ll grant you that the first video, Flea, is a strange, interesting video, and not a bad song to boot. But the second song sounds like pretty standard pop to me, and the video goes along with that; I think the amount of skin bared in that video should put to rest any doubts about where they’re going with the new album.
But maybe the album is different, and this single is just the obligatory pop offering to draw in the crowds.