Tokimonsta

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Tokimonsta (often stylized as TOKiMONSTA, real Jennifer Lee) is an American producer of hip-hop and electronic music . In addition to her own productions, she is also known for numerous collaborations and remixes. She released her albums on the Brainfeeder and Ultra Records labels .

Life and career

Jennifer Lee grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles and first learned to play classical piano. At the age of eleven, she bought her first hip-hop album, Coolios Gangsta’s Paradise, and discovered the genre for herself. With a Roland SP-404 and Fruity Loops , she finally began to produce her own music. According to her own statements, she felt drawn to instrumental music because in hip-hop the sound of the verse was always more important to her than the text. Lee names DJ Krush , J Dilla , RZA , Dr. Dre and DJ Shadow . She had her first successes as a producer in Europe, where her music was first played on the BBC and she finally went on a self-organized tour. In 2009 she released her EP Cosmic Intoxication on the London label Ramp Recording .

During her student days, Lee took part in a monthly open mic in Los Angeles , where she finally met Flying Lotus , who she signed for his label Brainfeeder. Together with producers such as Teebs , Daedelus and The Gaslamp Killer , she played an important role in the up-and-coming scene in her hometown. She chose the stage name Tokimonsta based on "Toki", the Korean word for "rabbit". Since she did not want to be fetishized, she had initially tried to keep her gender and Korean origin a secret, but this did not succeed due to her online presence.

In addition to her solo projects, Tokimonsta worked with Kool Keith , MNDR and Thirsty Fish , among others . In 2015 she also produced the album You're Invited with the singer Gavin Turek .

She was nominated for a Grammy in 2018 for her album Lune Rouge .

Discography

Albums

  • Midnight Menu (2010)
  • Half Shadows (2013)
  • Desiderium (2014)
  • You're Invited (2015) with Gavin Turek
  • Lune Rouge (2017)

EPs

  • Bedtime Lullabies (2008)
  • Cosmic Intoxication (2009)
  • Creature Dreams (2011)
  • Los Angeles 8/10 (2011) with Mike Gao
  • Boom (2012) with Suzi Analogue as Analogue Monsta

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Christina Li: LA Beatmaker TOKiMONSTA: "People Think I'm Some Cutesy Anime Princess," SF Weekly, June 28, 2012, viewed November 22, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c Biography of Jason Lymangrover on Allmusic , seen Nov. 22, 2015
  3. ↑ Tokimonsta: Draw From the Opposites , LA Record, May 25th 2011, seen on November 22, 2015
  4. ↑ a b c Katie Bain: Tokimonsta Leaves the Nest , LA Weekly, April 4, 2013, viewed Nov. 22, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Tokimonsta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lee, Jennifer (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American producer of hip hop and electronic music
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century