Denki Grove performing live in Japan (2011)Background informationOrigin,Genres,Years active1989–presentLabelsWebsiteMembersPast membersJun KitagawaWakaōji MimioKouji TakahashiDenki Groove ( 電気グルーヴ, Denki Gurūvu, 'Electric Groove') is a group founded in 1989. Influenced by and, Denki Groove is a part of 's sublabel. Current members are. Former members are and Jun Kitagawa.Their works are particularly popular in, where a handful of singles as well as solo releases from Ishino have been published, and Denki Groove is regularly booked for live performances and DJ sets for the festival.
Oct 22, 2015 アルバム「20」リリース時のトーク.
The duo performed in front of 15,000 people on the Green Stage (mainstage) at the 2006 in,. Contents.History Early works have a focus more on pop sensibilities, with a mixture of hip hop and breakbeat. With later releases the style evolved through several types of electronic dance music, though often with many asides in unrelated genres. Recent work has largely been composed of German-style techno. The group's lyrics are often tongue-in-cheek and sometimes quite bizarre. One of their biggest hits was ', which peaked at number 10 on the Weekly Singles Charts in 1997.
After their 2000 album Voxxx, the band went on hiatus, but during the break released the best-of album Singles and Strikes and collaborated with on the singles 'Twilight' and 'Saint Ojisan' ( 聖☆おじさん, Seinto Ojisan) that were included on an album that the groups released in 2005. Their popularity had a resurgence in 2006 when their 1995 single 'Niji' ( 虹, 'Rainbow') was featured in the final episode of; former member Jun Kitagawa had previously collaborated with Eureka Seven 's main writer on the soundtrack of. The following year they began recording new material, such as their new single 'Shonen Young' ( 少年ヤング, Shōnen Yangu), the first new single in eight years, and 'Mononoke Dance' ( モノノケダンス, Mononoke Dansu) as the theme song for Hakaba Kitaro, the 2008 adaptation of the manga by the same name, popularized as. Both would be included on their 2008 album J-Pop, which was followed by single 'The Words' and Yellow later that same year. The year 2009 saw the release of 20, an album commemorating their 20th anniversary. In 2011, they released a new best-of album Denki Groove Golden Hits: Due to Contract and in 2012 and 2013 released new singles 'Shameful' and 'Missing Beatz' which were used to promote the 2013 album Human Beings and Animals.On March 13, 2019. Pierre Taki was arrested for cocaine possession.
Soon afterwards, Sony Music Japan removed worldwide all videos and digital tracks from streaming services and halted re-stocking of physical product in response. Band members Current members. vocals, sampling (1989–present). vocals, sampling (1989–present)Former members. Wakaōji Mimio - guitar (1989-1990). Kouji Takahashi - programming (1989-1990).
Jun Kitagawa a.k.a. CMJK - sequencer, DJ (1990-1991).
programming (1991-1999)Discography Albums. 662 BPM by DG (June 26, 1990). Flash Papa (April 10, 1991). U.F.O. (November 21, 1991).
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