Tokimonsta

TOKiMONSTA
Birth name Jennifer Lee
Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Instrumental hip hop,[1] electronica[2]
Occupation(s) DJ, producer
Years active 2008–present
Labels Ultra Records, Brainfeeder, Ramp Recordings, Young Art Records
Associated acts Analogue Monsta, Suzi Analogue, Flying Lotus, Thirsty Fish
Website www.tokimonsta.com

Jennifer Lee, better known by her stage name Tokimonsta (often styled as TOKiMONSTA), is an American record producer and DJ from Los Angeles, California.[3] She has collaborated with Thirsty Fish,[4] Kool Keith,[5] MNDR.[6] & Anderson Paak. She has also remixed tracks by Andreya Triana,[7] Daedelus,[8] Jodeci,[9] and Justin Timberlake.[10]

Early life

Jennifer Lee grew up in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County.[11] She is of Korean descent.[3] She graduated from University of California, Irvine[12] with a degree in business and later worked for a video game producer.[13][14]

Lee was classically trained as a pianist. She first started working on beats while in college, when she participated in workshops by Leimert Park's Project Blowed and Low End Theory.[14]

Career

Lee was invited to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in London in 2010.[15] She was the first female to sign to Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder label and released her first album, Midnight Menu, in November 2010 on Brainfeeder.[16] She was rated the #1 Hottest Los Angeles Lady DJ by LA Weekly in December 2010.[17]

She released the EP Creature Dreams, also on Brainfeeder, in 2011.[18]

The next year, she released Boom, an 11-track collaborative project with Suzi Analogue as Analogue Monsta.[19]

In 2013, her second album, Half Shadows, was released on Ultra Records.[20] In 2014, she released Desiderium on her own Young Art Records.[21] She returned to the Red Bull Music Academy that same year as an alumni lecturer.[22]

She produced Gavin Turek's You're Invited in 2015 on Young Art Records.[23] On September 9, 2015, she announced on Twitter that her new solo album will be called Fovere and she will be out on tour in support of her new album starting November 9, 2015.[24]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Productions

Remixes

References

  1. ↑ Li, Christina (June 28, 2012). "L.A. Beatmaker TOKiMONSTA: "People Think I'm Some Cutesy Anime Princess"". SF Weekly.
  2. ↑ Wunsch, Jessica (April 9, 2013). "Exclusive: TOKiMONSTA Talks Keeping Up With Boys Before Half Shadows Album Release Party". Vibe.
  3. 1 2 Kakaire, Christine (September 28, 2010). "RA: Breaking through: Tokimonsta - Interview". Resident Advisor.
  4. ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (May 28, 2011). "Thirsty Fish - Watergate". Exclaim!.
  5. ↑ Cooper, Duncan (February 6, 2013). "Video: TOKiMONSTA f. Kool Keith, "The Force"". The Fader.
  6. ↑ Martins, Chris (March 25, 2013). "Watch MNDR and Tokimonsta Hijack a Man's Dreams in 'Go With It’ Video". Spin.
  7. ↑ Fallon, Patric (January 20, 2011). "Andreya Triana "Far Closer (Tokimonsta Remix)"". XLR8R.
  8. ↑ Teh, Terence (February 16, 2011). "Daedelus & Tokimonsta Head to Head". Dazed Digital.
  9. ↑ Reynaldo, Shawn (May 25, 2012). "Jodeci "Freek N' You (Tokimonsta Frickinyoo Remix)"". XLR8R.
  10. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (March 21, 2013). "TOKiMONSTA releasing new album, playing shows, remixed Justin Timberlake (dates & streams)". BrooklynVegan.
  11. ↑ Benson, Kristin (May 25, 2011). "Tokimonsta: Draw From The Opposites". L.A. Record.
  12. ↑ Bain, Katie (April 4, 2013). "Tokimonsta Leaves the Nest". Los Angeles Weekly.
  13. ↑ Cliff, Aimee. "Five things you should know about TOKiMONSTA". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  14. 1 2 Schiewe, Jessie. "Tokimonsta Mixes Hip-Hop and EDM for the EDC Masses". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  15. ↑ "Red Bull Music Academy". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  16. ↑ Deviant (November 7, 2010). "Review: TOKiMONSTA - Midnight Menu - Sputnikmusic". Sputnikmusic.
  17. ↑ Benson, Kristina. "Top 5 Hottest L.A. Lady DJs in 2010". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  18. ↑ Diver, Mike (May 18, 2011). "BBC - Music - Review of TOKiMONSTA - Creature Dreams". BBC.
  19. ↑ Martin, Andrew (July 25, 2012). "Album Premiere: Analogue Monsta "Boom"". Complex.
  20. ↑ Weigel, Maxwell (April 11, 2013). "TOKIMONSTA: HALF SHADOWS". In Your Speakers. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  21. ↑ DeVille, Chris (September 19, 2014). "Stream TOKiMONSTA Desiderium (Stereogum Premiere)". Stereogum.
  22. ↑ "Red Bull Music Academy". www.redbullmusicacademy.com. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  23. ↑ "Listen to TOKiMONSTA and Gavin Turek's Slick Mini LP 'You're Invited' | NOISEY". Retrieved 2015-09-13.
  24. ↑ "T᷈O᷈K᷈iM᷈O᷈N᷈S᷈T᷈A᷈ on Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-13.

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