Tokimonsta

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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

  • Midnight Menu (2010)
  • Half Shadows (2013)
  • Desiderium (2014)
  • Fovere (2016)

EPs

  • Bedtime Lullabies (2008)
  • Cosmic Intoxication (2010)
  • Creature Dreams (2011)
  • Los Angeles 8/10 (2011) (with Mike Gao)
  • Boom (2012) (with Suzi Analogue, as Analogue Monsta)

Singles

  • "USD / Free Dem" (2010) (with Blue Daisy)
  • "Mileena's Theme" (2011) (for Mortal Kombat)
  • "Darkest (Dim)" (2012) (with Gavin Turek)
  • "Go with It" (2013) (with MNDR)
  • "The Force" (2013) (with Kool Keith)
  • "The World Is Ours" (2014)
  • "Realla" (2014) (with Anderson Paak)
  • "Steal My Attention" (2014)
  • "Drive" (2014) (with Arama)
  • "Pinching" (2014) (with Iza Lach)
  • "Saw Sydney (Pharrell 'That Girl' Flip)" (2015)
  • "Hemisphere" (2015) (with Gavin Turek)
  • "Surrender" (2015) (with Gavin Turek)
  • "Put It Down" (2015) (with Anderson Paak)

Productions

Remixes

References

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External links

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