Glitchy, genre-surfing electro-pop for the Internet generation.
tofubeats Video Essentials
Genre-hopping tunes matched by creative and funny clips.
About tofubeats
Artist Biography
tofubeats is the pseudonym for Japanese producer, remixer, DJ, and performer Yūsuke Kawai, who had previously recorded as DJ newtown.
∙ His first big break came in 2008, when he hooked up with Japanese “netlabel” Maltine Records to release “Flying Between the Stars (*She Is a Girl)” under the moniker DJ newtown.
∙ Directed by Takuya Hosogane and Shunsuke Sugiyama, the clip for his track “No. 1 (feat. G. Rina)” was nominated for Best Dance Video at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.
∙ In 2014, he collaborated with ’90s-era pop star Chisato Moritaka on her album Moritaka Tofu, which included the Japanese Top 5 hit “Don’t Stop the Music.”
∙ At the 2016 Space Shower Music Awards in Japan (similar to the People’s Choice Awards in the US), tofubeats was named Best Groove Artist.
∙ He launched his own label, HIHATT, in 2018, and it now has more than a dozen releases from a variety of Japanese EDM and hip-hop artists.
Hometown
JP
Genre
J-Pop
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