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Los Angeles, United States (2010 – present)

Born and raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) was an unfocused pupil of classical piano. However, she has come to use this background to understand and create vast soundscapes and textures through the usage of live instruments, percussion, digital manipulation, and dusty vinyl. Through the creation of beats, she is able to fuse the sounds of the past with her musical prowess into something avant garde. She is a Korean American. Her debut album, Midnight Menu, was released in 2010.

“Toki” means “a rabbit” in korean.
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  • nikotinte

    Half Shadows has a terrible cover and great sound

    12 May 12:50pm Reply

  • a_spaceman

    Midnight Menu

    6 May 10:02am Reply

  • Exeio

    What album for starting ?

    6 May 9:30am Reply

  • RibStabsHeart

    The new album is more RnB, IMO. I enjoyed it, but I'm a bigger fan of the glitchier sounds of her brainfeeder style, so those are my personal pick. Either way, I like that she's progressing instead of doing the same thing over and over. It's not my favorite release of hers, but it made me get the rest of her stuff, which is a compliment in itself, I think?

    5 May 4:47am Reply

  • AS_Luemmel

    She has a new fan now

    4 May 11:56am Reply

  • Ruska03

    IMO, the first 6 tracks from Half Shadows will take a while to grow in someone but the rest are fucking DOPE. (specially SPILLING AUTUMN).Also, She released the album under Ultra Music, even though it's an EDM record label, she still tried to be experimental, and not be some cliche artist who follows what's "hot" on Billboard. She's trying to grow out, guys...Respect this woman.

    4 May 1:35am Reply

  • jdotperiod

    Good point, Half Shadows may be too slick and feminine-sounding for those used to the harsher, more abstract and masculine fare Brainfeeder usually churns out. Doesn't mean it's a bad album tho.

    1 May 1:57am Reply

  • jdotperiod

    Once you get past the commercialism of a few tracks, Half Shadows is a really nice listen IMO.

    1 May 1:53am Reply

  • VictorKHI

    I actually really like the new album. Especially Soul to Seoul and The Center. Go with it is nice, but MNDR's voicals just kind of suck.

    30 Apr 5:33pm Reply

  • Xiaonanigans

    Quite an accurate review actually.

    29 Apr 12:33pm Reply

  • ddhboy

    Because casual listeners don't check the wiki and just assume she's Japanese.

    29 Apr 2:36am Reply

  • jmnixon95

    "japanese" tag?

    28 Apr 1:28pm Reply

  • brun-o

    lol. that's a quite extensive review for someone who didn't really care for the album. nice points, tho. I won't go track for track, but what I really liked was that it sounds really feminine. perhaps a lot more jennifer lee than tokimonsta

    26 Apr 5:55pm Reply

  • FarCrysss

    tldr

    25 Apr 7:22pm Reply

  • MiloDC

    Her remix of Miguel's "Adorn" is ridiculous. <3 <3

    25 Apr 1:48am Reply

  • ddhboy

    Moon Rise (Feat. Jessee Boykins III) is ok. Most of the comments I had for Go With It apply here, save for the fact that the lyrics are more intricate, though they didn't really take a good deal of my interest or attention. Yo B! (feat. Gavin Turek), does well, and a nice exit to the album. Ultimately I feel like if this is the direction that Tokimonsta wants to move in, then she should have stacked the album with more songs like Yo B!, Go With It, Spilling Autumn, and the other tracks on this album of that ilk. Tracks like The Center, 808, Focused Chaos, and Waiting for the Break of Dawn feel forced.

    25 Apr 1:48am Reply

  • ddhboy

    Soul to Seoul is similar enough to Sweet Williams that it really feels like a mistake to have them next to each other on the album. The singing (presumably Toki herself), is very similar in pace, effects, and tone, and the two almost bleed into one another, and not in a good way. Separate, they are enjoyable songs. Together, they bore. Green (feat. Andreya Triana) has similar problems Go With it, in that the lyrics just repeat themselves over and over again and it won't take much for your attention to lapse. Unlike Go With It, Green doesn't really have changes in beat structure to get it back. Waiting for the Break of Dawn is too long with too little evolution to the track. At 4:02, it is a real chore to listen to the entire thing. You'll have a hard time not reaching for the skip button past 2:00.

    25 Apr 1:38am Reply

  • ddhboy

    Go With It (feat. MNDR) is another pop-y song. I personally liked it, but if you don't like Tokimonsta flavored pop, you won't. The lyrics could have used some more complexity, so much so that I'd say that Tokimonsta saves the second half of the track once you get sick of the the repeated verses. Spilling Autumn corrects the errors of the earlier beat tracks in actually taking me on a journey. The beginning of the track feels a bit delicate, but the strength of the track builds up rather quickly with a bit of a happier tone, it gets quieter again in the breakdown, and finally comes back in full fury. Finally, I feel like TokiMonsta has arrived. Sweet Williams is nice in its introduction. I feel like its a bit drawn out, like it could have stood to be about 30 seconds shorter.

    25 Apr 1:30am Reply

  • ddhboy

    The Force is ok. The beat and the rap clash at times in pacing, but I feel like this song is more of a grower, and I'll like it more the more I listen to it. I really feel like this could have been the intro track, and I'd probably like it more if The Center wasn't it's lead in. 808 & Focused Chaos has similar problems to The Center. The track adds some additional samples as it proceeds, makes changes to how the samples are played, but doesn't really feel like its going somewhere. The beat changes sure, but the feeling behind the beat doesn't. Clean Slate is one of the first tracks with Gavin Turek on it, and honestly anything with Gaven Turek on it in this album is a must buy. She was in Darkest Dim, and its clear that she and Toki have good chemistry with one another at this point. No real complains about Clean Slate. Foolish is a similar deal to Clean Slate, and I'd say its one of the best tracks on the album, though it is the most pop-y.

    25 Apr 1:12am Reply

  • ddhboy

    So I'll try to go though this song by song, but I'll just start that saying that I didn't really care for the album, though I've enjoyed most of TokiMonsta's work up until the Analogue Monsta project, which I didn't care for either. I think that if you like Analogue Monsta, you'll probably like this release. If not, then the first par tof the album is a drag and the second half of the album is probably all you'd be interested in. The Center, the first song on the album, just sort of drags on indefinitely, and about 2:00 in, you'll whip out whatever music player you're listening to this album on and wonder how much longer this song goes on for, only to discover you have another 1:40 to go. It doesn't really build up to anything, though layers do get added on. It really feels like its like 1:30 too long, and would have served better in the middle of the album as a transitional track.

    25 Apr 1:01am Reply
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