Denki Groove

Denki Groove (Japanese: 電気グルーヴ, denki gurūvu, lit. "electric groove") is a Japanese techno-pop group influenced by Kraftwerk and YMO, founded in 1989. It is a part of Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records sublabel. Current members are Fumitoshi Ishino (Takkyu Ishino) and Masanori Taki (Pierre Taki). Former members are Yoshinori Sunahara and Jun Kitagawa.

Its works are particularly popular in Germany, 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 Mayday festival. The duo performed in front of 15,000 people dancing in the rain on the Green Stage (mainstage) at the 2006 Fuji Rock Festival in Naeba, Niigata.

Early works have a focus more on pop sensibilities. 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. They did the opening theme, "Mononoke Dance" (モノノケダンス/Mononoke Dansu) for Hakaba Kitaroh, the new version of GeGeGe no Kitaro.

Albums

* 662 BPM by DG
* Flash Papa
* U.F.O.
* Karateka (lit. practitioner of karate)
* Flash Papa Menthol (remix album of Flash Papa)
* Drill King Anthology
* Dragon
* Vitamin
* ORANGE (March 1, 1996)
* A (pronounced like 'Ace') (May 14, 1997)
* recycled A (remix album of A) (March 1, 1998)
* VOXXX (February 2, 2000)
* Ilbon 2000 (live performance) (July 19, 2000)
* The Last Supper (remix and rarities collection) (July 25, 2001)
* SINGLES and STRIKES (greatest hits collection) (March 24, 2004) · close