Clazziquai Project (Hangul: ), also known as Clazziquai, is a South Korean electropop band that combines several genres including electronic music, acid jazz and house. The band's first short unofficial albums were released online in 2001, spreading its music through words of "netizens," who positively received the band's music. They remained underground until the release of their first album Instant Pig in 2004, selling over 80,000 copies. Since then, their music has been used in shows, commercials, and films.

Clazziquai is known for their songs, "Be My Love" and "She Is", which were featured on the Korean drama My Lovely Samsoon, with the former becoming the show's theme song. The band won an award at the MNET KM Music Video Festival for "Best Soundtrack", and has also been the most nominated band at the Korean Popular Music Awards II(2회), winning "Artist of the Year" and "Best Pop". They have contributed to works by Japanese artists Fantastic Plastic Machine and M-Flo.

History

2001: Formation
DJ Clazzi, described as "a magician at synthesizing different sounds in music into creating one unique [sic] new genre". graduated from Capilano College, and continued his study at Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound (CDIS). After his graduation, he worked as a web designer, uploading his music online during his leisure time. DJ Clazzi's music became popular on Korean social media, with the experimental nature of his music being well received by Korean netizens, which is the reason why Clazziquai was initially labeled a "project group".

Korean-Canadian siblings Alex and Christina Chu were initially acquaintances with DJ Clazzi and participated vocally on the first three short and experimental albums released online, named gray, red, and retro.

Christina Chu left the official line up and Horan stepped in to fill her spot. Chu occasionally contributes her vocals to the band, although she is often an uncredited guest artist.

2004–2006: Instant Pig and Color Your Soul
Clazziquai released their first studio album, Instant Pig, in May 2004, with 80,000 copies sold. The album received critical acclaim, which led to more than five songs from the album being used in six television commercials. The remixed English version of the song, "Come To Me", in its remix album Zbam was released in November 2004, and was later used as a song in a television commercial featuring David Beckham. Fantastic Plastic Machine praised Clazziquai as a new band to lead the "Hallyu".

In 2005, Clazziquai's "Be My Love" and "She Is", were featured in the South Korean hit television drama, My Lovely Samsoon. These two major theme songs also raised the ratings of the series up 50%. Clazziquai had hoped then that people's imagination towards their music would not 'decrease as a result of their unexpected popularity'. In September 2005, Clazziquai released their second album, Color Your Soul claiming it had a "raw, funkier feel presenting a combination of electronic music and [an] emphasized acoustic genre". A remix album entitled Pinch Your Soul was released early the following year.

2007–2009: Love Child of the Century and Mucho Punk
In June 2007, Clazziquai's third album, Love Child of the Century, was released. A remix album, Robotica, was released later in the year. After the album's release, the members of Clazziquai grew busy with their own work, which started false rumors that Clazziquai could be disbanding.

In 2008, a video game for the PlayStation Portable featuring many Clazziquai songs titled DJ Max Portable Clazziquai Edition was released. These songs were later released as part of the special album Metrotronics.

In July 2009, Clazziquai released their fourth album, Mucho Punk, featuring the single "Wizard of OZ" which had been featured in an LG commercial that year. In concordance to Mucho Punk, Clazziquai released Japanese album, Mucho Musica, and later released a remix album, Mucho Mix. The remix version of the original album was released in South Korea later in the year as Mucho Beat.

2012–2018: Blessed, Blink and Travellers
In December 2012, Clazziquai released the single, "Can't Go On My Own", as part of the Can We Get Married? OST. In February 2013, the band released their fifth album, Blessed, making it into the top ten of Gaon's weekly album chart. They later held three 'Be Blessed' concerts throughout May and June.

In September 2014, Clazziquai released their sixth album, Blink. They held a concert shortly after the release to celebrate their tenth anniversary as a band. In mid 2015, they held a concert at the Understage in Seoul.

In September 2016, Clazziquai released their seventh album, Travellers. After the album's release the band held a concert at the Blue Square in Seoul.

2019-present: Recent activities 

On September 10, 2019, the band released a brand new single, called What If featuring Kim Soo-young. In the accompanying press release, it was mentioned that Clazziquai will continue the collaboration project with various singers starting with the respective single.

Members
 DJ Clazzi (DJ 클래지) — Leader, composition, production, vocals
 Alex (알렉스) — Vocals
 Horan (호란) — Vocals

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Special albums

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Awards and nominations

Mnet Asian Music Awards

References

External links
 

South Korean electronic music groups
South Korean co-ed groups
Co-ed groups
Acid jazz ensembles
House music groups
Musical groups established in 2001
Avex Group artists
Universal Music Japan artists
MAMA Award winners
Korean Music Award winners
클래지콰이 프로젝트()는 음악 프로듀서이자, 디스크자키인 DJ 클래지를 중심으로 하는 대한민국의 혼성 전자 음악 그룹이다. 그룹명인 클래지콰이는 영국의 애시드 재즈 그룹인 자미로콰이의 이름과 서양 고전 음악을 가리키는 말인 클래식을 합친 말이다.

결성 
클래지콰이의 리더 클래지는 성악가인 어머니에게 클래식 교육을 받았고, 캐나다로 이민을 간 이후에는 고등학교에서 재즈 밴드에 가입해 피아노를 연주하였으며, 카필라노 컬리지(Capilano College)에서 재즈를, CDIS(Center for Digital Image and Sound)에서는 뮤직 테크놀러지를 전공하였다. 클래지는 캐나다 현지에서 만난 크리스티나를 보컬로 영입하여 음악 그룹을 결성하였고, 크리스티나의 소개로 동생 알렉스도 그룹에 합류하였다.

2001년에 클래지가 직접 작곡하여 개인 웹사이트에 올린 곡들이 대한민국에서 입소문을 타며 서울 청담동 등의 클럽에서 인기를 얻게 되었다. 현재 소속사인 플럭서스 뮤직의 사장이 캐나다에서 직접 클래지를 만나면서 클래지콰이는 대한민국에 데뷔하게 되었으나 크리스티나는 개인적인 사정으로 빠지고 클래지와 알렉스만 대한민국으로 오게 되었다. 대한민국에서 크리스티나를 대신해 호란이 합류하여 2004년 첫 번째 정규 음반인 《Instant Pig》를 발표하였다. 현재 크리스티나는 앨범 작업에만 참여하고 있다.

음반 목록

정규 음반 
 1집 Instant Pig
 2집 Color Your Soul
 3집 Love Child of the Century
 4집 Mucho Punk
 5집 Blessed
 6집 Blink
 7집 Travellers

리믹스 음반 
 1.5집 ZBAM
 2.5집 Pinch Your Soul
 3.5집 Robotica
 4.5집 Mucho Beat
 (2009년 10월 28일 일본, Mucho Mix라는 이름으로 발매)

사운드트랙 음반 
 플레이스테이션 포터블 게임 《DJ Max Portable: Clazziquai Edition》의 사운드트랙 음반 《Metrotronics》

참여 음반 
 유희열 + 안성진 프로젝트 컴필레이션 앨범 《A Walk Around The Corner》 수록곡 "Coming At Me To Disco"
 드라마 《내 이름은 김삼순》O.S.T. 수록곡 "Be My Love" (feat. 이승열), "She Is"
 2005 국악 축전 - "이별" (2.5집 수록)
 영화 《외출》O.S.T. 수록곡 "Stepping Out" (1집 수록)
 드라마 《케세라세라》O.S.T. 수록곡 "Night Time"
  컴필레이션 앨범 《Lovebeat Disney》 수록곡 "Beauty and the Beast"
  LG텔레콤 OZ 광고 및 영화 《썸머 워즈》 O.S.T. 수록곡 "Wizard of OZ" (4집 수록 / 영화에는 English ver. "World of OZ" 수록)

멤버 피쳐링 
 윤종신 10집 《Behind The Smile》의 수록곡 "오늘의 날씨" (feat. 클래지콰이)
 윤종신 14집 《行步 2012 尹鍾信》의 수록곡 "그리움 축제" (feat. 호란)
 김동률 5집 《Monologue》의 수록곡 "아이처럼" (feat. 알렉스)
 에픽하이 2집 《High Society》의 수록곡 "혼자라도" (feat. 클래지콰이)
 에픽하이 3집 《Black Swan Songs》의 수록곡 "이별과 만남, 그 중점에서" (feat. 알렉스)
 FPM 5집《Imaginations》의 수록곡 "Don't you Know" (feat. 클래지콰이)
 m-flo 5집 《Cosmicolor》의 수록곡 "Love me after 12:00 (M-flo loves 알렉스)"
 2SOO 1집 《Vote for insane boy》의 수록곡 "욕심일까"(feat. 호란)
 프리템포 싱글 앨범 HARMONY의 수록곡 "HARMONY" (feat. 알렉스)
 비바소울 2집 《REFRESH》의 수록곡 "Soul Music" (feat. 알렉스)
 015B 7집 《Lucky 7》의 수록곡 "성냥팔이 소녀" (feat. 호란)
 라임버스 1집 《Get on the Bus》의 수록곡 "독백" (feat. 호란&알렉스)
 에픽하이 리믹스 앨범 《Remixing the Human Soul》 - "You are the ONE" (feat. 호란)
 다이나믹 듀오 4집 《Last Days》의 수록곡 "Solo" (feat. 알렉스)
 하우스룰즈 3집 《Magic Television》의 수록곡 "달"(feat. 호란)
 일렉트로보이즈 싱글 앨범 Electroboyz의 수록곡 "전화가 오네" (feat. 호란)

같이 보기 
 자미로콰이 (Jamiroquai)
 더블유 앤 웨일 (W & Whale)

참조

외부 링크

공식 웹사이트 
 클래지콰이 프로젝트 - 공식 웹사이트
 
 클래지콰이 프로젝트 - 일본 공식 웹사이트 
 클래지콰이 프로젝트 - 대만 공식 웹사이트 
 플럭서스 뮤직 - 공식 웹사이트
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멤버별 공식 미니홈피 
 
 

 
혼성 음악 그룹
대한민국의 재즈 밴드
대한민국의 전자 음악 그룹
일렉트로니카 그룹
2001년 결성된 음악 그룹
유니버설 뮤직 (일본) 소속
플럭서스 뮤직의 음악가
한국대중음악상 수상 음악가