tofubeats Essentials

tofubeats Essentials

Yusuke Kawai's glitchy, genre-surfing electro-pop is perfect for a generation that, like him, grew up on the Internet. He shared his first hip-hop-inspired compositions through message boards and web-only labels before debuting as tofubeats in 2013, and his songs have retained that beat-based aesthetic. But Kawai is an explorer by nature. His positive, open-minded approach absorbs the most exciting elements from a variety of genres—EDM's distorted bass, idol pop's chipper synths, R&B's grinding grooves—to enhance clattering trap tracks (“Fresh Salad”) and chilled-out rap (“Suisei”).

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