Tokimonsta
| TOKiMONSTA | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jennifer Lee |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Instrumental hip hop,electronica |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, producer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Ultra Records, Brainfeeder, Ramp Recordings, Young Art Records |
| Associated acts | Analogue Monsta, Suzi Analogue, Flying Lotus, Thirsty Fish |
| Website | www |
Jennifer Lee, better known by her stage name Tokimonsta ("Toki" is Korean for rabbit), is an American producer and DJ from Los Angeles, California. She has collaborated with Thirsty Fish,Kool Keith,MNDR. & Anderson Paak. She has also remixed tracks by Andreya Triana,Daedelus,Jodeci, and Justin Timberlake.
Jennifer Lee grew up in Torrance, California, in Los Angeles County. She is of Korean descent. She graduated from University of California, Irvine with a degree in business and later worked for a video game producer.
Lee was classically trained as a pianist. She first started working on beats while in college, when she participated in workshops by Leimert Park's Project Blowed and Low End Theory.
Lee was invited to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in London in 2010. She was the first woman to sign to Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder label and released her first album, Midnight Menu, in November 2010 on Brainfeeder. She was rated the #1 Hottest Los Angeles Lady DJ by LA Weekly in December 2010.
She released the EP Creature Dreams, also on Brainfeeder, in 2011.
The next year, she released Boom, an 11-track collaborative project with Suzi Analogue as Analogue Monsta.
In 2013, her second album, Half Shadows, was released on Ultra Records. In 2014, she released Desiderium on her own Young Art Records. She returned to the Red Bull Music Academy that same year as an alumni lecturer.
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