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Clazziquai Project has the distinction of being South Korea's first breakthrough electronic artist. The group's coffeehouse blend of acid jazz, house, lounge, and trip-hop initially gained traction in Seoul's trendy Apgujeong district. By 2005, it had joined the Korean wave of pop culture exports to the rest of East and Southeast Asia that began in the mid-'90s. Clazziquai consists of DJ Clazzi (Kim Sunghoon), vocalist Horan (Choi Sujin), vocalist Alex Chun, and occasional guest Christina Chun, sister to Alex. Kim and the Chun siblings are Korean-Canadians and began collaborating while Kim was in school at Capilano College in North Vancouver. Anchored by their DJ and producer's classical training, experience as a jazz pianist, growing interest in electronica, exposure to recent J-Pop and Shibuya-kei, and longtime fondness for English prog bands like King Crimson and Pink Floyd, the group made a trio of amateur releases available online in 2001 -- Gray, Red, and Retro -- and a remix of...