[textblock style=”3″]Jennifer Lee is from the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California. She is best known as electronic dance music DJ: TOKiMONSTA. [/textblock]
Jennifer Lee uses live instruments, percussion, digital manipulation, and “dusty vinyl”. Creating her own beats with this blend of sounds has made her a stand out DJ among her peers. Her lack of fear allows her to continuously grow and recreate her music.
“Through the creation of beats, she is able to fuse vintage sounds with progressive styles into something unique” -TOKiMONSTA Facebook
TOKiMONSTA is not afraid to take risks with her music. Making it no surprise that she was the first female to join the Brainfeeder crew. TOKiMONSTA has also worked with record labels: Art Union and Ultra Music. Her first EP, Bedtime Lullabies, was released in 2008. Since then, she has steadily put out music. She has worked with Blue Daisy, Gavin Turek, Kool Keith, and many more.
One of TOKiMONSTA’s biggest singles is Go With It featuring MNDR, her label mate. Go With It was later remixed by CRNKN and has gotten even more attention since.
https://soundcloud.com/crnkn/tokimonsta-go-with-it-crnkn-1
TOKiMONSTA has reinvented herself through out her six year career. There is bound to be something for everyone. Midnight Menu, released in 2010, was her first album. Since then she has put out EPSs: Cosmic Intoxication, Creature Dreams, Los Angeles 8/10 with Mike Gao as well as a handful of singles.
DJ TokiMONSTA did a live, in the studio, interview with KCRW. She really proves her talent, and ability by mixing with live vocals. Take a listen and see how female DJ TOKiMONSTA holds her own in electronic dance music.
https://soundcloud.com/tokimonsta/clean-slate-feat-gavin-turek
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