DJ Clazzi

Biography

Kim Sung-hoon, better known as DJ Clazzi, was born in South Korea on 15 November 1974. He studied music technology at Capilano University in British Columbia, Canada. In 2001, he founded the group Clazziquai alongside vocalists Alex and Horan. After sharing their music online, the trio released their debut studio album, Instant Pig, on 14 May 2004 through Seoul Record (now LOEN Entertainment) in South Korea.

That same year, the album came out in Japan via Avex Trax and in Taiwan through Avex Taiwan. Their second album, Color Your Soul, followed on 22 September 2005, and their third, Love Child of the Century, arrived on 7 June 2007. The group’s most recent studio album, Mucho Punk, was released on 14 July 2009, with several remix albums appearing between these full-length releases.

In 2011, DJ Clazzi started working with other South Korean artists. His first collaboration was with 2AM’s Seulong on the single “How We Feel.” He then released “Love & Hate” with Yi Sung Yol and rapper MYK.

Initially planning a solo debut in December 2011, he instead put out his first full-length album, Infant, on 17 January 2012 through LOEN Entertainment. Every track on Infant features guest vocalists, including Seulong, Yi Sung-yol, MYK, Whale of W&Whale, Jinsil, Hyun-song and Su-ryun of The Koxx, Christina, Kim Wan-sung, Jang Woo-hyuk, Cho Hyun-a of Urban Zakapa, and Kota and Jubi of Sunny Hill. Clazziquai later released their studio album Blessed on 5 February 2013.

Did You Know?

• Every track on DJ Clazzi's solo debut album Infant features guest vocalists—no songs are performed by him alone.
• He named the English rock band Pink Floyd as his biggest musical inspiration.