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| Origin | Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | STUBBIE RECORDS (a.k.a. Vroom Sound) |
| Members | Tomonori Hayashibe Takeshi Wakiya |
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box are a Japanese electronic and shibuya-kei duo formed by Tomonori Hayashibe and Takeshi Wakiya.
The frenetic sound of their first album FAKEVOX (2000) is driven by rudimentary synthesized sounds and heavily manipulated samples from a variety of sources, including jazz, big band, light music, MOR, and funk recordings ranging from the late-50s to the mid-70s. Junko Kamada provides vocals throughout the album.
Their second album, CARTOOOM!, was released in 2004. Junko Kamada is conspicuously absent, having parted ways with the band. Instead, sampled vocals and a variety of guest singers are used.
They created a side project with the vocalist Tomomi Matsuda called Tropico Q in 2010. The group did covers of classic rock songs.
They have been featured in Coca-Cola and Powerade commercials in the United Kingdom, using the song "early RISER". They also appeared on BBC Three's Adam and Joe Go Tokyo and for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More... . One of their songs, including Baby P was featured on Pop'n Music 14 FEVER . They also wrote and recorded the theme tune for Pucca , which is similar to that of "early RISER". Their song "TEST ROOM" was featured in Dance Dance Revolution Universe in 2007.
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