Multicultural Music Icons MONKEY MAJIK x Def Tech release collaboration song ‘O.G. Summer’, out now!

Known for their music that mixes Japanese and English lyrics, MONKEY MAJIK and Def Tech, two of Japan’s most iconic multicultural artists, have collaborated together on a new song. The single ‘O.G. Summer’ is out now, along with a music video.

Created as a collaboration between MONKEY MAJIK and Def Tech, this new song was first performed on May 9 during the encore during a performance on the Def Tech “Double Up” Tour 2024. As a rare team-up between two such legendary acts, the news immediately sent music fans into a frenzy. This powerful, high-tempo party tune expresses the two bands’ members’ perspective as older men and their feelings as summer hits – and with its cool flow and catchy pop melody, it’s sure to take summer by storm.

Be sure to check out the music video for ‘O.G. Summer’ below, along with the streaming link here!

Canadian-Japanese hybrid rock band MONKEY MAJIK release 13th album ‘curtain call’!

CURTAIN call Digital Jacket Cover

Japan-based four-piece rock band MONKEY MAJIK released their 13th full-length studio album ‘curtain call’ on January 25, 2023. The album explores brand new musical possibilities for the future of MONKEY MAJIK, with 14 songs covering a wide variety of music styles – offering a chance to experience a whole new side to this veteran band as they enter the 23rd year since their formation. With their mix of Japanese and English lyrics and their splicing of rap and pop, this is an album that only MONKEY MAJIK could make. Look out for standout track ‘This Is The Night (MONKEY MAJIK × GAGLE)’ (track 6 on the album), a collaboration with the hip-hop unit GAGLE that embodies MONKEY MAJIK’s borderless style. Meanwhile, the cover artwork expresses the album’s musical breadth, based on the concept of “infinite change”.

About MONKEY MAJIK

MONKEY MAJIK are a four-piece hybrid rock band based in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, comprising Canadian brothers Maynard (vocals and guitar) and Blaise (vocals and guitar), and Japanese rhythm section TAX (drums) and DICK (bass).

The band released their first single, ‘fly’, in 2006. Since then, they have created countless songs for commercials and theme songs for movies and TV shows, as well as collaborating with and composing songs for other artists. Following the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan’s Tohoku region, MONKEY MAJIK were appointed Tourism and Goodwill Ambassadors of Tohoku, hosting the earthquake reconstruction support project ‘SEND Ai’ the same year, and holding fundraising concerts and auctions as part of their continuing activities to aid rebuilding in Japan’s Tohoku region. In 2020, they celebrated the 20th anniversary of their formation and released the best-of album ‘MONKEY MAJIK BEST -KACHO FUGETSU-’ in January 2021. In January 2023, they released their 13th original album ‘curtain call’, and they plan to hold a tour of Japan from February titled MONKEY MAJIK LIVE TOUR 2023 ~ THE HITS ~.

Be sure to check out the album here along with “This Is The Night” below!