Night Tempo
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Night Tempo | |
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| Birth name | Jung Kyung-ho |
| Born | February 14, 1986 Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | Future funk, vaporwave |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, curator |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Neoncity, Sailor Team, Moonlights Company |
| Website | nighttempo |
YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2019 – present |
| Genre | Music |
| Subscribers | 44.5K[1] (April 2021) |
| Total views | 5.93M[1] (April 2021) |
Last updated: April 2021 | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 정경호 |
Jung Kyung-ho (Korean: 정경호; born February 14, 1986 in Seoul, South Korea), better known as Night Tempo (Japanese: ナイト・テンポ; Korean: 나이트템포), is a South Korean future funk producer known for his Showa Groove series of remixes of 1980's Japanese city pop.[2][3][4]
Career
[edit]Night Tempo gained attention for its revival of 1980s Japanese genre known as city pop, giving birth to the future funk subgenre of the vaporwave.[5]
His remix of Mariya Takeuchi's "Plastic Love" has received over 7 million views on YouTube. Night Tempo is active in the U.S. and Japan. He is a fan of Sailor Moon.[6][7]
Under the title of the "Showa Idol Groove" series, he has released official re-edits of songs by artists from the 1980s, such as Wink and Anri.
In 2018, he released his first original album, Moonrise. Their first major original album, Ladies In The City, was released on December 1, 2021.[8]
On February 1, 2022, the edited compilation "Japanese City Pop 100" was published.[9]
On September 25, 2022, it was announced that Night Tempo would provide a song for SKE48 TeamKII's "No Time" performance, which would begin on December 11 of the same year.[10]
In 2023, together with Aoi Yagawa and Miori Ichikawa, they debuted as the retro-pop unit FANCYLABO.[11]
Discography
[edit]Singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Label | Album/EP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | "Come On!" (feat. Super Brass, Tomggg) | Moonrise | Non-album single |
| "Yumenotsudzuki ~ Dreams Of Light ~" | — | Non-album single | |
| "Better Days" (feat. Puniden, Super Brass) | — | Non-album single | |
| 2019 | "Tokyo Night Drive" | Neoncity | Non-album single |
Extended plays
[edit]| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Cityscape (Tokyo EP) | Moonlights Company |
| Cityscape (Yokohama) |
Albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Label | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon[12] | |||
| 2016 | Soundcloud Collection | — | — |
| Night Tempo | Neoncity | — | |
| 2017 | Pure Baby Maker [Rewind] | — | |
| Fantasy | — | ||
| Nighty Tape | Moonlights Company | — | |
| 2018 | Babymaker 2 | Neoncity | — |
| Moonrise | Neoncity, Moonlights Company | — | |
| Pure Present | — | — | |
| Nighty Tape 86' | Moonlights Company | — | |
| 2019 | Showa Idol's Groove | — | |
| Showa Idol's Groove 2 | — | ||
| Yoruin Night Tempo | Neoncity | — | |
| 2020 | Showa Idol's Groove ・ Finale | — | — |
| Japanese Pop Edit | — | ||
| Funk to the Future | Future 1980 | — | |
| 2021 | Shūchū Concentration | Neoncity | — |
| Night Tempo presents: The Showa Idol Groove | Pony Canyon | 170[failed verification] |
Remixes
[edit]| Date | Title | Original artist(s) | Album / EP | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2015 | "Special To Me (Night Tempo 100% Pure Remastered)" | Wink | Soundcloud Collection (2016) | — |
| December 7, 2015 | "Give Me Up (Night Tempo 100% Pure Remastered)" | BaBe | Soundcloud Collection (2016) Pure Present (2018) BaBe - Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove (2020) |
Pony Canyon (Showa Groove) |
| Janruary 3, 2016 | "Mayonaka No Joke (Night Tempo 100% Pure Remastered)" | Takako Mamiya | Soundcloud Collection (2016) Pure Present (2018) |
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| March 11, 2016 | "Plastic Love (Night Tempo 100% Pure Remastered)" | Mariya Takeuchi | ||
| September 24, 2018 | "Darling Darling (Night Tempo 'Future Retro' Remix)" | KZ & Yano Anna | — | — |
| April 24, 2019 | "Samishii Nettaigyo (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | Wink | Wink - Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | Polystar |
| "Aiga Tomaranai Turn It Into Love (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| "Get My Love (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| "Special To Me (Night Tempo 100% Pure Remastered)" | ||||
| July 24, 2019 | "Remember Summer Days (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | Anri | Anri – Night Tempo Presents The Showa Groove | For Life Music |
| "Lady Sunshine (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| "Love Is a Two Way Street -Kin Mirai no Kandō- (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| "Groove A･Go･Go (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| November 8, 2019 | "Kimi wa 1000% (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | 1986 Omega Tribe | 1986 Omega Tribe – Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | VAP |
| "Older Girl (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| March 17, 2020 | "I Don't Know! (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | BaBe | BaBe – Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | Pony Canyon |
| "Give Me Up (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| April 29, 2020 | "Sotsugyō (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | Yuki Saito | Yuki Saito – Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | Pony Canyon |
| "Sutorōhatto no Natsu Omoi (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| August 7, 2020 | "Arashi no Sugao (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | Shizuka Kudo | Shizuka Kudo – Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | Pony Canyon |
| "Wain Hitokuchi no Uso (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| February 12, 2021 | "Mayonaka no Door (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | Miki Matsubara | Miki Matsubara – Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | Pony Canyon |
| "Nītona Gogo 3-ji (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| June 18, 2021 | "Catch Me (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | Miho Nakayama | Miho Nakayama – Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove | King Records |
| "WAKU WAKU (Night Tempo Showa Groove Mix)" | ||||
| August 18, 2021 | "Telephonism (Night Tempo Melting Groove Mix)" | Philosophy no Dance | "Double Standard" | Sony Music |
Concerts
[edit]| Name | Date(s) | Venue or No. of pieces |
|---|---|---|
| Wink - Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove Release Party / Japanese Things Vol. 6 |
April 26, 2019 | The Millennials Shibuya |
| Fuji Rock Festival '19 | July 28, 2019 | Red Marquee and Ganban Square |
| WHITE NIGHT WEEK SHIBUYA | November 5, 2019 | Shibuya O-East |
| Night Tempo presents The Showa Groove Tour |
November 27, 2019 – December 7, 2019 | club evoL Fukuoka (Nov. 27), Live & Lounge Vio (Nov. 28), Club Metro (Kyoto) (Nov. 29), Circus Osaka (Nov. 30), Sound Lab Mole (Dec. 2), Womb Tokyo (Dec. 4), Circus Tokyo (Dec. 7) |
| Neoncity Super Countdown | December 31, 2019 | Circus Tokyo |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About Night Tempo". YouTube.
- ^ "Scavenging for samples from the '70s and '80s with Night Tempo". 9 May 2019.
- ^ "昭和歌謡を世界へ、韓国人Djナイトテンポの挑戦". 24 January 2020.
- ^ "1980s Japan lives on in Hong Kong as 'future funk' music finds a home". 7 January 2024.
- ^ "K-pop Indie Gem: Night Tempo Talks Aesthetic and Future Funk". 15 April 2018.
- ^ "DJ 나이트템포 "타니무라 유미, 시티팝에 근접했는데..."". MoneyS. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "나이트템포 "요즘 사람들에게 '아날로그 향기' 전하는 게 내 음악"". ソウル新聞. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "世界的シティ・ポップ・ブームの立役者、韓国出身のDJ／プロデューサー、Night Tempo（ナイト・テンポ）。自身初となるメジャー・オリジナル・アルバム『Ladies In The City』、12/1にリリース決定!本日より先行シングル「Love Actually feat. Crystal Tea」配信開始!". Universal Music Japan. 2021-10-06. Archived from the original on 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "Night Tempoが書籍「Japanese City Pop 100」で示す2022年シティポップ最前線". 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
- ^ "SKE48 14周年コンサートにDAPUMPら豪華ゲスト出演 新たな挑戦「4つのサプライズ」発表". 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
- ^ "Night Tempo×矢川葵×市川美織のFANCYLABO、デビュー曲MV公開". 音楽ナタリー. ナターシャ. 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "Night Tempo". Oricon. 27 September 2023.