Mademoiselle Yulia (マドモアゼル・ユリア, Mademoazeru Yuria) (born in Tokyo, stylized as MADEMOISELLE YULIA) is a JapaneseDJ and musician, associated with Tokyo electro scene.[3] She debuted in 2008 as a DJ, and in 2011 as a singer, with her debut album Mademoworld.
Biography
Mademoiselle Yulia was born in Tokyo .[1] In high school, she began her musical career as the lead vocalist and guitarist for six years.[1][3] The four member band performed punk, technopop and garage covers, taking inspiration from The Clash and Kraftwerk.[1][4]
Yulia began organising parties in her second year at high school, in 2005.[4] She was inspired to create her own electro DJ event in Tokyo called Neon Spread, after attending a similar DJ night in England.[3] In 2008 she was signed to EMI Music Japan and released her debut mix-tape of the electro music featured in the events, Neon Spread. Mademoiselle Yulia began regularly attending DJ events and parties 2008, and met M-Flo rapper Verbal as they would often attend the same events.[5] In late 2008 and 2009 she began to be featured on many albums as a collaborating artist, with many of these releases featuring Verbal. These songs included appearances on Teriyaki Boyz' second album Serious Japanese, Towa Tei's album Big Fun, and a solo track of hers produced by Verbal, "What Now?," featured on M-Flo's third outside collaborations album M-Flo Inside: Works Best III.
Mademoiselle Yulia was the featured vocalist for the come-back tour of 1970s/1980s Japanese techno band Plastics, on their May 2010 tour.[6] She was listed as the number two "to watch" talent in Tokyo by CNNGo in 2010.[7]
In mid-2011, preparations for her debut album Mademoworld began, beginning a worldwide tour Angee Yung Robotz in April with Verbal to promote the album, as well as Verbal's solo album Visionair.[8] Verbal is the executive producer of her album,[1] and the first single "Gimme Gimme" was released digitally on August 3, 2011.[6] The album was released digitally on iTunes on September 21, followed by a CD release on October 5.[9]
Mademoiselle Yulia will collaborate with M-Flo on their comeback song "Run," which is being used for sports shoe brand Reebok's Reethem & Lite campaign in Japan. The trio first performed the song at the launch party for the campaign, on September 15, 2011.[10]
She has performed in concerts and DJ events with artists such as Towa Tei, M.I.A., Dexpistols, Shinichi Osawa and Boys Noize.[3] Outside of music, she writes as a columnist in fashion magazine Nylon's Japanese edition,[3] designed jewellery for accessory brand Giza[1] and briefly hosted a show on music channel Space Shower, Mademoworld.[11]
^"サマソニ!!!!!!!!!!" [Summer Sonic!!!!!!!!!!]. Mademoiselle Yulia. August 10, 2009. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ abcde"話題のTOKYOエレクトロガール、マドモアゼル・ユリア" [Hot topic Tokyo electro girl, Mademoiselle Yulia]. Natalie (in Japanese). August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ ab"MADEMOISELLE YULIA インタビュー" [Mademoiselle Yulia Interview]. 猪又孝（DO THE MONKEY）. MusicShelf. September 11, 2009. Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ ab"マドモアゼル・ユリアVERBALプロデュースで歌手デビュー" [Mademoiselle Yulia debuts as a singer produced by Verbal]. Natalie (in Japanese). August 4, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^"VERBALがReebokアジア地域クリエイティブ・ディレクターに就任!" [Verbal inaugurated as Reebok's creative director for Asia!]. Yahoo! News Japan. September 17, 2011. Archived from the original on May 25, 2024. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
^"マドモワールド". Space Shower. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
