History
Early works have a focus more on pop sensibilities, with a mixture of hip hop and breakbeat. With later releases the style evolved through several types of electronic dance music, though often with many asides in unrelated genres. Recent work has largely been composed of German-style techno. The group's lyrics are often tongue-in-cheek and sometimes quite bizarre. Their popularity and recognition of their work increased significantly after 2006, when one of their songs was selected as an insert song in the final episode of the award-winning anime Eureka Seven, probably because one of their former members Jun Kitagawa collaborated with "Eureka 7" scriptwriter Dai Sato on the soundtrack of Macross Plus. Kitagawa wrote the music to the cult classic "Information High", and Sato wrote the lyrics. The song, "Niji" (虹?, "Rainbow"), is one of several reasons why the anime has gained a cult following throughout the world, and is featured on the official soundtrack for the show.
In 2008 Denki Groove resurfaced with "Shonen Young", their first new single in eight years. The single acted as a teaser for the album J-pop. In that same year they did the opening theme "Mononoke Dance" (モノノケダンス, Mononoke Dansu?) for Hakaba Kitarou, the 2008 adaptation of the manga by the same name, popularized as GeGeGe no Kitaro.
They released their 20th anniversary album, titled 20, in 2009.
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