Episode 120: TOKiMONSTA

“Bibimbap”

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Los Angeles producer and beatmaker Jennifer Lee released her first album as TOKiMONSTA in 2010. She has released music on Flying Lotus‘s label Brainfeeder, and has collaborated with Kool Keith and Anderson .Paak, among others. Her newest album, Lune Rouge, was released in October 2017. In this episode, TOKiMONSTA breaks down her song “Bibimbap,” which is named after a Korean dish.

You can get “Bibimbap” on iTunes.

For a transcript of this episode, click here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

footnotes
Bibimbap
Pansori song used in episode
Short documentary on Pansori
Gayageum (traditional Korean stringed instrument)