French pop music
With her second studio album, "Roomic Cube" (1996), Minekawa began pursuing a more refined musical style rooted in influences from bossa nova, French pop music and experimental electronic music. It increased her popularity in Japan, while also crossing over to listeners in North America, where it received airplay on college radio stations. She released her third studio album "Cloudy Cloud Calculator" in 1997. The EPs "Recubed" and "Ximer... C.C.C. Remix", consisting of remixes of tracks from "Roomic Cube" and "Cloudy Cloud Calculator" respectively, were released in 1998. 1999 saw the release of Minekawa's fourth studio album "Fun 9", which featured prominent contributions from her then-partner Cornelius.