years_active label image_size article_title background genre origin name
1997 & ndash ; present vroom sound 200px plus-tech squeeze box
 group_or_band picopop , shibuya-kei , rock shibuya , tokyo , japan plus-tech squeeze box
plus-tech squeeze box

plus-tech squeeze box are a japanese electronic music band .
the frenetic sound of their first album `` fakevox '' -lrb- 2000 -rrb- is an example of the subgenre known as picopop , driven by rudimentary synthesized sounds and heavily manipulated samples from a variety of sources , including 1950s jazz and big band recordings .
junko kamada provides vocals throughout the album .
their second album , `` cartooom ! ''
, was released in 2004 .
junko kamada is conspicuously absent , having parted ways with the band .
instead , sampled vocals and a variety of guest singers are used .
they created a side project with the vocalist tomomi matsuda called tropico q in 2010 .
the group did picopop covers of classic rock songs .
