Strawberry Machine is another name for Akira Okabe, a laptop toting electro singer in the same vein as Sonic Coaster Pop, YMCK, The Aprils and MacDonald Duck Eclair. In fact, she works closely with many different producers on each of her albums, many of whom also grace the abcdefg*records label.
Her first album Zero Zero Five (a reference to it being abcdefg*record's 5th release) is predictably low-fi, full of rather muddy yet nevertheless catchy tunes. Crazy Kilt features a ton of other great twee-electro producers though, with the likes of The Aprils, YMCK, Macdonald Duck Eclair and Hazel Nuts Chocolates making an appearance.
Her 2008 album Girl Friend is a similar leap forward, with full-on good production, almost to the point of sounding like a real pop contender.
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