Biography
Night Tempo serves as the chief moniker for Seoul-based producer and DJ Jung Kyung-ho, whose work spans vaporwave, city pop, disco, funk, house, and instrumental hip-hop. His buoyant, high-sheen edits, remixes, and original productions reflect a profound appreciation for Japanese pop from the final years of the Shōwa period—particularly the 1980s—alongside American pop-R&B from that same era through the early ’90s. His output since the mid-2010s encompasses dozens of singles and albums, highlighted by the full-length remix series Showa Idol’s Groove and the 2021 major-label release Ladies in the City, which features vocalists and songwriters drawn from several generations.
Jung Kyung-ho launched the Night Tempo project in 2015 through unauthorized remixes of Japanese pop and American pop-R&B tracks, followed a year later by his self-titled debut album. In the ensuing period he delivered multiple full-lengths that expanded his catalog considerably, among them Nighty Tape, Nighty Tape 86', Fantasy, Moonrise, and the multi-volume Showa Idol’s Groove series, along with additional titles issued via Hong Kong’s Neoncity Records and its Future 1980 imprint. Moving beyond sampled voices, he began crafting original material with live vocalists, a progression that reached its peak on the conceptual, dancefloor-focused album Ladies in the City. Released in late 2021 on Universal Music Japan—his first project for a major label—the record includes contributions from Mariko Tone (“Endless Mirage”), Pizzicato Five’s Maki Nomiya (“Tokyo Rouge”), Bonnie Pink (“Wonderland”), and Sayumi Michishige (“Night Light”).
Jung Kyung-ho launched the Night Tempo project in 2015 through unauthorized remixes of Japanese pop and American pop-R&B tracks, followed a year later by his self-titled debut album. In the ensuing period he delivered multiple full-lengths that expanded his catalog considerably, among them Nighty Tape, Nighty Tape 86', Fantasy, Moonrise, and the multi-volume Showa Idol’s Groove series, along with additional titles issued via Hong Kong’s Neoncity Records and its Future 1980 imprint. Moving beyond sampled voices, he began crafting original material with live vocalists, a progression that reached its peak on the conceptual, dancefloor-focused album Ladies in the City. Released in late 2021 on Universal Music Japan—his first project for a major label—the record includes contributions from Mariko Tone (“Endless Mirage”), Pizzicato Five’s Maki Nomiya (“Tokyo Rouge”), Bonnie Pink (“Wonderland”), and Sayumi Michishige (“Night Light”).
Albums
Singles
