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  "slug": "pizzicato-five",
  "name": "Pizzicato Five",
  "description": "Pizzicato Five appears 2 times in our Shibuya-kei list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/pizzicato-five/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 2,
  "years": {
    "first": 1991,
    "last": 1993
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 1,
    "list": "Shibuya-kei"
  },
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    {
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      "slug": "shibuya-kei",
      "name": "Shibuya-kei",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/shibuya-kei/",
      "entries": 2
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "pizzicato-five--twiggy-twiggy",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/pizzicato-five--twiggy-twiggy/",
      "title": "Twiggy Twiggy",
      "year": 1991,
      "label": "Columbia",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Maki Nomiya deadpan over a bossa rhythm, strings and a break. The group that defined the whole look and sound, and knew exactly how arch they were being.",
      "alsoOn": [],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Pizzicato%20Five%20Twiggy%20Twiggy",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 1,
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        "slug": "shibuya-kei",
        "name": "Shibuya-kei",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/shibuya-kei/"
      },
      "artist": "Pizzicato Five"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "pizzicato-five--sweet-soul-revue",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/pizzicato-five--sweet-soul-revue/",
      "title": "Sweet Soul Revue",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "Columbia",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "A Philadelphia soul arrangement, a Tokyo vocal and an advertising campaign. Shibuya-kei was always comfortable being commercial and never pretended otherwise.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Pizzicato%20Five%20Sweet%20Soul%20Revue",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 4,
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        "slug": "shibuya-kei",
        "name": "Shibuya-kei",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/shibuya-kei/"
      },
      "artist": "Pizzicato Five"
    }
  ],
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}