About

Step inside the world of Ginger Root. Cameron Lew makes it easy to do so; every considered detail is his own manifestation, written, designed, and executed as an all-encompassing diorama of sound and sight. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter, and visual artist from Southern California, Lew has crafted his project steadily since 2017, inviting a fervent and growing legion of fans into storylines drawn across mediums: captivating albums with accompanying films and globe-spanning tours. The Ginger Root sound — handmade yet immaculately polished synth-pop, alt-disco, boogie, and soul — takes shape through Lew's lens as an Asian-American growing up enamored by 1970s and '80s music, specifically the creative and cultural dialogue between Japanese City Pop and its Western counterparts from French Pop to Philly Soul to Ram-era McCartney. He spins his retro-minded influences and proliferates savvily in the present, synthesizing a songwriter's wit, an editor's eye, and a producer’s resource into something singular and modern.

Mahjong Room is Ginger Root's 2nd full length release. The name comes from a room Lew's great-grandmother had in her house, where all of his family members would gather, play mahjong, and a five-year old Lew would come and try to shuffle the tiles. It eventually became somewhat of a storage room, the memory of it inspiring both the song and album, respectively. — via Label

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Label: Acrophase Records
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Repress
Reissued: 2024 / Original Release: 2018
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul
Style: Funk, Soul, Indie Pop

File under: Alternative / Indie / Pop
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