 In 2003, the J-pop girl group Perfume,


along with producer Yasutaka Nakata, began producing music combining chiptunes with synthpop and electro house;

their breakthrough came in 2007 with "Game", which led to other Japanese female artists using a similar electronic style, including Aira Mitsuki, immi, Mizca, SAWA, Saori@destiny, and Sweet Vacation.Electro house producer Deadmau5 started his career in the late 1990s, with a chiptune and demoscene movements-influenced sound.Three self-released compilations, Project 56, deadmau5 Circa 1998–2002 and A Little Oblique, were finished in 2006.