Mai Kuraki, also known as Mai-K, first debuted in America with the single "Baby I Like". The single was recorded at Boston's Cybersound studio . At the young age of 16, she impressed the staff at Cybersound with her natural talent and poise. This is high praise indeed, for Cybersound is famous for it's rockin' beats and world-class sound, bringing in clients that come from all genres of music, and all parts of the world (Atlanta, New York, Europe, Japan). The beats are created by veteran producer and engineer Perry Geyer, who is also the owner of Cybersound. Perry has worked with the likes of Sara McLachlan, The New Kids on the Block, The Cars and many other bands over his career, developing a reputation as a wicked remixer and drum programmer. Drum loop samples by Perry have been released by the American label EAST WEST records and have received high reviews from KEYBOARD MAGAZINE for their state of the art sound. Why record in Boston? Well, as Perry puts it, "One big reason is that there's so many famous music schools in Boston, and because of that so many musicians with different backgrounds and from different cultures. So it's a good atmosphere to create in, and then it's also really close to the capital of the music world, New York . . . . and that's Boston!" Others that worked on the single included keyboardist Greg Hawkes (The Cars), songwriter Larry Thomas (New Kids on the Block, etc.) and the legendary dance promoter Mark Kamins (Madonna, U2, etc.) who was called in to do promotional work for the single. These top class musicians all hold the same music principle: "We won't work on a musical project we don't like," which says an awful lot about the talent of Mai-K. With such a promising beginning in the states, Mai-K returned to Japan and her first four singles in Japan were all top-ten hits. Her fist album, "delicious way," shattered sales records across the country. Now at age 18, she has currently finished work on an all-English, American debut album, and is rehearsing for her up and coming tours . . . all of this while studying modern culture and society at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto!