N oriko Tujiko meets me in Shibuya wearing a multicolored outfit of clashing greens and reds. On her feet are velvet slippers.

The Paris-based singer and electronic musician is not one to make choices based on others' opinion of her, and this kind of freedom is the key to understanding why, despite releasing a whopping 11 albums since 2000, her artistic output has never dried up.

Indeed, Tujiko has had a prodigious output of both solo and collaborative projects. Her latest, entitled "Trust," was released in Japan on March 8 on the Nature Bliss label.