Nov.16.08 Korean Experimental Music at STEIM Curated by Byungjun Kwon
Flyer design by Kai-Ting Lin
Korean Experimental Music at STEIM
Curated by Byungjun Kwon
Choi Joonyong
Ryu Hankil
Sato Yukie
STEIM is presenting an exclusive concert dedicated to Korean experimental music. Not only are they the pioneers of Korean electronic music, but also have been taking the role of introducing it abroad by means of their passionate performances. This concert is a part of their european tour in Belgium and The Netherlands.
Choi Joonyong (Kr)
Choi Joonyong started making noise with Hong Chulki as Astronoise from 1996. He plays electronic instruments such as opened cdplayers, reel tape player and speakers. He is participating in harsh noise band called Master Musik as well as playing solo, and made 3 solo albums with error sounds from cdplayers, He is running a record label called Balloon & Needle introducing experimental music from Korea.
http://www.balloonnneedle.com/
Ryu Hankil (Kr)
Born in 1975 in Seoul, South Korea. He was a keyboard player in two famous Korean indie pop groups, but eventually left the groups because he was tired of typical music making and sounds. At that time, he saw a concert by Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, Axel Dörner, and Taku Unami in Seoul. He changed his musical instrument and concentrated more and more on improvised music and sound related works. Hankil has organised a monthly concert series called RELAY since 2005. He established his own publishing office called Manual, and releases improvised music and magazines.
http://www.themanual.co.kr/
Sato Yukie (Jp/Kr)
Sato Yukie is one of the main men behind a new group of experimenting artists in Seoul. A couple of years ago he started organizing some concerts with artists from abroad. Although his main musical activity is the psychedelic band KopChangJeonGol, he also plays an important role in the local improv scene, in which he mainly focusses on guitar-based experiment.
http://www.yogiga.com/yukie/