For the 2016 edition of electronic music festival Nuit Sonoroes in Lyon, France, Années croisées France-Corée du Sud together with Institut Français arrange a special program under the name Cool Korea ! Carte Blanche à Séoul. The line-up for the festival will be announced on February 3, but already the 12 Korean bands coming over to perform have been named.
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Honoring Indieful ROK’s original intent of being a manual aggregator of sorts, I’ve had a look at what some Korean music blogs around have listed as the best releases of 2015 and made a summary. The blogs in question are Weiv, IZM, Music Y, and DiffSound. And to get some more input I also weighed… Continue reading
This is old news by now, but since there is still a week to go before the 4th Seoul Record Fair takes place–June 28-29 at Platoon Kunsthalle–I figured I should follow up my post on this year’s special vinyl editions with something on the two releases announced later. The first three vinyl re-issues announced for… Continue reading
DJ Soulscape is back in the US and this time he’ll be bringing his blend of disco, boogie, funk, and old Korean music to Los Angeles. Together with Frenchmen Mathieu Schreyer of esteemed radio station KCRW, DJ Soulscape will be coming to Bar Marmont in West Hollywood already tomorrow, October 16th. Source: DJ Soulscape
Last month Mongoose released EP Girlfriend. Half of the songs from the EP have been remixed and were released on separate digital singles today, July 17th. DJ Soulscape has taken on “Together Forever”, offering an “MPC Boogie Mix”; Jinbo remixed “Secret Kiss”; and Plastic Kid contributed a remix of “Bohemian Girlfriend” for Bo Hye-Mi. Via:… Continue reading