After their first month on I Am A Singer 2 Guckkasten remain in competition and so our I Am A Singer 2 commentary series continues. In addition to myself Dahee of Dahee’s Plastic Castle and Fabien of Kimchi Popcorn have contributed their thoughts on this episode. All performances can be streamed from the official site. JK Kim Dong Wook to Super December Dahee:… Continue reading
R&B songstress and I Am A Singer graduate Lena Park released her eighth full-length album Parallax today, June 19th. To make the album she’s worked with over 150 people, among them Mongoose‘s Mongu aka Neons, that worked with her to create a retro electro feeling on the track “Raindrops”. Mot‘s eAeon worked together with her… Continue reading
Singer-songwriter RossyPP, short for Rossy Punky Perfume, released mini album 29 on June 12th. The title hints at the many changes in life that comes when the numbers 29 changes to 30, 29 coincidentally being RossyPP’s current Korean age. Compared to her first album, Aloha Oe from last year, the arrangements this time around are… Continue reading
Just like on the lasttotal Korean digital chart from Gaon Busker Busker can be found in the top. Though the album is down to position 8 on the album list the songs on it are still doing well. Another band with their entire new album in the upper half of the chart are Nell. Another… Continue reading
A new month means another Monthly Project single from Yoon Jong Shin. The March 2012 edition was released on February 28th and comes with the song “널 사랑해 오늘따라”, featuring 80’s/90’s k-pop star Kim Wan Sun. Just like for the February single, the musicians on the recording are Seoul Electric Band‘s Shin Seok Chul, Moida… Continue reading
Three entries out and only two new indie related entries on Gaon’s total Korean digital chart was the result when the latest edition was presented today. Both of the new songs are related to Yoon Jong Shin, and Cho Jung Chi has been involved in both as well. 11. 10cm – 애상 (-6) 84. Yoon Jong Shin… Continue reading
As expected, trio Shinchireem released their first digital single 모르는 번호 yesterday, February 3rd. Named after the members the trio comprises well-established song writer and I Am A Singer host Yoon Jong Shin, guitarist Cho Jung Chi and multi-instrumentalist Hareem. Nowadays Hareem is most frequently heard playing one or a few instruments for other artists,… Continue reading
Following Yoon Jong Shin and Cho Jung Chi‘s project Shinchi the two have since joined forced with multi-instrumentalist Hareem extending the name to Shinchireem. The first song from the trio, “모른는번호”, will be revealed on February 3rd with album “여행” following on February 7th. The first teaser was published today. The trio worked together under… Continue reading
February is almost hear meaning that it’s time for singer Yoon Jong Shin to release a new digital single in his Monthly Project. The project has been running since April 2010 and often involves a featured artist. The February 2012 edition, 2012 月刊 尹鍾信 February, offers a song called “그리움 축제” featuring Clazziquai‘s and Ibadi‘s… Continue reading