Since September 2011 Olleh Music has been running its monthly Indie Awards, awarding the best album, artist and rookie of the month. The finalists are selected from submissions by a special jury and netizens get a chance to vote for their favorites little more than a week. The results for January’s Indie Awards, rewarding November… Continue reading
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Hyang Music’s Album Sales Chart, First Week of January 2012
Since the last few years digital sales may be more important than sales of CDs in Korea, but that does not mean the CD has completely played out its role as a carrier of music. In some segments of Korea’s indie scene it’s still more common to release a CD than set up a digital… Continue reading
Nominees for 9th Korean Music Awards Announced
Today the nominees for the 9th Korean Music Awards were announced. Out of all the awards in Korea it’s considered the most prestigious among musicians and a majority of the nominees are indie artists rather than idols. The winners of the awards will be presented on February 29th. Album of the Year nominees: Idiotape –… Continue reading
Idiotape talk technology and gain fans
Today The Creators Project offered another interview with a Korean artist and the interview subject was Dguru representing Idiotape. Watch the whole thing above or visit The Creators Project for a higher resolution, and don’t forget to turn on the English subtitles should you need them. I found the whole interview very interesting, but was… Continue reading
Mini-Interview with Idiotape
So a little while ago I realized that while I’ve been eagerly posting updates on Apollo 18 and their impending US tour I had spent much less effort covering the whereabouts of the bands participating in the Seoulsonic North American. I also realized that I haven’t kept up with Idiotape at all since first discovering… Continue reading
Idiotape and D_Guru
Another recent addition to the electronica section of Indieful ROK’s Korean Music MySpace Directory is Idiotape. Don’t know what to say about their music, except that it’s a kind of electronica I don’t mind listening to myself. And to make it a bit more intriguing they describe their music as “Electro/Shoegaze/Psychedelic”. The trio counts DJ… Continue reading