|
Byul.org
Byul.org () is an electronica, dreampop band and design studio based in Seoul, South Korea. History and activity Cho Tae-sang started his music career in the 1990s when he was a teenager. He performed in various locations such as Hongdae street and Insa dong. Meanwhile, his younger brother Jowall has been active since 1999, playing in the bands Vacuum Orchestra(진공악단) and Underwears Band. The brothers collaborated on a song titled 'Bleu Bulb Light' for the first time when Cho was 21 and Jowall was 15. This song later became one of the band's signature tracks. Byul.org was formed in January 2000 by the brothers, Cho Tae-sang and Jowall. Initially, it began as a poetry recital meeting among friends. The following year, in 2001, they composed the title of the original soundtrack for the movie Take Care of My Cat which starred Bae Doona. This marked the beginning of their recognition and public attention. They has been played on NTS Live in shows including Lightning Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Stories Heard From A Girl In An Opium Den
''Secret Stories Heard From a Girl in an Opium Den'' () is the debut studio album by South Korean electronica band Byul.org. The album was released on 15 November 2011 through Burnt Toast Vinyl. Background Byul.org was formed in 2000 and became popular with the release of the EP series ''Monthly Vampire (월간 뱀파이어)'', but did not provide streaming and download services on its official music site. The first studio album began in 2005 at the suggestion of Burnt Toast Vinyl and was recorded for five years. Byul.org collaborated with film director Nam Goongsun to produce a short film of the same name. Critical reception Music webzine Tonplein ''Tonplein'' () is a South Korean online magazine An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print maga ... named it the 18th best album of the 2010s and said "At the end of the 2010s, ''Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jowall
Jowall ( ko, 조월) is a South Korean post-rock musician. He is known as a member of the shoegaze band Underwear Band and electronica group Byul.org. He began his career as a solo musician since in 2009 and released three studio albums: ''Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들)'' (2009), ''Clean & Clear (깨끗하게, 맑게,)'' (2013) and ''To Celebrate Nothing (아무것도 기념하지 않는)'' (2020). Career Jowall was a member of the shoegaze band Underwear Band, which was formed in 2000. He have also formed the electronica band Byul.org since 2001 with his brother Jo Taesang. He also led the band's magazine ''Monthly Vampire (월간 뱀파이어)''. He began his solo career in 2009 and released his first album, ''Things You Are Going to See Here (네가이곳에서보게될것들)''. He released his second studio album, ''Clean & Clear (깨끗하게, 맑게,)'' in 2013. Na Wonyoung of Weiv described the album as "Rough or low-fi noise was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnt Toast Vinyl
Burnt Toast Vinyl is an independent record label based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. History Burnt Toast Vinyl was founded by Scott Hatch, a Drexel University student who had initially been involved with concert promotion at the school. The label has released full albums from several prominent Philadelphia indie musicians, as well as releasing or re-releasing material on vinyl from artists, including those on the Tooth & Nail roster. Among its reissues are the debut album from Scaterd Few, re-released by Burnt Toast in 2015. Several of Burnt Toast's post rock and experimental groups attracted notice from magazines such as ''Dusted'' and ''Prefix''. Among the label's best-known releases are those by Denison Witmer, Unwed Sailor, and Saxon Shore. Review of ''The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore'' Allmusic Roster * All American Radio * Aspera *The Blamed *Bosque Brown * Byul.org * Circle of Birds *Early Day Miners * Efterklang * Emperor X *Ester Drang *Explosions in the Sky * Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brokenteeth
Kim Minha (; born February 28, 1999), better known by his stage name Brokenteeth (stylised BrokenTeeth; ), is a South Korean shoegaze musician. He has released two albums: '' The Letters (편지)'' (2021) and '' How to Sink Slowly (추락은 천천히)'' (2023). Career BrokenTeeth debuted with his first album, '' The Letters (편지)'', in 2021. The album gained popularity when it was introduced on YouTube. In February 2022 he released his new single, ''Paradox (당신의 사랑이 늘 행복하기를)''. He joined the crew Digital Dawn, which includes Parannoul, Asian Glow, Wapddi, Della Zyr and Fin Fior, and held a concert together in September 2022. He later performed on The EBS space. In December 2022, he released the single ''Heaven Express (again)'', which was also featured by Della Zyr. On February 23, 2023, he released his second studio album, '' How to Sink Slowly (추락은 천천히)''. Sunnyvale of Sputnikmusic described the album as "No matter how beautiful a g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Months
''Ten Months'' (Korean: 십개월의 미래; RR: ''Sibgaewol Mirae;'' lit. ''The Future of Ten Months'') is a 2020 South Korean pregnancy drama film written and directed by Nam Koong-sun in her directorial debut starring Choi Sung-eun. The film is a feature project from the Korea National University of Arts (K'Arts) that debuted in the Korean Cinema Section of the Jeonju International Film Festival on May 28, 2020. The film was released domestically in South Korea on October 14, 2021. Synopsis 29-year-old game developer, Mirae (Choi Sung-eun) suddenly realizes that she is 11 weeks pregnant. She tells her boyfriend, and his immediate response is to say that they should get married. A vegetarian, the boyfriend is forced to work on his parents' pig farm to ensure that they get the support they need. Meanwhile, when Mirae's boss finds out about the pregnancy, all the hard work she has put into her career comes tumbling down. Cast * Choi Sung-eun as Choi Mi-rae * Baek Hyun-jin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the Capital city, capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the Constitution of North Korea, 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's List of cities by GDP, fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a List of South Korean regions by GDP, GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Care Of My Cat
''Take Care of My Cat'' () is a 2001 South Korean coming of age film, the feature debut of director Jeong Jae-eun. It chronicles the lives of a group of friends — five young women — a year after they graduate from high school, showing the heartbreaking changes and inspiring difficulties they face in both their friendships and the working world in the context of globalization. Plot In the bleak industrial landscape of historical port city of Incheon, five young women struggle to transition from high school to the adult world. Hae-joo pursues a career at a brokerage firm in Seoul, Tae-hee works without pay at her family's sauna and volunteers as a typist for a poet with cerebral palsy, Ji-young struggles to find work while living in a dilapidated house with her elderly grandparents and a kitten named Teetee, and twin sisters Bi-ryu and Ohn-jo live on their own and sell handmade jewellery on the street. Hae-joo tries to make herself invaluable at work but finds that she is at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korean Indie Rock Groups
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korean Electronic Music Groups
South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European language, Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korean Dream Pop Musical Groups
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Se So Neon
Se So Neon ( ko, 새소년) is a South Korean indie rock band. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Hwang So-yoon, and bassist Park Hyun-jin. Since their formation in 2016, the band has released the EPs ''Summer Plumage'' (2017) and ''Nonadaptation'' (2020). In 2018, the band won the awards for Rookie of the Year and Best Rock Song at the Korean Music Awards. History Se So Neon was established in 2016 and began as a project band between Hwang So-yoon and Gangto. Their name, which literally translates to 'new kids' or 'new boys', was chosen by Hwang after coming across an issue of the now-defunct children's magazine ''Sae So Nyeon'' in a bookstore. The band became a trio when they recruited bassist Fancy Moon. In October 2017, they released their first EP, titled ''여름깃'' (''Summer Plumage''). In December 2018, Se So Neon announced Gangto and Fancy Moon had left the band to perform their military service Military service is service by an indiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTS Radio
NTS Radio (also known as NTS Live or simply NTS) is an online radio station and media platform started in the Hackney area of London. The station was founded in April 2011 by Femi Adeyemi "for an international community of music lovers". NTS broadcasts from its studios in London and Los Angeles, as well as remote worldwide broadcasts from its mix of resident hosts and guests. NTS produces a diverse range of live radio shows, digital media and events. ''The Guardian'' has described NTS as "redefining radio" and ''The New Yorker'' described it as a radio "which reshaped how musicians and fans around the world saw and heard one another". Music Business Worldwide reported in January 2020 that NTS has 1.5 million monthly listeners. By May 2020, the ''Financial Times'' reported that NTS had picked up more than 2.5 million unique monthly listeners. The same article reported that "fifty percent of NTS's music cannot be found on Spotify ..either because it's not available on Spotify ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
