Kim Seok-chul (, 28 February 1922 – 26 July 2005) was a South Korean

shaman Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into ...

in ''byeolsin-gut'' (별신굿, shaman ritual in the east coast of Korea) troop and hojok virtuoso (호적산조), recognized as the 82nd valuable intangible cultural asset of the Republic of Korea for his mastery of the instrument. Kim was born in 1922 at Pohang city, Kyungsangbuk-do. He was the great shaman, musician and composer of Korean traditional music. Outside of South Korea, he was primarily known for an audio snippet of his hojok playing, which was used in the experimental sound collage album Consume Red by Ground Zero (band).

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