Jo Yun-suk (; born March 18, 1975), known by the stage name Lucid Fall (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. He began his music career in 1997 as a member of the band Misoni (), but has been most prolific as a solo artist, having released eleven

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s since 2001. Lucid Fall's musical style incorporates folk, pop, and bossa nova. Since moving to

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in 2014 and becoming a

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orchardist, his output has also included ambient compositions. He uses a nylon guitar as his primary instrument and is known for his poetic lyrics.

Biography

Lucid Fall was born Jo Yun-suk in 1975 in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea. His family moved to

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where he spent most of his childhood and attended high school.

Musical career

In 1993, Lucid Fall won the bronze award at the 5th Yoo Jae-ha Music Contest ( 유재하 음악경연대회) with "A Song of Mirror". He formed the band Misoni in March 1997, serving as a lead vocalist and guitarist. They performed around Hongdae and eventually released their debut album ''Drifting'' in 1999. After Misoni halted activities due to members'

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, he formed the one-man band Lucid Fall and released the self-titled album ''Lucid Fall'' on Radio Music. He worked on the original soundtrack of the movie ''L'abri'' in 2002. In 2005, he released his second studio album, ''Oh, Love'', with the album's title track winning the award for Best Pop Song at the 2006

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. In 2007, he released a live album, ''Light of Songs'', and a third studio album, ''A Night at the Border''. In December 2022, he released the tenth studio album ''Voice Beside Guitar''.

Research career

Lucid Fall graduated

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majoring in

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in 1999. He moved to Europe for his study and received a licentiate of

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Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...

( KTH), Sweden in 2004. He then moved to

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and got his PhD in

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (, EPFL) is a public university, public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland, founded in 1969 with the mission to "train talented engineers in Switzerland". Like its sister institution E ...

( EPFL) in 2008, for research in drug delivery systems. His paper, "Micelles of Delivery of Nitric Oxide", was published in the

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in September 2009. Having spent seven years as a researcher, he returned to South Korea in late 2009 for a life as a full-time musician, no longer pursuing an academic career.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Lucid Fall'' (2001) * ''Oh, Love'' (오, 사랑; 2005) * ''Night at the Border'' (국경의 밤; 2007) * ''Les Misérables'' (레미제라블; 2009) * ''Beautiful Days'' (아름다운 날들; 2011) * ''Flowers Never Say'' (꽃은 말이 없다; 2013) * ''Someone, Somewhere'' (누군가를 위한; 2015) * ''Living Small and Tiny Farm'' (; 2017) * ''Nowana'' (; 2019) * ''Dancing with Water'' (2021) * ''Voice Beside Guitar'' (목소리와 기타; 2022)

Live albums

* ''Light of Songs'' (2007)

Soundtrack albums

* ''L'Abri'' (버스, 정류장; 2002)

Filmography

Web show

Awards

References

External links

Official homepage (Korean)
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