Archive for November 2008
[Album] Eternal Morning (Tablo + Pe2ny) – Soundtrack To A Lost Film
Epik High reached the peak of their career in 2007 with #1 hits like Fan and Love, Love, sweeping the 2007 Mnet Km Music Festival by taking home the Best Album and Best Hip Hop Album of the Year awards. Behind the success of Epik High stands multi-talented singer-songwriter Tablo. He pairs up with Pe2ny, an established producer in his own rights, to form the project team Eternal Morning and rolls out an unusual album titled Eternal Morning – Soundtrack To A Lost Film.
Eternal Morning – Soundtrack To A Lost Film is the first album of its kind. Each of the songs in the album is conceived around an imaginary film and contains raw, unfamiliar sounds marked by irregular rhythm and jarring noise. Principal track White features a harmony of piano and strings with no other instrumental additives. The reason behind the simplicity stems from the artists’ visionary desire that listeners draw out the emotions not merely from the lyrics, but from the music itself. Soundtrack To A Lost Film professes to be a rare kind of soundtrack, hoping to deliver creative inspirations to its listeners.
Release Date: December 4, 2007
Language: Korean
Genre: Hip Hop/Instrumental
Artist: Male Group
*Recommended
Track List:
01. Eternal Morning
02. Plastic Umbrella
03. Love Is
04. White
05. The 8th Day
06. Rainclouds In My Room
07. Holden Caulfield
08. Fingerprints
09. Black Shoe
10. City That Never Sleeps
11. Father’s Watch
12. Eternal Mourning
[Album] Nesian Mystik-Elevator Musiq
Elevator Musiq is about setting standards, taking our music to new heights and reflecting our desire to share our stories at home and on an international stage. Our mission was to bring those unashamedly Nesian characteristics, that are uniquely from Aotearoa, and morph it with high production levels to produce an awesome experience for the listener.
This album is that keep-sake. With the advent of technology; geographical barriers fade and perspective can become lost in the mainstream global market. This album is our line in the sand, it says “this is who we are world….watch this space”. We haven’t tried to follow trends but rather have strived to set them, and in the process we have drawn influences from jazz, reggae, singer songwriter & disco, but with the common thread throughout being truly Nesian.
Release Date: October 30, 2008
Language: English
Genre: R&B/Hip Hop
Artist: Male Group
Track List:
01. Can’t Stop The Progress
02. Home Coming
03. Come And Get It
04. Damn
05. Just Be Me
06. Magazine Dreams
07. R.S.V.P
08. You Already Know
09. I Don’t Usually
10. Prospect
11. Mr Mista
12. Break Drop Flow
13. Nesian 101
14. Dance Floor
15. Game Over
[Album] Hiroki Mizukami – Keep aLive
Hiroki Mizukami is a jazz and classical piano player from Japan. The album is generally nu-jazz and downtempo, but diverges into hip hop. Tracks are instrumentals, except for the last one which features English lyrics.
Release Date: March 7, 2007
Language: English
Genre: Instrumental/Nu-Jazz/Downtempo/Hip Hop
Artist: Male
*Recommended
Track List:
01. The cycles of…
02. Rainy forest
03. Break it down
04. Human Race-original instrumental version
05. Asian mystique
06. Dreams to Dream
07. C.M.T.
08. Beatin’
09. Soul vibration
10. Rabbit’s foot-interlude
11. Twice dub
12. Breezy afternoon
13. Inside magic
14. Keep aLive
15. Human Race-The Good People remix
[Mini Album] Epik High – Lovescream
Epik High cranks up the love machine in their newly released mini album Lovescream! The popular Korean hip-hop group, whose previous fifth release Pieces, Part One won both critical and commercial success, shows off their soft, romantic side by packing in a series of love tunes in their latest album. Making a complete changeover from the group’s previous album which featured a number of songs tackling heavy subjects like suicide, social estrangement, and political corruption, Lovescream coats ordinary love stories with warm, organic analogue sounds of classical instruments.
Known as a trendsetter in the industry, Epik High, which led the first movement of electronic music into the mainstream K-pop through hits like “Peaceful Day” and Fly (featured in their 2nd and 3rd albums respectively), once again goes against the current trend – instead, bringing back the aura of classical tunes in their own unique style. And as always, all of the featured tracks are written and produced by members of Epik High, along with the album’s cover design.
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Language: Korean
Genre: Hip Hop
Artist: Male Group
*Recommended
Track List:
01. Butterfly Effect
02. Fallin’
03. Harajuku Days
04. 습관
05. 쉿
06. 1분 1초 (One minute One Second)
07. 1825 (paper cranes)
[Mini Album] Wheesung – With All My Heart And Soul
Wheesung emerges on the Korean music scene anew. The talented R&B vocalist returns a year after his multi-genre album Eternal Essence Of Music. His first mini album With All My Heart And Soul takes the listener on a musical journey ranging from soul and neo soul to R&B and slow jam. Sparing no efforts to please fans and to advance his own musical ambitions, Wheesung personally composed three of the album’s six new songs. With All My Heart And Soul is carried by slow soulful numbers and Wheesung’s trademark vocals.
Release Date: October 29, 2008
Language: Korean
Genre: R&B
Artist: Male
Track List
01. Realslow Gotta Go Again
02. 완벽한 남자 – A perfect man
03. 별이 지다.. Stars in the…
04. Interlude With 효리 Lee Hyori
05. Choco Luv
06. Prayer 4 Soul (Feat. Lovelyn)
07. 나락(奈落)
08. 별이 지다..(Instrumental)