Local Lingo
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2007-10-13
Reviewed 2007-10-13
J.K. HWANG & S.W. PARK: Local Lingo
Euonymous, 2007
Creative new music with an Asian outlook and a timeless sound. These duets place Hwang’s supple, clear violin against Park’s mysterious-sounding Korean zithers (the bowed ajeng and plucked kayagum) in atmospheric compositional/improv spaces that can be unsettling (1,4) inviting (2) or enigmatic (3, 5).
All very good. Take your pick.
1. 08:57 – sweet violin & groaning ajeng: slow call & response, then stark and dramatic interplay: stabbing, wailing, weeping, chugging.
2. 06:54 – relaxed Korean folk song: pretty tune, plain vocal, turns bluesy!
3. 15:07 – thoughtful violin swims through rubbery kayagum tones; picks up a sort of walking rhythm, then long, slow solos for each. The kayagum is just amazing, it sounds sampled or effected, but it isn’t…
4. 09:05 – slashing, sawing bowed lines unite & clash; then classical-folksy violin dances, occasionally rejoining with ajeng for crushing power.
5. 07:25 – slow solo/duo variations on a theme, sliding and strange.
[ Fo ] 13-Oct-07
Euonymous, 2007
Creative new music with an Asian outlook and a timeless sound. These duets place Hwang’s supple, clear violin against Park’s mysterious-sounding Korean zithers (the bowed ajeng and plucked kayagum) in atmospheric compositional/improv spaces that can be unsettling (1,4) inviting (2) or enigmatic (3, 5).
All very good. Take your pick.
1. 08:57 – sweet violin & groaning ajeng: slow call & response, then stark and dramatic interplay: stabbing, wailing, weeping, chugging.
2. 06:54 – relaxed Korean folk song: pretty tune, plain vocal, turns bluesy!
3. 15:07 – thoughtful violin swims through rubbery kayagum tones; picks up a sort of walking rhythm, then long, slow solos for each. The kayagum is just amazing, it sounds sampled or effected, but it isn’t…
4. 09:05 – slashing, sawing bowed lines unite & clash; then classical-folksy violin dances, occasionally rejoining with ajeng for crushing power.
5. 07:25 – slow solo/duo variations on a theme, sliding and strange.
[ Fo ] 13-Oct-07
Recent airplay
Ari Rang
Memory Select — Dec 14, 2007
Ari Rang
No Cover, No Minimum — Dec 14, 2007
Listen
Memory Select — Dec 07, 2007
Third Sight
Memory Select — Nov 23, 2007
Ari Rang
No Cover, No Minimum — Nov 16, 2007
Grassy Hills
Memory Select — Nov 02, 2007
Charting
2007-10-14 — 2007-12-16
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Dec 16 | 2 |
| Dec 9 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | 1 |
| Nov 4 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Listen | ||
| 2. | Ari Rang | ||
| 3. | Grassy Hills | ||
| 4. | Third Sight | ||
| 5. | Embers |