Alchemy, by Daniel Ko / Soojin Suh

Alchemy

by Daniel Ko / Soojin Suh

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1.	Adam's Ale 05:46	buy track
2.	Gates of Eternal Bliss 05:59	buy track
3.	찬양하라 내 영혼아 03:15	buy track
4.	Birds of Ashes 04:17	buy track
5.	Unbound 06:21	buy track
6.	Ktož sú boží bojovníci 04:20	buy track
7.	02-119 03:40	buy track
8.	Gemini 05:56	buy track
9.	Reminiscence 07:14	buy track

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Alchemy is the duo project of longtime musical collaborators saxophonist Daniel Ko and drummer Soojin Suh. Typically playing in more conventional jazz settings, this album focuses more on free improvisation, sometimes using some folk and religious melodies as foils before launching into rapturous solos that are reminiscent of the drum and saxophone duos from the classic late 60's free jazz era.

‘Alchemy’ 는 고단열과 서수진의 듀오 연주 앨범으로 오랫동안 함께 연주해온 두 연주자의 호흡이 극적으로 발현된 앨범이다. 두 연주자 모두 재즈 백그라운드를 가지고 있지만, 이들의 연주에서는 단일 장르로 단정할 수 없는 복합적인 문화의 색이 느껴진다. 60년대 프리재즈에 대한 애착이 느껴지는 즉흥 연주 위에 민속 음악을 연주하거나 종교적인 주제를 표현할 때에도 두 사람이 가진 고유한 개성은 주제를 포용하는 넉넉함을 보여준다. 탁월한 멜로디 메이커인 고단열과 어떤 프리 연주에서도 형식미를 강조하는 서수진의 연주의 조화는 한순간도 그냥 버려지지 않고 살아난다. 어떻게 보면 2020년의 프리음악은 이렇게 진화했다고 말하는 듯하다. 강렬하고도 아름다운 두 사람의 콜라보가 만들어낸 순간이 들려주는 것은 바로 꾸밈 하나 없는 그들 자신이다.

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released November 2, 2020

Daniel Ko- Tenor and Alto saxophone, bamboo flute (9)
Soojin Suh- Drums

Recording, Mixing, Mastering, Artwork by Sunjae Lee
Recorded 10/7/20 in Seoul Korea on Tascam 424 Cassette Recorder

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Mung Music Seoul, South Korea

Mung is a Korean expression "멍" roughly translated as "spacing out", a process during which our conscious minds step back and allow our subconscious minds to take over, much like what happens in the art of improvisation. MM focuses on improvised and original music from Seoul, Korea and is mainly recorded using a vintage Tascam 424 cassette 4 track recorder. All artwork by Sunjae Lee. ... more

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