[Mintpaper] LIFE 4th Update

Planned on 14 songs first, then decided to 15 the number of songs changed now again to 16 songs. The last 4 added songs are following:

01. Sung Ji Hwan - [title to be announced]
02. Serengeti - Hakuna Matata
03. Daybreak - 팝콘(popcorn)
04. naru - 무지개(rainbow)
05. Earip - 우리집 싱어
06. Lonely Husband - 고향에 살어리랏다
07. 달빛요정역전만루홈런(Moonlight Nymph) - 주성치와 함께라면
08. Dalmoon - 구제불능
09. Han Hee Jung - 오늘은 휴일입니다
10. 10cm - 오늘밤은 어둠이 무서워요
11. Lee Neung Ryong (feat. Im Ju Yeon) - 없는끝 이야기
12. neons - 달빛 스쿠터
13. Joa-Band - 유통기한
14. Lala Sweet - Good Bye
15. Autumn Vacation - 취미는 사랑
16. Oh Ji Eun - 겨울아침
*order of songs is not related to the final tracklist. correct tracklist will be announced after the mastering April 5.

Sweet Sorrow Sung Ji Hwan's Solosong. The recording has been finished a while ago but he is uneasy as he has no title for the song now. He did the song together with Serengeti.

It has been decided that the full band version of the song Hakuna Matata, which gained much applause during Serengeti's first arthall concert, will also be recorded.
It will also be fun to see who participated in the chorus.

The song Daybreak is going to record for LIFE has been changed 3 times. The other two songs that got almost on the compilation, '머리가 자란다' and '에라모르겠다', are now playing a role in Deb's album recording.

The last song that has been decided on is Naru's '무지개'. He did all the performing, vocal, recording and even the 1st mixing alone. It will probably the song that boast the most powerful decibel on the compilation.


7 songs have been mixed, it is planned to have 10 songs finished(mixing) this week and have all songs by thursday next week.
Mastering will be finished April 5 and after ten days from today on the correct tracklist can be announced.

Changes have been made to the schedule:

4.02(FR) | Finishing mixing
4.05(MO) | Finishing mastering
4.06(TU) | Announcing correct track list
4.10~11(SA~SU) | Releasing as entrance music for live ICON audience!
4.14(WE) | First Design release
4.19(MO) | Open for preorder
4.26(MO) | MINTPAPER RADIO special LIFE release broadcast - first release of full songs
4.27(TU) | Pre-release of a part of tracks online
5.01~2(SA~SU) | First sale of limited amount (Beautiful Mint Life)
5.03(MO) | Release in shops in the whole country
5.06(TH) | Opening radio publicity
5.28~29(FR~SA) | MNET 'AURA' - LIFE Release Concert @ Timesquare CGV Art Hall

[Mint Paper] LIFE 3rd Update

A new update on LIFE has been made on the Mint Paper homepage.

The 3rd line up of songs+artists has been revealed and the list looks like this now:

01. Earip - 우리집 싱어
02. Lonely Husband - 고향에 살어리랏다
03. 달빛요정역전만루홈런(Moonlight Nymph) - 주성치와 함께라면
04. Dalmoon - 구제불능
05. Han Hee Jung - 오늘은 휴일입니다
06. 10cm - 오늘밤은 어둠이 무서워요
07. Lee Neung Ryong (feat. Im Ju Yeon) - 없는끝 이야기
08. neons - 달빛 스쿠터
09. Joa-Band - 유통기한
10. Lala Sweet - Good Bye
11. Autumn Vacation - 취미는 사랑
12. Oh Ji Eun - 겨울아침

Kim C (Hot Potatoes) and Lee Sun Gyu (Jaurim) work together as the project band Lonely Husband to record a song with fabulous sound.
Sweater vocal Earip's small and lovely solo song after a long time.
Moonlight Nymph' humor and resolution about seperation.
Dalmoon's song about self-reflection and gloomy confessions.


12 songs have been official announced by now, but the whole song number to be recorded is 15. The 3 left songs and artists will be probably announced sometime during the next 2 weeks.

A schedule for the LIFE release has been announced:

4.02(FR) | Finishing mixing
4.05(MO) | Finishing mastering
4.06(TU) | Announcing correct track list
4.10~11(SA~SU) | Releasing as entrance music for live ICON audience!
4.14(WE) | First Design release
4.19(MO) | Open for preorder
4.26(MO) | Pre-release of a part of tracks online
5.01~2(SA~SU) | First sale of limited amount (Beautiful Mint Life)
5.03(MO) | Release in shops in the whole country
5.06(TH) | Opening radio publicity
5.28~29(FR~SA) | Album Release Concert

This is the program but it also may change a bit.


Other Infos about the album say that the normal album will have a 'digipack' with illustrations and photos. The first limited print will be produced with a special bag and will even include some kind of Merchandise.

The limitation of the first print is not decided yet but will be at least 3,000 and max 5,000 CDs. It is also planned to procede an event at the BML where the limited first press will be sold to a normal price. The normal album and the limited version will have a price difference and it will be possible to buy them in every store.

[Guckkasten] 1st Album Re-Release

Ruby Salon announced that the 1st album from Guckkasten will be re-released in the first week of April.
The re-release has the songs from the 1st album re-recorded plus an acoustic version of '꼬리'. Also the CD jacket will have a new design.

[Phonebooth] Guitarist leaves

Phonebooth' guitarist Lee San Mi left the band due personal reasons. He had his last performance March 12.
Thus he will not participate in the activities for the 2nd album. Kim Tae Woo announced that they will have a new guitarist.

[Naru] New Infos on 2nd Album

Happy Robot twittert new infos about Naru's 2nd album.

Naru's 2nd album will be out soon and it contains 11 songs, under it a huge song that goes over 8 minutes. The title of the album will be 'YET'.
Naru performed the song 'YET' at Soundholic's 'Holiday - Promenade' at February 7. A video of that has been posted at the Happy Robots blog, but it has been taken down again to raise the anticipation for the 2nd album.

[No Reply] In Interview with Kim Ki Ja

The Kim KiJa Daum Cafe (which revolves around Indie) has a new corner "Alive, Deep Inside", showing other sides of the artists to the fans. Their first artist was No Reply.
At first a video was released with cuts from the interview and a live performance.



Later the full interview has been revealed (click on 'Read More'), followed by snapshots, to look at here and No Reply's favorite music, see here