[Infocorner] 10cm

Trying to find out more about some artists, I decided to make an infocorner. Starting with 10cm. Unexpectedly it was easier to find infos than pictures.



10cm, consisting of Kwon Jung Yeol (vocal, percussion) and Yoon Chul Jong (guitar), became a trend. On a list of 'bands that had the most performances in Hongdae Clubs in 2009' they reached the 2nd place.

They describe themselves as 'expressing music full of sexiness with the smartness and arrogance of the NY Manhattan style'. But asking what exactly the Manhattan style is, you'll always get the answer 'it's just a bluff'. Never having been in Manhattan, not knowing where it is, Jung Yeol explains that it is just to make it look as if there's something; it's just the coolest word he knows.

They are lazybones who just do what they want, enjoying coffee and cigarettes. They search for 'the new world where you can pay monthly rent, communication bills, price for coffee and cigarette, PC bang and Date expenses through making music.'

Warning! CUT~

Soran working on their first EP

Modern Rock/Pop group Soran, which has been once introduced in Janet's Videophile at Indieful ROK, are working on their first EP. The songs that will be recorded for it are 잊어야해, 타임머신(feat. Monni's Taewoo), 가을목이, 그때는 왜 몰랐을까, 이렇게 행복해, 너에게(feat. 10cm's Jung Yeol, Serengeti's Soo Wan). They will have an album release concert August 6. You can watch a kind of music video of 너에게(feat. Jung Yeol, Soo Wan) here and listen to 잊어야해 here (not sure if this is already the album version though).

Band Soran was formed in autumn 2009. Even though it's a young band, every member has its experiences. Vocal Go Young Bae studied Classic composing at Chugye University For The Arts, guitarist Jun Hoon is currently guitarist at Lee Seung Hwan's band and active as a session artist for the musical 'Legally Blonde', bassist Seo Myun Ho is active as session artist for Beautiful Days and drummer Pyun Hyu Il won the first prize at 'Seoul Drum Festival Drum Contest' in his High school time.

The KOXX' Shaun models

While fashion manufacture uglybros goes for the 2nd Season, they have chosen The KOXX' Synthesizer Shaun to be their main model. There have been some photos posted on the Happy Robot Blog, the real advertisement will be out in August in the magazine 'Scooter n Style' and on the official homepage of uglybros.

Besides that, Shaun has opened a new MySpace for his remixes: http://www.myspace.com/djshauun

Ruby Salon's new MCs

Cha Seung Woo from The Moonshiners got a new radio program on iTVFM (90.7MHz). His music program (consisting of Korean and foreign songs) will go from 12 in the night until 2. His first broadcast will be on August 2.

Guckkasten's Ha Hyung Woo got a position as a MC at OBS' TV program '꿈 꾸는 U' ('dreaming U'). He will join announcer Kim Won Kyung, film director Jang Hang Joon and Kim Eo Joon from website ddanzi. Starting today (July 22) he will introduce short films in his own unique manner every Thursday night at 12.30.

[New Albums] Musicians at work

Some news about albums I caught on.

On her 2009 travel in Hokkaido Oh Ji Eun started thinking about making more lively songs. She gathered her session musicians Jung Joon Yeob(guitar), Park Min Soo(keyboard), Park Soon Chul(bass) and Shin Dong Hoon(drum) and formed 'Oh Ji Eun and The Wolves' (after 'Oh Ji Eun and The Blockheads' was disliked by the members). Their digital single '미리듣기' came out yesterday, July 21, and consist of the title song '너에게 그만 빠져들 방법을 이제 가르쳐줘타이틀곡' and '아저씨 미워요'. They also have an official homepage.

New team Yellow Monsters decided their first album release to be June 22. The self-titled album consists of 10 tracks.

After Yozo postponed the release of her album due performances, cf, broadcasts etc, she's working now on it next to her radio broadcast. If everything goes well, it may be released beginning of next month already.

Super Kidd are coming back with their 3rd album. No release date yet, an event will take place at Kubrick in The Forest August 1. They'll talk about their 3rd album and it will probably be released after it.

Also Jaejoo Boys are at finishing their 4th album (mixing process is said to be finished) and it will be released after Jisan Valley Rock Festival.

After 3 years Daybreak will release their 2nd album. It is called 'Aurora' and has already a full track list and title song here. There is also a full concert planned for August 29 at Sang Sang Madang.

Han Hee Jung started the recording of her new single. It will probably consist of 5 tracks and be released around October.

Casker is also working on a new single, seem to have some troubles and a lot of worries though. For the first time, they take external lyrics and work in an outside studio for a longer time.

Listen to Naru's 2nd Album

Two days ago Naru released his 2nd album after working for 2 years on it. Like the 1st one, he composed, wrote, played the instruments and recorded all himself. There even has been a music video release, made by a friend of him, for '키'(height).



On Happy Robot Nina's youtube account have been also uploaded teaser videos (him playing on a balcony) and full songs from the new album.