Another great email treasure today. This time it’s from A-ux, who’s actually Korean Tei Gyun Kim. Yep, our first Korean artist on the site. In fact, I think it might be the first time I’ve ever gotten anything from a Korean artist, or even heard anything from a Korean artist. We’re getting very cosmopolitan these days, it’s kind of a big deal. Anyway, while originally from Korea, Tei has been in NYC for a while doing his music thing there, but is now temporarily in Korea doing his mandatory military service but plans on heading back to NYC when that’s over. He says he grew up as a classical pianist with an experimental streak and I think it’s served us all well in the tunes below. I’m so digging on these for so many reasons. So much so that I decided to post 3 of them. I just listened to them all again, and I’m so loving “Journey to New Hope”. Because as the song progresses, it does sort of give you that feeling of new hope, which is good, because I need it right about now. About halfway in, it just sort of opens up and feels like the sun coming through the clouds after a rainstorm.
