Hong Chulki
Hong Chulki (Hong is the family name) is an improviser and noise musician from Seoul, South Korea. He founded the noise group Astronoise in 1996 with Choi Joonyong and has composed a number of scores for film, working extensively with turntable feedback. Together with Choi, he now runs the label Balloon & Needle.
Hong Chulki (Hong is the family name) is an improviser and noise musician from Seoul, South Korea. He founded the noise group Astronoise in 1996 with Choi Joonyong and has composed a number of scores for film, working extensively with turntable feedback. Together with Choi, he now runs the label Balloon & Needle.
Mosquitoes and Crabs
Chulki Hong, turntables, guitar, electronics. Will Guthrie, drums, percussion, electronics. Recorded by Taku Unami, Mullae Arts Village, Seoul, South Korea, 20-22 October 2016. Mixed and edited by Taku Unami.Will Guthrie is an Australian drummer/percussionist living in France. He works in many different settings of music: live performance, improvisation and studio composition using various combinations of drums, percussion, objects, junk, amplification and electronics. Born in 1976, Hong Chulki …
Objets infernaux
Two great korean artists working with feedback, turntables, opened hard drives... What they call infernal objects. A stream of noise accidents. A molten, scalding stream of sound. Looking back, I see it's only been about seven years since, via the recordings issued on Manual, I first became aware of the improvising scene in Seoul; seems like longer, maybe I'm forgetting something. But the musicians involved were clearly up to something new and exciting, carving out a distinct area that often inv…