Category Archives: Music

KMK: Silent DJ Photo Essay

More Silent DJ

Every month the folks at the World DJ Festival have cooked up an exciting fun filled time in Hongdae. The plan is simple. A dj, a few hundred headsets, and the equipment to stream the music live into each and every head that shows up. The following photos come from the shindig they threw down…

KMK: World DJ Promotional Party

http://www.silentdisco.co.kr/

Thanks to the good folks over at Rip City Seoul I learned about the coming DJ promotional party in Hongdae. The event promotes the coming 5th iteration of the World DJ festival here in Korea. This year it’s going down on the weekend of May 6th through the 8th. I suggest buying tickets online before…

KMK: KPOP Profile – Seungri

SeungRi

Kpop opens whole new musical dimensions for SOKO newcomers. Syncing your brain in tune to all the different boy bands, girl groups, solo stars and starlets in the KPop universe makes for a mind blowing task that keeps most peeps never listening to much less loving KPOP. That ends now! As a KPOP junkie it’s…

KMK: KPOP Profile – TVXQ

TVXQ

Kpop opens whole new musical dimensions for SOKO newcomers. Syncing your brain in tune to all the different boy bands, girl groups, solo stars and starlets in the KPop universe makes for a mind blowing task that keeps most peeps never listening to much less loving KPOP. That ends now! As a KPOP junkie it’s…

KMK: Mary J Blige

maryjblige

In January the first lady of Hip Hop Soul arrived in the land of morning calm and shook  things up! It was her first time in Korea and I’m glad she made Seoul a stop on her Music Saved My Life World Tour. The audience at Peace Hall on the campus of Kyunghee University seemed…

KMK: Marius is My Black Friend

정턱과 쾌남들

A new hip hop MV hit the scene in Korea today and it’s generating a lot of buzz. Marius is my black friend is a music video devoted to tackling race in Korea, specifically the reactions Koreans have to black folk. The video features the aforementioned Marius along with the rap duo 정턱과 쾌남들 whose aim seems…

KMK: Nicki Minaj F/Will.I.am

image from Seoul Beats

I’m usually only all about the Kpop, but the new MV Check it Out, from Will.I.am and Nicki Minaj, deserves a shout out. The backdrop focuses on a very chic Korean TV audience who sit stone still and silent while Will.I.am and Minaj put on a manic performance as if they’d been doped up on…

KMK: Can’t Nobody Diss 2NE1!

2NE1 is on Fire!

I know, I know I’ve been MIA on the K-pop reportage, but that stops now! Of course before I tackle any other artist I’ve got to go straight at my girls over in 2NE1. If you’ve been under a rock or in America then you probably didn’t hear about their latest album: To Anyone! I’ve…