Black Cosmos by Ji Park / Pyo Jinho

Black Cosmos is the duo improvisation project of cellist Ji Park and vocalist Pyo Jinho, two multidisciplinary artists that have been active on the Korean creative music scene for years. Ji Park has been prolific in many art circles around Seoul, recently being chosen for the Incheon Art Platform residency in 2019, and often combines her cello improvisations with visual performances in the form of dancers or video-art. Pyo Jinho is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, performing widely on both clarinet and vocals, arriving back in Korea in 2010 after having studied at University D'Evry and Saint-Maur Conservatory in France. The two met in early 2019 and began a duo project focusing on free improvisation, and this album is the first official recording that they have made together.

Black Cosmos는 한국 현대음악 씬에서 활발히 활동하고 있는 첼리스트 지박과 보컬리스트 표진호의 즉흥듀오 프로젝트이다. 지박은 인천아트플랫폼(2019-2021)과 뉴욕 OMI International Arts Center(2015)의 레지던시 아티스트로 선정되었고 현대무용과 비디오아트 등의 구성으로 지박컨템포러리시리즈를 꾸준히 발표하고 있다. 표진호는 아주 뛰어난 기량의 클라리네티스트이자 보컬리스트로써, 프랑스 University D'Evry 와 Saint-Maur Conservatory에서 수학후 2010년 귀국한 이후 현재까지 재즈, 프리재즈 씬에서 활발한 활동을 하고 있다. 두 연주자는 오랜시간 Free Improvisation을 기반으로 다양한 다원예술 프로젝트로 협연하였고, 2021년 첫 듀오음반을 발매한다.

Mung is a Korean expression "멍" roughly translated as "spacing out", a process during which our conscious minds step back and allow our subconscious minds to take over, much like what happens in the art of improvisation. MM focuses on improvised and original music from Seoul, Korea and is mainly recorded using a vintage Tascam 424 cassette 4 track recorder. All artwork by Sunjae Lee.

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