Showing posts with label Korean Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korean Music. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2013

SOREA Band Live

Hello everyone,



I’m back! And as I promised, I won’t blog about Kpop this time, although I will be blogging about Korean Music, if you remember I’ve posted about SOREA before over here, this time I was lucky enough to catch a performance LIVE,  last week we went to the ´H Festival´at the National Gugak Center, this show was sponsored by Hyundai Motors and SOREA Band presented their show ORIEN’ON with Traditional Dance, B-boys, not only the performance was awesome, they also played a song with the famous K-pop artist Jung-In (최정)!!



The show started around 7pm and we got 1st row seats (oh yea!), I was very excited as this was my 1st time seeing them live, they played over 10 songs that night, so, here’s a compound of what happened.





To find more about SOREA Band, you can listen to their music on SOREA’s Youtube channel here, follow them on Twitter or Like them on Facebook


-Gisela V. 

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Monkey 5


Check out the Debut album of Monkey 5 on i-Tunes, the first “Whistle Monkey Band” ever in the world. The music would fascinate every hearts. 

Follow the Link -> https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/shall-we-whistle-single/id648269972

Monkey 5 is the first "Whistle Monkey Band" ever in the world.
Check out their Facebook page here.

The Band has five mysterious members :
Whikey, Goldee, Liva, Bello and Touyo from an unknown species called ‘PINGKONGs’.

They whistle in chorus and provide unprecedented harmony with a variety of whistling techniques like scat or vibration. Their music touches and fascinates every heart who listens to them.

Monkey 5 has been preparing this first album for a long time with ‘healing’ as its main theme to provide unique healing experiences for those who are physically and mentally tired.

Shall we whistle along with Monkey 5?


                                        

-Gisela V.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

SOREA Band



Photo taken from Sorea Group


SOREA Band is a modern Korean traditional music band.

Sorea Band was formed in 2005; the name is a compound word for ‘Soul of Korea’ and their intention is to share the Soul of Korea with global citizens. The band is a combination of world trends and Korean traditional instruments, generating a new Korean traditional value by developing creative performances.

In 2005 won the Gold Award in the Creative Korean Traditional Music competition and it then received the Best new Album Award from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Secretary in 2006.

I had never hear of them until recently, a Korean friend of mine introduce me to Sorea Claiming they played Modern Korean music using Traditional Korean Instruments and had Bboys performances, I've talked about Bboys before and since I'm sort of a new Kpop fan I decided to check it out.

The 1st thing I did was check out their YouTube channel and watch some of their Videos. 



You can also watch an interview with Sorea's Producer/Creative Director Moon Ryu, it's an interview from Arirang's show "Heart to Heart", basically a short explanation of what SOREA is and what they do.

They also have a Facebook account where you can find more information about recent presentations or upcoming shows!

You can also follow them on Twitter

Follow Sorea Media at https://twitter.com/SOREAMedia






If you don't know anything about Korean Music and somehow you feel it's no fun, SOREA Band might change your mind about it, remember not everyone in Korea listens to Kpop and this is a great way to get to know a little bit more about Korean Traditional Music.

-Gisela V.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Guest Post: Super Junior en Latinoamerica


Mucho se ha especulado en México acerca de la Visita de Super Junior, se habla de conciertos en Latinoamerica e inmediatamente las Fans en México se preguntan por que no vienen a nuestro país, le pedí a una amiga que me ayudara con este tema pues yo no soy experta en Kpop y mucho menos cuestiones de Super Junior, asi que Carmen me ayudo a escribir el siguente post de Super Junior en Latinoamerica.



El pasado 10 de marzo mediante un evento transmitido por YouTube, Super Junior anunció los países latinos en donde se presentaría el SS5. Los afortunados: Brasil, Chile, Perú y Argentina.

Las Elf’s mexicanas esperaban con gran emoción la mención de México, para su sorpresa no fue así. A partir de ese momento, comenzaron a desatarse rumores y comentarios pero sobretodo, sentimientos encontrados.


Foto: sujumexico.blospot.com
Sabemos que México es uno de los países con mayor proyección internacional, ya sea para consolidar una trayectoria o bien para aquellos que buscan darse a conocer. Por eso no se comprendía el ¿por qué?, nuestro país no estaba en esa lista.


Haciendo un pequeña observación ¿cómo es la situación del Kpop actualmente? Lo siguiente, es mi opinión personal y un pequeño análisis.


¿Es conocido el Kpop en México? Hasta hace poco no lo era. En los últimos dos años, algunas revistas y programas comenzaron a brindar un espacio a esta música; los distintos clubs de fans (fandoms) realizaban actividades como: proyecciones de conciertos, reuniones para festejar cumpleaños, eventos de coreografías en conjunto con el CENTRO CULTURAL COREANO, envío de mensajes masivos en Twitter, etc. Las empresas y/o promotoras, al no tener un amplio conocimiento de este género, tenían el temor de invertir ante algo que les resultara redituable.

Actualmente comienzan a cambiar de idea al ver lo hecho por las(os) fans.
Foto: ilovegyarulife.blogspot.mx


Por último la parte más importante: Las(os) fans. Que en la mayoría de los comentarios, son quienes han impedido la apertura total del Kpop en México.


¿Cómo puedo decir esto, si acabo de mencionar lo que han hecho? .En algunas actividades que se han realizado para pedir un grupo, que ese grupo vea cómo se vive y se disfruta la música de Corea, el interés que tenemos hacia su cultura en general y pasa que mucho compromiso verbal, poca participación activa, rivalidades, protagonismos y abstención de asistir por no ser su preferido. Son causas que impiden algunas veces el éxito de dichos eventos.


Si estamos cerca de una oportunidad, ese sería el momento ideal para unirnos: Elf’s, Vip’s, Kiss me, Cassiopeias, Primadonnas, Triple S, Shawols, Black Jacks, Voice, etc. y participar de manera más unida apoyando al fandom en turno. Menciono como grandes ejemplos a Perú y Chile, países que han obtenido excelentes resultados y muestra de ello, son los conciertos que se han dado en algunas de sus ciudades.

Por lo pronto Super Junior ha hecho lo que parece ser un milagro. Los distintos fandoms se han unido en intensas actividades con las páginas MOVIMIENTO ELF MEXICO Y SM TOWN LIVE IN MEXICO (FANS). Todo esto con el fin de llamar la atención de SM ENTERTAINMENT, OCESA y ZIGNIA LIVE y ser anfitriones de un Super Show.


El SS5 está a días de comenzar y México aún tiene esperanza y oportunidad, se han escuchado rumores de que Ocesa es quien está negociando y tienen hasta el 30 de abril para llegar a un acuerdo con SM. No se puede confirmar nada aun pero, esperemos que esos rumores se conviertan en una realidad.


El próximo miércoles a través de naver.com, Super Junior tendrá un video chat donde existe la posibilidad de que anuncien más países.

Se les invita a participar y enviar preguntas donde mencionen a México. Es una manera de hacerles saber cuánto los queremos en tierra azteca.







Todo es cuestión de seguir trabajando y luchando en equipo. ¡¡ FIGHTING!!


Carmen

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Jay Park: From K-pop to a New Breed




About a month ago I finally got Jay Park's "New Breed (Deluxe Edition", if you don't know who he is you can go here to read a little bit about his career with 2PM.

Jay Park is a Korean-American singer who came a long way ever since 2009,  I had heard some of his songs before and I loved the "Nothing on you" version he released back in 2010 and I gotta say this, quiting 2PM was definitely a good move, he went from a Kpop band to a style that fits him the most, dont you think?

Jay Park is also part of the B-boy group AOM (Art of Movement).
Photo credit: https://twitter.com/AOM_TJP

On April 2011 he released his 1st mini Album "Take a deeper Look" and released the video "Abandoned"


On February 2012 he released "New Breed" and this is where I got interested in Jay Park... I got the "New Breed - Deluxe Edition" CD with 18 songs, includes Girlfriend (one of my favorites), Clap ft. Tiger JK & Tasha (another one of my faves!) and 4 different versions of Know your Name, soon I got addicted to this album and loved the songs with Dok2 (Dok2 also collaborated with GD on his latest album among Tablo for the song Light it up ).


Just 2 days ago Jay Park announced the release of a new Song/MV on this Twitter account, the song is called Appetizer and was produced by Cha Cha Malone (Who is also part of AOM) and whom has worked with JPark with other Hits as Bestie and Spechless. 



Jay Park also has an online "reality" show on his YouTube Chanel called Jay Park TV where you can see him getting ready for Concerts, B-boys battles, Shows or hanging out with his Crew. 

Ayway, just wanted to share some info on Jay Park and show that I'm not just crazy about Kpop ;) lol

Here are some useful links:
Jay Park's website: http://www.jaypark.com/eng (English/Korean/Japanese/Chinese) 
Jay Park's Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jaybumaom0425
Jay Park's Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/JAYBUMAOM
Jay Park's Facebook Account: http://www.facebook.com/jaypaom

Well... Clap clap clap!

-Gisela V. 



Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Xiah Junsu in Mexico


Hi everyone,

If you are a Kpop Fan from Mexico, you must know everyone is going crazy right now because of Junsu's visit to Mexico City,,,, but who's this guy?....

Kim Junsu aka Xiah Junso is a South Korean singer/songwriter is best known for being a member of JYJ's boyband.  Junsu debuted in 2003 with SM Entertainment as a member of the band TVXQ, in July 2009, Junsu and fellow TVXQ members Kim Jaejoong and Park Yoochun filled a lawsuit against SM Entertainment, arguing that their exclusive contracts were unilaterally disadvantageous towars the artists and should be invalidated. In October 2009 the Seoul Central District court ruled in favor of the three and granted an injunction suspending their contracts. Junsu then debuted as JYJ (Junsu/Jejung/Yuchun).

In May 2012 Junsu released his 1st full-length solo studio album "Tarantallegra" and it was followed up by a World Tour which includes concerts in South Korea, Bangkok, Jakarta, Taipei, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Santiago de Chile.

Tomorrow is Mexico's turn to enjoy Xiah Junsu's concert!, fans are having a massive meeting today at 4pm in Mexico City to show Junsu their love.

Yesterday Junsu enjoyed a nice shopping/eating/sightseeing afternoon with his Mom and his photographer.

Junsu and his Mom :) 
Junsu's mom has been tweeting (@zunoxiahmom) pictures of their trip. Judging by the pics, it seems as they were aroung the Korean Town area and Downtown...so I guess fans will be wondering around these areas today for a chance to see their Idol :)

Tacos @ Mexico City
"The best chicken in Town" - Downtown Mexico City 
A quick stop on a convenience store? 
Lucky fans! 
Apparently they both fell for the Mexican Girl ;) 
Mexican Beer 
If you are near K-Town...you might bump into Junso, so make sure you can recognize him ;)

As for tomorrow's concert....well, hopefully next week we'll have a review of the Concert here :D

-Gisela V.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Psy and his Gangnam Style

Horse ridding step

If you don't know what I'm talking about it must be because you are living in some kind of Cave...or at least in an Internet Free World....

Psy is a South Korean singer-songwriter, he is popular for his funny videos and stage performances, he is currently working with YG Entertainment (BigBang/2NE1's record label)

Just 5 weeks ago PSY released the song "Gangnam Style" on his youtube channel and just passed the 40 million views, the video is everywhere, went from the Internet to the News such as CNN, CBC and soon famous artists such as Robbie Williams and T-Pain blogged or Tweeted something about this video.

Not only famous people are talking about this, the video went Viral and there are numerous Parodys of the Video and recently found the cuttest one thanks to a tweet.... this time is Oppa Ponny Style :) Watch and go..."AWWWWWWW!!!" with me.


Just as I was looking at Gangnam Style's wiki and I found out Daesung and Seungri (BigBang) ar the to Ajusshi's playuing a board game while Psy does his dance... and I don't know about you but Comedian Noh Hong-Cheol plays one of my fave parts on the video when he dances on top of PSY at the elevator O_O lol...


Just a couple of days ago Psy was contacted by Justin Bieber's manager and recently he traveled to LA to meet up with them to make a new version of the song...Justin Bieber's "LA Style" or something like that... to be honest I don't even like Hyuna's version that much.... :/ it's just not the same, NOONE does the Horse riding step like Psy, am I right?


So, if you still don't know PSY or his Gangnam style... here's the video... enjoy (I can almost bet you'll be trying the Horse step within an hour....)



-Gisela V.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Korean Cultural Festival in Mexico

Hello everyone!

How've you been?, I feel like it's been a while since the last time I posted about ME going somewhere....
This saturday March 10th at exactly 18:20, I have been invited to the Korean Cultural Festival in Mexico, this event was organized by the Korean Embassy in Mexico to celebrate the International Festival of the Arts in Mexico, promote Korean Culture in Mexico and to help Mexico and Korea to get closer through Culture, Music, Dance and traditional Corean Games.

The program is Divided in 5 Parts:
(I will obiously be posting more about it next week)
Part I
Sori / Sones
 -Sky bulls

Part II
Harmony between Tradition and modernity
 -LiberTango
 -New Ah-mi (Electric cello) by Oh Ah-mi
 -Haehum Rapsody
 -The Chase (Musical Piece)

Part III
Korean Lines
 -Samulnori
 -The Jing dance
 -Taekwondo
 -B-boying

Part IV
Dynamic Korea
 -Pungmulnori and percussion performance
 -Namsadang

Part V
Encounter
 -Besame Mucho (Kiss me much)
 -Arirang

Well.. there you have it, I'm really excited about this and next week the Korean Cultural Center in Mexico will be openning, here's hopping to be able to assist to that event as well.

-Gisela V.
I'm sorry for the lousy picture!