2024 In Assessment
1. Introduction + Finest Album Artwork
2. Music of the Yr
3. Album of the Yr
4. R&B and Soul
5. Rock and Different
6. Rap and Hip-hop
7. Dance and Digital
8. Pop and Ballad
9. People and Nation
10. Jazz, Crossover and World
11. Finest Collaborative Work (Jan. 24)
12. Rookie Artist of the Yr (Jan. 25)
13. Artist of the Yr (Jan. 26)
14. Different Recognition (Jan. 27)
15. Concluding Remarks (Jan. 28)
Our Jazz and Blues part and Crossover and World part are mixed this 12 months as a consequence of our personal time and listening constraints, however these scenes continued in strong well being by way of 2024. On prime of the headliner jazz and Korean conventional fare, we noticed wonderful contributions impressed from all around the globe.
The “Subsequent 10” and honorable point out lists are sorted by artist title. Bolded honorable mentions obtained notably severe consideration for the Subsequent 10.
Finest Jazz, Crossover and World Album 2024
Min Se-jeong Spectrum – Sumbi
Because the poetic and generally archaic tune titles relay, Sumbi was characterised by a uniquely Korean set of concepts and tones, even when the haegeum and the normal pentatonic have been put away in favor of the Western jazz sound and harmonies. Conceptualized across the hardy haenyeo divers of the southern nation, these compositions started with the decided shouts of “Revelation” and handled their topics with a heat gaze as in “Ocean’s Bloom” and “A Heat Sea-Welcome”. The strings started to claim themselves within the latter half of the album and tracks like “Sumbi-sori” and “The Roar of the Waves” introduced spirited ardour into the fore. It was an easy merging of worlds, taking us on a journey between very completely different locations.
The Runner-up
Seum – Cycle
Seum is one other group that blends expertise and inspiration from completely different traditions. In Cycle, Lee Min-hyung’s pansori vocalizations and an ensemble of gayageum and conventional percussions joined forces with a brassy jazz set, and the attitudinal smoothness of the trumpet and sax traces offered an fascinating distinction. In the direction of the extra experimental latter half, tracks like “Origin” held beautiful suspense by dramatically slowing the tempo and shifting its goal to atmosphere.
The Subsequent 10
Hilgeum – Wasteland
Koheean Hawaii Trio – Pink Island
Lee Han-earl, Solar Bean Kim – Fiat Lux
Lee Narae – 지금 어디 (Nowhere)
Mia & Yeore – Eutopia
Nuevo Ensemble – 트래블러 (Traveler)
Park Si Yeon Trio – Search engine optimisation
Sunji Lee – Everlasting
Youn Solar Nah – Elles
Yun Seokcheol Trio – 나의 여름은 아직 안 끝났어 (My Summer time’s Not Over But)
Finest Jazz, Crossover and World Music 2024
Min Se-jeong Spectrum – 계시 (Revelation)
Composed and organized by Min Se-jeong
Seong Yeon-young’s haegeum and Min Se-jeong’s piano are the co-stars of “Revelation”, every driving dazzling solos earlier than combining right into a whirlwind remaining motion. The intrigue of the Korean traditional-tinged chanting vocals lead into the frenetic power of the solos, and at last into exhilaration when the elements merge and the composition accelerates to conclusion. It was an applicable opener to the tumultuous highway of Sumbi that adopted it, and its rousing power was by no means matched.
The Runner-up
Seonjae Lee – Embrace
Composed by Seonjae Lee and Haeun Music
The gorgeous core melody of “Embrace” is an enormous purpose why it reveals up at this spot. But that’s solely half the story alongside the instrumental bulk of the monitor, a slow-burning buildup of Haeun Music’s light but swelling piano and Seonjae Lee’s roiling drum efficiency that was each bit as transferring. The saxophone that stills the waves and the voice that returns to shut us out accomplished a minimal but important ensemble.
The Subsequent 10
2nd Moon – 북촌 (Bukchon) (Feat. Kim Ji-yoon)
Ahn Ye-sol – Wavelets
Hyojin Park – Connection: 관계에 대하여 (About Connections)
Mia & Yeore – Eutopia
Noh Ol Ryang – 신의 정원 (The Backyard of God)
Omar and the Jap Energy – Wahaemaenae (All I Care About)
Seum – Circle (Feat. Ensemble Sigansori)0
Music Sohee – 주야곡 (Pricey My Lover)
Youra, Mandong – 무수히 (Countlessly)
Yujin Kim – dudndudndudn
Albums
A-Fuzz – Pado
Ahn Ye-sol – Align
Hae In Cho – Sight Past Sight
Harmonize – Be Myself
Heekyung Na, Roberto Menescal, Marcos Suzano – Bossa
Jin-won Kwon – Kwon Jin Received with Rob Van Bavel
Kim Jihyo – Body
Kim Kyung Min Trio – Wilderness
Kim Nari – 독백 (Monologue)
Kim Seong Hwa Trio – The Day Earlier than
Koo Yujin – 아침의 방 (Morning Room)
Ladybird – Eridanus
Lang Lee, Extra – 왜 내가 너의 친구라고 말하지 않는 것인가 (Why Received’t You Name Me Your Good friend)
Lee Han-earl – My Dialog
Lee Heemoon – 강남무지개 (Gangnam Rainbow) Half. 1, Half. 2
Libelante – La Liberta
Lucid Fall – Being-with
Maeng Search engine optimisation Ryeong – Potential
Min Se-hee – Coast
Modal – Modalism
Noh Ol Ryang – 신의 정원 (The Backyard of God)
Park Ki-young – The Basic
Park Si Yeon Trio – Yeon
Piano Shoegazer – Ghostly Love Tales
Piri Band JC Crew – Bonanza
Pudditorium – Prologue: Hope
Search engine optimisation Eun Jin – 순환 (Recycle)
Seulah Noh – One Step Away
Seungeun Do – Concern, Piece of Gentle
Music Sohee – 공중무용 (Ganggangsullae)
Music Solar-ho – 사계 (4 Seasons)
Studio360 Group – 예언 (The Prophet)
Suwon Yim, Paride Pignotti – Manner Again Dwelling
Yan Kim Trio – Evening Chaser
Yujin Kim – dudndudndudn
Yuna Jun – Ready for the Solar
Songs
A-Fuzz & Route14band – Indian Summer time
A-Fuzz & Route14band – Summer time Evening Groove
A-Fuzz – New Period
Ahn Ye-sol – Align
Animal Divers – Oriental Haze
Bekhyunjin C – 빛23 (Light23)
Large Child Driver – 밤의 노래 (Nachetgesang)
Chu Bo-kyung & Ulssigoo – 황묘농접 (Hwangmyonongcheob)
Danpyunsun and the Moments Ensemble – Alice in Deep
Doomool – 정화의 터 (Jeonghwa’s Floor)
Echae Kang – Koi’s Kingdom
Electrical Planet 5 – Air
Gayageum Ensemble Palette – 연안쇄파 (Wave Breaking on the Coast)
Hae In Cho – What?
Harmonize – Breather
Heekyung Na, Roberto Menescal – Ninguem
Hilgeum – Bugs
Hilgeum – 황무지 (Race)
Jeon Byung-hoon, Hakuei Kim – 한 (Sorrows)
John Park – Bluff
Ju Bora – 르꼬따쥬 (Le Cottage)
Ju Bora – 북끝서점 (Finish of the E book)
Jung Kyung Il Quartet – The Sketch in Winter
Kim Jae-duk – On Sak
Kim Kyung Min Trio – Wilderness
Kim Seong Hwa Trio – The Day Earlier than
Koheean Hawaii Trio – No Extra Digital Units
Koheean Hawaii Trio – On the Silver Lining
Koheean Hawaii Trio – Tropical Bathe
Ladybird – Eridanus
Ladybird – 아무도 모를 거야 (No One Is aware of)
Lang Lee – 나는 삶을 살았습니다 (I Have Lived a Life)
Lee Chang Min – Expressions
Lee Chang Min – Unforgettable
Lee Han-earl – Stroll with You
Lee Han-earl, Solar Bean Kim – Meals Chain
Lee Hanho – 산들바람 (Mild Breeze)
Lee Heemoon – 해경 (Hae-kyung)
Lee Heemoon X Videotapemusic – 돈돌라리 (It’s Coming Again!)
Lee Narae – 기억의 미로 (Maze of Reminiscences)
Lee Narae – 떨떠리고 나는 간다 (I’m Simply Going)
Lee Narae – 물에 들라 (Dive into the Sea)
Lee Narae – 아이에게 (To a Child)
Leenalchi – 봐봐요 봐봐요 (Have a look at Me Have a look at Me)
Lucid Fall – Mater Dolorosa
Maeng Search engine optimisation Ryeong – Potential
Min Eun Kyung – 나비 (Nabi)
Min Se-jeong Spectrum – 바당꽃 (Ocean’s Bloom)
Min Se-jeong Spectrum – 숨비 (Sumbi-sori)
Min Se-jeong Spectrum – 절울 (The Roar of the Waves)
Modal – A Unusual Scary Moon
Modal – Inside Out
Moon – Madam Lie
Mueum – 몽금포타령 (Monggeumpo Taryeong)
Muxant – Brunch
Muxant – Violet
Nuevo Ensemble – 녹두꽃 (새야새야) (Mung Flower)
Nuevo Ensemble – 달빛정령의 춤 (Moonlight Dance)
Nuevo Ensemble – 사랑의 밤 (Love Evening)
Park Ki-young – 툭 내리던 오후 (Feat. Yoonseung Cho)
Park Si Yeon Trio – 264
Park Si Yeon Trio – London
Park Si Yeon Trio – 새야 (Blue Fowl)
Park Si Yeon Trio – 슬프지만 곧 괜찮아질거에요. 사랑을 해요 지금. (It’s Unhappy however It’ll Be Okay Quickly. Let’s Love Now.)
Park Si Yeon Trio – 억새 (Silver Grass)
Park Si Yeon Trio – 청춘연가 (Ode to Youth)
Park Suhyun – Clumsy
Park Suhyun – Sway
Piri Band JC Crew – 무령지 Go (JC Marching)
Pudditorium – And
Pudditorium – The Second
Seonjae Lee – Manasseh
Seuingeun Do – 섬 (Isle)
Seulah Noh – Thoughts Rewind
Seum – 서녘 (West) (Feat. Ensemble Sigansori)
Seungeun Do – Concern, Piece of Gentle
Shin Hantae & the Reggae Soul – 그대 없이 내가 어떻게 살겠나요 (How Can I)
Shin Hantae & the Reggae Soul – 여유를 가지고 (Take It Straightforward)
Son Moeun Challenge – Reflet
Music Sohee – 공중무용 (Ganggangsullae)
Music Sohee – 진한 바다를 거슬러 (In opposition to the Darkish Ocean)
Music Solar-ho – 봄: 기억 (Spring: Reminiscence)
Sunji Lee – One other Dream
Sunji Lee – Everlasting
Sunji Lee – Into the Inexperienced
Suwon Yim, Paride Pignotti – Puddle
Suwon Yim, Paride Pignotti – Manner Again Dwelling
Yan Kim Trio – Evening Chaser
Yoojin Jeong – My Coloration Is
Youn Solar Nah – Cocoon
Youn Solar Nah – Feeling Good
Youpiri Band – 항해의 시작 (The Starting of a Voyage)
Youra, Mandong – 모시질감 (Moshi Feels)
Yuk Seokcheol Trio – Sonny By no means Will get Blue (Feat. Park Ki-hun, Samsu Lee, Q the Trumpet)
Yuk Seokcheol Trio – 너와 나는 같은 걸 보고 있었어 (You and I Had Seen the Identical Factor)
Yuk Seokcheol Trio – 쇼츠하이 (Shorts Excessive)
Yuna Jun – Gladiator
Yuna Jun – Whale Steps
Lyric translations by writer. Artist profile and album cowl photographs from Bugs Music.
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