HOARANG is a French artist that had
worked with numberous asian musicians and is a pioneer of the Dub and
reggae scene in korea. He founded, with the drummer and singer Kim
Bang jang,the very first dub band of south korea “I and I
djangdan”, mixing Korean traditional elements (Korean traditional
pansori music) with reggae/dub based rhythms,influenced by the
French,Uk and Jamaican scene.
He was also often solicited to
mix songs for the emerging bands of the reggae scene in korea like
Kingston rudieska, windy city and soulsteady rockers and had
collaborated with many international artists : dubnosmium (morocco),
bandulu dub (Portugal), hornsman coyote (Serbia), srirajah rockers
(Thailand),Hydro (UK).
The first ep of I and I
djangdan,”culture tree” ,released in 2008 , has been well
received by important artists that influenced their music : Adrian
Sherwood, Twilight Circus, pressure sounds, the bush chemists.
Hoarang also had the chance to test the temperature of it in Jamaican
studios (cavemen) where it was very well receive too.
We will have to wait the 2010
summer to see the first I and I djangdan album “Guidance”
released, as well receive as the late “culture tree”, it is now
distributed internationally by Ernie B’s reggae store in the united
states.
In the 2009 winter, Hoarang
visited Thailand as a member of windy city to perform in the Smiley
festival. They met the thai band srirajah rockers there with whom
they improvised a little one month tour and then recorded and Ep
together “windy city meets srirajah rockers” released in 2010 on
his label BIBIM PRODUCTION.
After the release of
“Guidance” Hoarang, Kim Ban Jang and Jung Hyun, decide to create
another project : BIBIM DUB TRIO. Purely dub music, this UFO band has
rocked several places in korea and their live videos spreading on
internet where arosing interest in hoarang homeland, France.
After recording tracks for
BIBIM DUB TRIO, HOARANG gone back to france, where the dub scene had
become of the most prosper of the world, to mix their album and
concentrate on his solo career, as well as other new projects. There
he got quickly close to the pioneer sound system Zion Gate Hi
Fi,Internationnal skankers HiFi, legal shot sound system, the
acclaimed BETA SIMON from Ivory coast, the maestro player ADAMA
BILOROU , and is currently working with them.
and they later created their own label
“BIBIM PRODUCTION”, including the first acclaimed reggae band
Windy city.
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