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When I first shared ideas with Simon about collaborating, Simon noted that Korean rhythms and musical structures have attracted the attention of jazz musicians.This led to a number of rehearsals, studio recordings and a series of concerts.
One of our recordings, titled ‘Scattering Rhythms’, has been included in my first album,‘Nim’.The instrumental sets that Simon used for this piece were a combination of Korean and Western percussion instruments, including the large Korean gong jing, the small gong kkwaenggwari, chains, snare drums and large drums.The large drums and the jing were played by pedals allowing Simon to create a polyphony of rhythms and actual performance they come across as fresh because of the rearrangement of existing materials. The polyphonic rhythms are one of the significant characteristics of Korean rhythms, but the way that he used the rhythmic structure is different from the traditional Korean rhythms.
His juxtaposition of different Korean rhythms, which traditionally would never be combined together, is one of the ways that he developed his improvisation. Consequently, the instruments and rhythmic patterns sound familiar to Koreans and non-Koreans alike but in actual performance they come across as fresh because of the rearrangement of existing materials.
Both of our musical voices include textural characteristics and expressive tonal qualities which can sometimes be described as harsh, raspy and raw. The tendency to bend or slur pitches, to heighten the dramatic effect by incorporating a variety of tonal effects, has been identified as a defining characteristic of both blues and Korean folk-songs. However, the attempts to combine Korean traditional music and jazz that Simon and I explored focused on rhythmic elements.
What you are listening to now is a further exploration of our musical dialogue; we hope our experimentation has at least been personally involving,
if not socially valuable.
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When I first shared ideas with Simon about collaborating, Simon noted that Korean rhythms and musical structures have attracted the attention of jazz musicians.This led to a number of rehearsals, studio recordings and a series of concerts.
One of our recordings, titled ‘Scattering Rhythms’, has been included in my first album,‘Nim’.The instrumental sets that Simon used for this piece were a combination of Korean and Western percussion instruments, including the large Korean gong jing, the small gong kkwaenggwari, chains, snare drums and large drums.The large drums and the jing were played by pedals allowing Simon to create a polyphony of rhythms and actual performance they come across as fresh because of the rearrangement of existing materials. The polyphonic rhythms are one of the significant characteristics of Korean rhythms, but the way that he used the rhythmic structure is different from the traditional Korean rhythms.
His juxtaposition of different Korean rhythms, which traditionally would never be combined together, is one of the ways that he developed his improvisation. Consequently, the instruments and rhythmic patterns sound familiar to Koreans and non-Koreans alike but in actual performance they come across as fresh because of the rearrangement of existing materials.
Both of our musical voices include textural characteristics and expressive tonal qualities which can sometimes be described as harsh, raspy and raw. The tendency to bend or slur pitches, to heighten the dramatic effect by incorporating a variety of tonal effects, has been identified as a defining characteristic of both blues and Korean folk-songs. However, the attempts to combine Korean traditional music and jazz that Simon and I explored focused on rhythmic elements.
What you are listening to now is a further exploration of our musical dialogue; we hope our experimentation has at least been personally involving,
if not socially valuable.
credits
released June 15, 2023
Hyelim Kim – daegeum (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11)
Simon Barker – drums/percussion (all tracks)
As composer and daegeum (Korean flute) soloist, Dr Hyelim Kim has been using pioneering intercultural/interdisciplinary approaches through rooted in Korean traditional music.
