I have been convinced that fans of Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Mount Eerie, The Books, and Four Tet will likely to have a one-hit crush on Mid-Air Thief, and my expectation seems correct. Summer Soul, another talented musician in South Korea, lent her voice and lyrics to “무너지기”, adding gleaming enchantment to already wonderful music.
Thanks to a cassette recorder in the mastering process, “무너지기’s” sonic landscape is filled with lukewarm lo-fi atmosphere that polishes (or blurs out) the astounding layers of chattering instruments, sound effects, samples, vocals, and others. Dim, little sunshine engulfs you with late-autumn’s fragile warmth. But all you have to understand is that his music is fantastic in perplexing way, like slowly waving a ragged flag in isolated forest, or gazing forceless wave in front of sequestered beach under overcast sky. These are the basic information for Mid-Air Thief I know, and even in South Korea many music fans don’t know further than these, as he is quite enigmatic figure in the country too (he didn’t even play a single show).
Two of the famous rappers in South Korea, Dok2 and The Quiett, organized a project team of the same name for hip-hop reality television show, and he wanted to avoid the misconception. The reason of the name change, though, is pretty simple. Three years later, he changed his name to 공중도둑 (Mid-Air Thief), a charming pun that only altered the last letter (Gong-Joong-Do-Duck to Gong-Joong-Do-Dook) to change public etiquette into sonic-crossing thief, and unveiled another album, “ 무너지기” (Crumbling). Eerie, yet deeply comforting voice and unconventional multi-layered melody, which was unusual in South Korean indie scene (then, and even now), attracted many people’s attention to him. Then there was “공중도덕” (Public Etiquette) and his self-titled debut in 2015.Įstranged from nimble electronic production of HYOO, he changed his way drastically to acoustic guitar-based folktronica. Dreamy downtempo sounds and subtle rhythm were mingled together in his two EPs, “화원” (Flower Garden)] and “해몽양” (Dream-reading Ocean), both released in 2012. I have been convinced that fans of Grizzly Bear, Animal Collective, Mount Eerie, The Books, and Four Tet will love Mid-Air Thief (공중도덕), and I was right.įirst, there was HYOO (휴).
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