BBC Radio 3 – Freeness: The improv scene in South Korea
Hosted by Corey Mwamba with a profile of Mung Music, a label based in Seoul. Plus a selection from one of Newcastle’s longest standing bands, Archipelago.
Its founder Sunjae Lee speaks about the burgeoning scene for experimental improvised music in South Korea, which has been rekindled by the return of a few elder improvisers to free playing. Plus, a selection from the new album by one of Newcastle’s longest standing bands, Archipelago, and an abstract blues inspired track from Charlotte Keefe, Martin Pyne and Martin Archer.
Image by Sunjae Lee
Produced by Rebecca Gaskell
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3
1 Martin Archer, Charlotte Keeffe & Martin Pyne – June
2 Ayumi Ishito & The Spacemen – Night Chant
3 Maria Grand – Creation: A Home In Mind
4 Kang Tae Hwan – To The Sky
5 Baum Sae – Hwa
6 Eunyoung Kim – Earworm IV
7 Phew & Joshua Abrams – nufdahi
8 Archipelago – Gold
9 Elaine Cheng – Seeking