Kim Changwan on Creating a New Korean Pop Music | Red Bull Music Academy

Kim Changwan sat down for a rare conversation that delved deep into the drive behind Sanullim's music, his early electronic and production experiments and his desire to keep searching for meaning in his lecture at the RBMA Bass Camp Seoul 2017.

TOPICS:
06:07 - Challenging forms
15:35 - Sanullim’s enduring relevance
25:30 - Breaking the rules of Korean pop music
29:51 - A new rock sound
33:47 - The challenges of recording techniques
37:13 - Creating with no outside reference
53:12 - Musique concrete influence

MUSIC:
22:26 - Sanullim – “Spread the Silk in My Heart” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-PR_tneRUg
32:35 - Sanullim – “Don't Go” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAE-Z3ezQwk
36:23 - Sanullim – “Tales From a Faraway Land” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xxn2cpGe9E
49:30 - Hunyee – “I Don't Want My Sorrow To Be Seen”
56:31 - Interlude from Happiness Does Not Come In Grades OST
64:40 - Sanullim – “If I Confess, You'll Be Totally Surprised” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoL9kpDZyWo
1:11:23 - Sanullim – “It Was Probably Late Summer (86 version)”
1:13:07 - Sanullim – “Don't Go (86 version)”

A musician since his early teens, Kim Changwan set off a revolution in Korean music in the early ’70s when he formed the band Sanullim with his brothers, Kim Chang-hoon and the late Kim Chang-ik. Together they explored a warm and fuzzy sound that deviated from the norms of Korean pop and rock, going deep into the same aesthetics that had defined the western garage and psych scenes a decade earlier. Crucially, Sanullim's explorations were not driven by knowledge of their counterparts but by a desire to rebel and push against the strict norms of Korean society. With more than 10 albums to their name between 1977 and 1984, Sanullim quickly cemented their place in Korean history. Following this success, Changwan further explored his creativity as a producer, film composer, actor and writer. He remains a beloved public figure and continues to write and perform as the leader of the Kim Changwan Band.

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