Jambinai
Jambinai | |
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Jambinai at Rudolstadt-Festival 2016 | |
Background information | |
Also known as | 잠비나이 |
Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
Genres | Experimental rock, Korean folk, post-rock |
Years active | 2009 | –present
Labels |
The Tell-Tale Heart Bella Union |
Website | Jambinai Facebook |
Members |
Kim Bo-mi Lee Il-woo Sim Eun-yong |
Jambinai (Hangul: 잠비나이) are a Korean avant-rock band formed in Seoul in 2009. Their debut album Différance won the award for Best Crossover Album at the 2013 Korean Music Awards. Their second album Hermitage was released in 2016 on Bella Union.
During the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Pyeongchang, Jambinai performed with an orchestra of geomungo players.[1][2]
Musical style
Jambinai are known for combining rock music instrumentation (drums, bass guitar, electric guitar) with the use of traditional Korean folk music instruments (haegeum, piri, geomungo). They have been compared to bands like Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Mogwai.[3][4][5][6]
Members
- Kim Bo-mi[3][7] – haegeum
- Lee Il-woo[3][7] – electric guitar, piri, taepyeongso, vocals
- Sim Eun-yong[3][7] – geomungo
- Touring musicians
- Ryu Myung-Hoon[8] – drums
- Choi Jae-hyuk[3][7] – drums
- Ok Ji-hoon[7] – bass guitar
- Yu Byeong-koo[3] – bass guitar
- Kim Bo-mi playing the haegeum
- Lee Il-woo playing the taepyeongso
- Shim Eun-young playing the geomungo
Discography
- Studio albums
- Différance (album, 2012) on GMC Records
- Hermitage (album, 2016) on Bella Union
- EPs
- Jambinai (ep, 2010) on GMC Records
References
- ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer. "A Rock Star Is Born at the Olympics Closing Ceremony". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
- ↑ Belam, Martin. "Winter Olympics closing ceremony: 10 highlights from Pyeongchang". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bryan, Beverly (23 May 2016). "De Koreaanse post-rockband Jambinai maakt hedendaagse muziek met een oude ziel". Vice (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ Jowett, Tom (9 June 2016). "Jambinai channel the wrath and isolation of South Korean youth". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ Kivel, Adam (22 June 2016). "Jambinai – A Hermitage". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ Oostrum, Robin (22 July 2016). "#4DF16: Jambinai voert Valkhof mee op fraaie Koreaanse postrocktrip". 3voor12 (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JAMBINAI announce Bella Union debut album 'Hermitage' due 17th June 2016". Bella Union. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ Despres, Shawn (20 Jan 2012). "Jambinai come off a stellar 2011 with a new album". The Jeju Weekly. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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