Peppertones

Peppertones
Origin South Korea
Genres Electronic music, house, indie pop, shibuya-kei
Years active 2003-present
Labels Cavare Sound, Antenna Music
Website www.peppertones.net
Members JaePyung Shin (Sayo)
JangWon Lee (Noshel)

Peppertones (Hangul: 페퍼톤스), is a Korean electronic/house duo formed in 2003 by JaePyung Shin (a.k.a. Sayo) and JangWon Lee (a.k.a. Noshel). Shin and Lee were both Computer Science majors at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea.
The group's first EP album "A Preview" was released in March, 2004. Sayo and Noshel are stage names they used during their early days. In 2009, JangWon Lee earned his master's degree at KAIST Business School and worked as an internship of Mirae Asset finance group.[1]

Members

  • JaePyung Shin (신재평) a.k.a. Sayo - guitar, programming (DOB: June 19, 1981)
  • JangWon Lee (이장원) a.k.a. Noshel - bass, SFX (DOB: August 30, 1981)

Life and Career

Both of the members graduated from the Department of Computer Science at KAIST.[2]Lee Jang-won and Shin Jae-pyeong, both members of KAIST's " Fork Club " and " Rock Club, " will team up with Kim Gyu-hee (Drum), who attended the same school. Later, he released EP A Preview in 2004, a year after forming the label cabaret sound because it is compatible with cabaret sound. The band built up its reputation by performing live in Hongdae clubs with Depp and Westwind, who played the guest vocal role, and introduced the digital single " April-funk " in April the following year. He was recognized by critics as the winner of the " Best Dance & Electronics " award at the 4th Korean Pop Music Awards in 2007. In September 2008, the label was moved to the antenna.[3] Sayo (Sayo) and Noshel (Noshel) are the stage names they used at the beginning of their debut, and they are now active under their real names.

Lee earned a Master of Business Engineering degree from KAIST's Techno Business School and worked as an intern for Mirae Asset Management in late 2009, and currently works at KAIST's Graduate School of Culture and Technology with a doctorate degree in music.[4] Shin worked on the beautiful night radio program on EBS FM from May 30 to August 28, 2011.[5]As a result of the reshuffle, the program was renamed " Radio Dream " from August 29 to October 30, 2011.[6][7]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Colorful Express (2005)
  • New Standard (2008)
  • Sounds Good! (2009)
  • Beginner's Luck (2012)
  • High-Five (2014)
  • long way (2018)

Mini albums

  • A Preview (2004)
  • Open Run (2012)

Digital singles

Awards

Years Awards
2007

See also

References

  1. ↑ 3집 낸 페퍼톤스 이장원, 미래에셋 입사 [JangWon Lee of 3rd album band Peppertones became Mirae Asset employee] (in Korean). Yonhap. 2009-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Peppertones member's graduation". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
  3. ↑ "안테나뮤직, 이쯤 되면 예능레이블 맞죠?". www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  4. ↑ "연합뉴스 : 바른언론 빠른뉴스". www.yonhapnews.co.kr. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  5. ↑ "페퍼톤스의 신재평 라디오 DJ 도전". 서울신문 (in Korean). 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  6. ↑ "EBS라디오, '신재평의 라디오 드림' 방송 | 연합뉴스". www.yonhapnews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  7. ↑ "페퍼톤스 신재평, 4집 작업차 EBS 라디오 하차- 스타뉴스". 스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  8. ↑ "GMF brings minty breeze to start of autumn". Asia Economy. 2009-10-30.
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