K-Pop creative agency, DFSB Kollective, is proud to present in conjunction with global art communication center, PLATOON KUNSTHALLE, the launching of Seoulsonic Vol.1. A quarterly live music studio showcase in the heart of Kangnam’s Nonhyeon-dong district, Seoulsonic features dynamic Korean music artists from diverse music genres that DFSB currently distributes worldwide on iTunes. Inspired by and inspirational to the music, urban subculture and street art exhibits curated by PLATOON KUNSTHALLE will also be on display at this innovative, hybrid cultural event.
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(NEW YORK CITY USA) : In a bid to extend the global reach of South Korean recording artists, the Seoul creative agency DFSB Kollective has signed worldwide digital distribution deals with about 50 of the country's leading alternative rock, hip-hop and electronic acts.
As part of these deals, DFSB will supply these artists' works to Apple's iTunes store, which doesn't yet sell music downloads in South Korea. The distribution deals come at the same time a pending regulatory change that will make it easier for foreign smart-phone makers to sell handsets in the Korean market has spurred speculation that Apple could be preparing to launch the iPhone. And that, in turn, could facilitate the arrival of iTunes music downloads in Korea.
Apple representatives declined to comment on their plans for the Korean market.
DFSB will distribute new albums by such artists as Epik High, South Korea's best-selling hip-hop act last year; R&B singer Tasha; and the alternative rock trio Seoul Electric Band, as well as 2008 Korean Music Award winners Drunken Tiger (hip-hop), House Rulez (electronica) and No Brain (modern rock).
A fresh supply of more independent-minded music from South Korea raises anew the question of when iTunes will finally enter the Korean music download market, which has been dominated by such local telecom companies as SK Telecom and KTF. iTunes' retail presence in Korea is limited to its App Store, which local consumers have been using to download applications for the popular iPod Touch.
A development that could potentially hasten iTunes' entry into the Korean music market is the South Korean government's plans to repeal April 1 a requirement that all Internet-enabled mobile handsets use the local WIPI (wireless Internet platform for interoperability) application platform, which could clear the way for Apple to launch the iPhone in Korea.
The WIPI requirement was aimed at providing mobile content providers with interoperability across all mobile handsets and, critics claim, protecting domestic companies from foreign competition. Because it's unique to South Korea, WIPI effectively blocked the market entry of the iPhone and foreign-made smart phones, according to Stan Jung, a telecom industry analyst at Woori Investment & Securities in Seoul.
Jung says there is pent-up demand for the iPhone among gadget-crazy Korean consumers, adding that "an iPhone launch in Korea will have a huge impact for iTunes and the iPod."
International K-Pop Distribution : DFSB Kollective
Unanimously praised by music critics and fans alike for their unique genre-breaking sound, Epik High, the premier hip hop group in Korea, seeks to redefine “the album” with their new work '้ญ: Map the Soul'. This time around, they have unleashed a new medium of art: the “Book-Album,” which combines a book and a CD as one work.
This is Epik High’s first release since their break from a major record label. Following in the footsteps of artists like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, they have shunned all big money contacts to stay true to their art and to their fans. Epik High, who proclaimed that they would be starting new cultural ventures—breaking all rules and conventions—has founded the independent label ‘Map the Soul, Inc.’ along with a new official portal site ‘mapthesoul.com’ (created and maintained personally by the artists). There is one simple reason why their new work and their new creative direction is exciting: it’s Epik High.
Epik High is reknown for reinventing their sound for each particular album. This time, they have reinvented the medium itself. <้ญ: Map the Soul> (2009) combines music with literature, birthing a new cultural code: the 'book-album'. The album portion of the work contains raw hip hop music reminiscent of Epik High's early works, while exhibiting unprecedented poetic lyrics that make the entire sound refreshingly new. Also, the songs on this album are bilingual and showcase collaborations with international artists, allowing greater connection with fans worldwide. The book portion of the work, themed around 'creativity', documents the entire creative process involved in the making of an album, as well as showingโthrough essays, pictures and notesโhow artists can acquire and use inspiration. The book portion is also bilingual (English and Korean). This work hopes to inspire and encourage aspiring artists all over the world by showing how worthwhile creative work can be, and by whispering these simple words of wisdom: you, too, can do it.
Epik High’s new official site is an artist portal site that allows the artist and the fans to communicate directly on a one-on-one basis. It features personal blogs maintained by the artists, a videolog called ‘mapTV’, an online shopping mall (where customers can buy all Map the Soul Inc. related merchandising), and other services for fans. The entire site is bilingual (it can be viewed in Korean or English), allowing fans worldwide to connect.
Epik High’s new ‘book-album’ is available ONLY atand will be distributed directly from the artist to the fan. In the US, many artists are already using the internet to experiment with alternative ways of distributing their music. In Korea, however, deviating from the established distribution services provided by large corporations and selling music independently from one site could mean big business backlash to the artist and great financial loss for the artist. Why is Epik High, a big-time group that always tops the charts, taking such a commercial risk? For the fans! Here is the reasoning behind this decision. The established distribution system requires a great deal of third-party involvement (e.g. a big record label, supersized record stores, etc.), fluffing the sales price with artificial premiums that fill the pockets of everyone but the artists themselves. Epik High’s new work, since it is a book and a CD, is more susceptible to this problem because of its sheer size. According to Tablo of Epik High, “We understand that our work may be priceless, but we don’t want to slap on a price that’ll hurt the fans financially. We want our fans to always get more than what they pay for, in comparison to fans of other artists. In order to eliminate the fluff in the pricing, we realized that selling and distributing this work ourselves is the only way. For this particular work, we’re going to do it on our own.” Epik High’s philosophy is that monetary profits are worth sacrificing if it means better art for the fans.
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Seoul Electric Band, Huckleberry Finn, Windy City, YNot?, Nasty Yuna, Dear Cloud, Firehopper Star Sausage Club, Re-Ska, and more
12/31/2008 ์ ์ฅ Doors Open at 7:00pm 12/31/2008 ๊ณต์ฐ ์์ Concert Starts at 8:00pm 01/01/2009 ๊ณต์ฐ ๋ง๊ฐ ์์ Concert Ends at 3:00am
ENTRANCE FEE : W20,000 ์ ์ฅ๋ฃ(1 Free Drink ์ ๊ณต) SWAG : ๋จผ์ ์ ์ฅํ์๋ ๋ถ๋ค๊ป ๊ณต์ฑ , T-Shirt, ๋ชจ์ (๋น๋)๋ฅผ ๋๋์ด ๋๋ฆฝ๋๋ค. Notebooks, t-shirts, and hats/beanies will be given away on a first come, first serve basis SEATING : ๋ณธ ๊ณต์ฐ์ ์ง์ ์ข์์ ๊ฐ ์๋๋ฉฐ, ์คํ ๋ฉ์ผ๋ก ์งํ๋ฉ๋๋ค. No table reservations -- standing room only STORAGE : ๋ณธ ๊ณต์ฐ์ฅ์๋ ๋ฌผํ ๋ณด๊ด์๊ฐ ๋ฐ๋ก์ด ์ด์๋์ง ์์ต๋๋ค. No coat check, no bag check POLICY : ์ง๋์น ์์ฃผ๊ฐ๋ฌด๋ ์ ๊ทน ํ์ํฉ๋๋ค. Dancing under the influence of alcohol is not illegal
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