artist: CHOI JOONYONG & PARK SEUNGJUN
title: Driller
label: Balloon & Needle
country: South Korea
format: CD
title: Driller
label: Balloon & Needle
country: South Korea
format: CD
- Choi Joonyong & Park Seungjun: speaker cones
- Kim Gok: vocal on track 3
Recorded by Jin Sangtae and Choi Joonyong
Tracks 1, 3, and 4 recorded at Dotolim, July 10, 2009
Track 2 recorded during Dotolim Concert 04_Park Seungjun, August 2, 2008
Includes liner notes by Park Daham in Korean and English
" 'Primitive sound', a phrase used in Park Daham's liner notes. In a way, I guess. Though
that applies more to the nature of the sounds themselves here than how they're arrayed,
which seems anything but primitive. The pair uses speaker cones, subjecting them to
abuse and over-decibalage, resulting in a quality well beyond graininess and into visible
bumpiness. I imagine quite visible, were you to watch the cones themselves, the sounds
produced ranging from the drills of the disc's title to unmuffled motorcycle engines, idling
turbines, egg beaters, etc. I find myself going back and forth between listening to the
results as noise and trying to integrate them into some kind of 'musical' conception. I'm
not at all sure attempting the latter makes sense, but there are several occasions when
things gel into something cohesive and strong in a 'traditional' manner. As a found object,
I think it would work superbly - i.e., were one walking through some industrial site and
heard exactly these sounds, pausing to listen. As a performance CD, I have mixed
feelings though at the end of the day, after six or so listens, the positive prevails."
(Brian Olwenick - Just Outside)
- Kim Gok: vocal on track 3
Recorded by Jin Sangtae and Choi Joonyong
Tracks 1, 3, and 4 recorded at Dotolim, July 10, 2009
Track 2 recorded during Dotolim Concert 04_Park Seungjun, August 2, 2008
Includes liner notes by Park Daham in Korean and English
" 'Primitive sound', a phrase used in Park Daham's liner notes. In a way, I guess. Though
that applies more to the nature of the sounds themselves here than how they're arrayed,
which seems anything but primitive. The pair uses speaker cones, subjecting them to
abuse and over-decibalage, resulting in a quality well beyond graininess and into visible
bumpiness. I imagine quite visible, were you to watch the cones themselves, the sounds
produced ranging from the drills of the disc's title to unmuffled motorcycle engines, idling
turbines, egg beaters, etc. I find myself going back and forth between listening to the
results as noise and trying to integrate them into some kind of 'musical' conception. I'm
not at all sure attempting the latter makes sense, but there are several occasions when
things gel into something cohesive and strong in a 'traditional' manner. As a found object,
I think it would work superbly - i.e., were one walking through some industrial site and
heard exactly these sounds, pausing to listen. As a performance CD, I have mixed
feelings though at the end of the day, after six or so listens, the positive prevails."
(Brian Olwenick - Just Outside)