Leírás
Ambient, Fusion, Jazz, Traditional, Meditation,
Limited edition bakelit lemez LP kiadvány, 2025-ös album.
Pressed on sustainable bio vinyl, this record comes encased in a high-quality sleeve with an exclusive insert, combining top-notch sound with a touch of care for the planet.
Park Jiha, the acclaimed Korean composer/multi-instrumentalist, makes patient, immersive music; music that illuminates the essence and texture of the natural, living world. On her fourth album, All Living Things, her mastery of Korean traditional instruments is intricately woven with deeply personal compositions and a deft use of contemporary sonics. Terms like post-classical, ambient or even cinematic are useful, entry-level tags, but they only scratch the surface of this album’s shimmering, contemplative soundworlds.
All Living Things is a tender and profound meditation on the miracle of life. It is suffused with reverence and gratitude for the chance to simply be a living being on this planet at this time. To be a part of the natural cycles of life. To belong in the universe. It’s an intimate sound portrait of what she calls “a hardly explainable sentiment of feeling alive.” Jiha writes: “Take a deep breath and step forward, consciously, into an ordinary morning. Feel the ground beneath your feet and the life in your body, through the movement of your limbs. All Living Things begins with this: a singular connection to the earth that with awareness becomes a connection to all things; the cycles and continuities of life that help to process feelings of uncertainty with hope.”
It’s this tantalising uncertainty that makes Park Jiha’s music so indefinable. Sure, there are hints of minimalism in the delicate, repeating patterns and percussive cycles. But here, too, you’ll find the dreamy waft of ambient soundtrack music, a searching spiritual sincerity, the formal precision of contemporary classical, and the spontaneity of experimental jazz. It all combines in one of the most distinctive contemporary musical voices, one that is fully engaged with the process of living and finding the wonder in sheer existence. “Life, as a beautiful voyage, is what always brings me to compose at some point,” says Park Jiha
As for the listener, it remains up to them to find their own joy and meaning in the glistening possibilities presented on All Living Things. “Just as diverse as we are,” says Park Jiha, “we all have the ability to feel things and emotionally interpret them for ourselves. This is such a beautiful thing for me. I wish my music could be part of people’s lives and bring them hope.”
YouTube video:
„Grounding”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NHO6ZV15iY
Felvételek:
LP:
1. First Buds 03:33
2. Grounding 04:35
3. Bloom 05:51
4. A Story Of Little Birds 06:07
5. Growth Ring 03:45
6. Blown Leaves 04:53
7. Breathe Again 06:51
8. Eternal Path 06:19
9. Water Moon 04:27
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