{"product_id":"wellspring","title":"Wellspring","description":"\u003cp\u003eMasterful composer- improviser DoYeon Kim is an unparalleled practitioner of the\u003cbr\u003eKorean gayageum (a silk-string zither), and is also in possession of a purposeful vocal\u003cbr\u003eintensity. This is her debut album as a bandleader, featuring fellow master musicians\u003cbr\u003eTyshawn Sorey (drums), Mat Maneri (viola), Henry Fraser (bass).\u003cbr\u003eArmed with an unlikely traditional instrument, flanked by three extraordinary\u003cbr\u003eimprovisers, radiating a brash, acoustic strategy that simultaneously invokes folk\u003cbr\u003euniversalism and a No Wave battle- stance, the Brooklyn- based virtuoso will drop a\u003cbr\u003evolcanic sonic statement with grand humanist goals on May 1. Kim mingles Korean\u003cbr\u003elullabies, fervent interactions between drums and strings, and pure instrumental\u003cbr\u003eexpressions of musical self. At times, she sounds like she can halt armies. Wellspring\u003cbr\u003eis a call for society to come together.\u003cbr\u003eHow the Seoul, South Korea- born 34- year- old came to be the centuries- old zither's\u003cbr\u003eleading (only?) practitioner of contemporary improvised music, reflects an expansive\u003cbr\u003eembrace of her own culture, her place in modern society, and her ascending\u003cbr\u003erecognition of music's liberatory power.\u003cbr\u003eDoYeon Kim 's teachers at Seoul National University recognized that her roving\u003cbr\u003emusical mind - less interested in ancient repertoire than in speaking to the modern\u003cbr\u003eworld - needed challenges. America beckoned, with the New England Conservatory\u003cbr\u003eoffering a non- ethnomusicological pathway via its Contemporary Improvisation\u003cbr\u003edepartment. It set off a process of analysing, absorbing, digesting, and, most of all,\u003cbr\u003elistening. Under the guidance of NEC instructor and legendary guitarist Joe Morris, in\u003cbr\u003ecame the methodologies of Ornette, Braxton and Derek Bailey, to name a few.\u003cbr\u003eMixing her voice with the gayageum's dynamics gave Kim's performances a previously\u003cbr\u003eunforeseen power. Kim recognised how such elements echoed the Korean pansori\u003cbr\u003etradition of musical storytelling. The discovery coincided with her increased desire to\u003cbr\u003eshare narratives, while Kim's delivery created an unforeseen sonic dynamic that\u003cbr\u003esuddenly made aspects of her work harken to the post- punk- influenced sound of\u003cbr\u003elate-1970s and '80s Downtown NYC.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Plant","offers":[{"title":"LP Vinyl","offer_id":54351115125059,"sku":"RPT-21697","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/7c033936a9899abcf43b1ca8610b0292.png?v=1776087866","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/wellspring","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}