Ensemble ~su
Ensemble ~su create a musical environment, which oscillates between Gug-Ak (classical music from Korea), Mu-Ak (spiritual music of Korean Shamans), Jazz, Samulnori and contemporary improvised music.
These four musicians play– in the best sense of the word -with these traditional structures. Most of all, it is their unique hoheup, the simultaneous breathing, that renders their different musical backgrounds into one flow of inspiration.
At times, their music seems to be fragile, but always organic, independent and authentic. It is music that is both visionary and funny, groovy and punky.
Musicians:
SO Sol-I: voice, K´kwaenggwari
Peter EHWALD: composition, saxophon
KIM Bo-Sung: janggo, jing, voice
SHIN Hyo Jin: k´kwaenggwari, buk, jing, bara, chimes, moktak, voice
For the German Version click here.
Adam Olschewski:
„Luckily, the South Korean female trio of SO Sol-I (voc), KIM Bo-Sung (perc) and SHIN Hyo Jin (perc) opened the festival day with transparent drum, bell and gong beats in the scorching heat – the band named Ensemble ~su was provided with a man capable of tenderness, Peter Ehwald on the tenor saxophone, who went along with the soft mood, far from any inanity, but also cheated in a few freer passages. It was a cleverly conceived melting pot.“
Jazzpodium 10-11/2024