Claustrophobia by Sunjae Lee / Junyoung Song

Claustrophobia is the debut album from saxophonist Sunjae Lee and drummer Junyoung Song, two close musical colleagues that have been playing together for 6 years in both duo format as well as part of many other configurations. These 6 new original compositions are dedicated to the collective ethos and angst of the year 2020 and capture the diverse range of expression that the duo plays within, transversing genre idioms while maintaining the focus on their specialty- a highly dynamic improvisatory style that prioritizes melodic interplay and longer form structure.

Claustrophobia(폐소공포증)은 색소포니스트 이선재와 드러머 송준영의 첫 번째 듀오 앨범입니다. 두 사람은 가까운 음악 동료로서 듀오 형식뿐만 아니라 트리오부터 퀸텟의 다양한 구성으로 6년 동안 함께 연주해왔습니다. 앨범 안에 담긴 6개의 새로운 자작곡들은 2020년에 보인 집단의 정신과 불안감에 헌정됩니다. 그리고 이 앨범은 긴 형식 안에서 듀오의 멜로디 상호 작용을 우선시하는 역동적, 즉흥적 요소에 초점을 유지하면서, 동시에 여러 장르를 뛰어넘어 연주하는 표현들을 포착합니다.

Mung is a Korean expression "멍" roughly translated as "spacing out", a process during which our conscious minds step back and allow our subconscious minds to take over, much like what happens in the art of improvisation. MM focuses on improvised and original music from Seoul, Korea and is mainly recorded using a vintage Tascam 424 cassette 4 track recorder. All artwork by Sunjae Lee.

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