'비자아'
Jaeho Hwang combines the dark, stuttering beats from London's experimental club scene
with traditional Korean sounds and instrumentation, evoking the Buddhist idea of no-self.
There is no permanent, unchanging self beneath the evanescent stream of experiences.
says the Buddhist. There are only the moments, only the sonic stutterings. one after another.
The resultant spirituality is not that of peace-of-mind, but rather attentive presence, with
a hint of creative transformation in a dark and digital world, if only we move our feet.
Jaeho Hwang is a London-based, South Korean composer and visual artist inspired by the Buddhist concept of impermanent selfhood, his first EP combines dark, industrial club beats with traditional Korean instruments and samples. He explores his sense of identity in the digital age as refracted through the Buddhist concept of anatta, or non-self—the belief that there is no unchanging, permanent soul or essence in living beings.
Jaeho draws from the dark, stuttering beats from London’s experimental club scene—harsh industrial sounds recall no-wave’s minimalist deconstruction. His use of traditional Korean instruments within this context, like the piri bamboo flute, or the stringed kayagum, recast traditional textures into modern form. On Sad Relationship, Jaeho samples the famous 80s South Korean pop ballad of the same name. The song glitches like a memory, warped and torn by an electronic tumult, and haunted by the original’s sentimental melody.
He is a member of Chinabot that is a platform and collective created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music. And he has been hosting his own radio show on 10Twenty Radio and Internet Public Radio. His show takes you on a journey through a range of genres from old Korean music to Experimental to Avant-Garde to Electro.
-- from Facebook page
Jaeho draws from the dark, stuttering beats from London’s experimental club scene—harsh industrial sounds recall no-wave’s minimalist deconstruction. His use of traditional Korean instruments within this context, like the piri bamboo flute, or the stringed kayagum, recast traditional textures into modern form. On Sad Relationship, Jaeho samples the famous 80s South Korean pop ballad of the same name. The song glitches like a memory, warped and torn by an electronic tumult, and haunted by the original’s sentimental melody.
He is a member of Chinabot that is a platform and collective created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music. And he has been hosting his own radio show on 10Twenty Radio and Internet Public Radio. His show takes you on a journey through a range of genres from old Korean music to Experimental to Avant-Garde to Electro.
-- from Facebook page