Extra Noir brings musical texture to Euljiro s alleys
Posted : 2021-01-19 18:02 A colorful corner of Euljiro in downtown Seoul / Courtesy of Extra Noir By Jon Dunbar
A walk through the alleys of central Seoul s Euljiro neighborhood led a foreign professor on a musical journey.
Andrew Wilbur, an associate professor at Seoul National University originally from the U.S., found his way to some of the area s older record shops, where he picked up a number of mysterious vinyl records from several decades in Korea s past. Some of them had little information about the artists, and while a number were full of instrumental covers of pop hits of the 60s and 70s, others seemed to feature original compositions on electric organs, Wilbur, who together with his wife Laura Francescangeli runs an indie record label and hosts a podcast, both named Extra Noir, told The Korea Times. I fell in love with these and used a few tracks on the podcast but decided that I
Extra Noir brings musical texture to Euljiro s alleys
Posted : 2021-01-19 18:02 A colorful corner of Euljiro in downtown Seoul / Courtesy of Extra Noir By Jon Dunbar
A walk through the alleys of central Seoul s Euljiro neighborhood led a foreign professor on a musical journey.
Andrew Wilbur, an associate professor at Seoul National University originally from the U.S., found his way to some of the area s older record shops, where he picked up a number of mysterious vinyl records from several decades in Korea s past. Some of them had little information about the artists, and while a number were full of instrumental covers of pop hits of the 60s and 70s, others seemed to feature original compositions on electric organs, Wilbur, who together with his wife Laura Francescangeli runs an indie record label and hosts a podcast, both named Extra Noir, told The Korea Times. I fell in love with these and used a few tracks on the podcast but decided that I