Rabu, 06 Mei 2015 08:15
Saat memulai hari dengan secangkir kopi, mengecap rasa pahitnya di ujung lidah. Meneruskan sensor itu ke otak. Dan tahukah kawan, hanya dengan secangkir kopi pagi kita dapatkan semangat tambahan untuk memulai hari yang baru, tantangan baru. Entah sejak kapan gue suka kopi. Kopi seakan sudah menjadi ritual pagi sebelum memulai aktifitas. Kala menyesap sedikit demi sedikit kopi pagi ini, mengalun rendah irama dari pemutar musik, itu yang nyanyi Winterplay. Band Korea yang gue suka.
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THE ORIGIN OF WINTERPLAY
Winterplay isn’t a conventional jazz band, though it’s hardly a typical pop group, either. Group leader and trumpeter Lee Joo-han
explains that he, the contrabassist, and the guitarist are all trained
as jazz performers, but they took a more pop-inflected approach as
Winterplay. Lee explains, “We formed the band with the attitude of jazz
musicians making a pop album.”
Winterplay aren’t seen regularly on television like other pop and
rock acts. In fact, their rise in the public consciousness came mostly
through a commercial that featured one of their songs.
Lee Joo-han says, “Normally, jazz musicians have some time off in the
winter, so we formed a band with the idea of only acting as a project
group that performed in the winter. That’s why we took on the name
‘Winterplay.'”
They got together and began making music without a music label, but
they were able to complete the recording and mixing on their album with
the aid of their now-label (Fluxus) president (who’s also Lee Joo-han’s
friend). Upon hearing their music, he invited them to sign with him
immediately to form not a project group but an official band.
They released their first album in January 2008, which contained a
song that drew a request by the Samsung Hauzen appliance brand to be
used in a CF starring Witch Amusement actress Han Ga-in (CF and song here).
Winterplay re-recorded their album’s “Happy Bubble” for use in the
commercial, and the song reached #1 on the domestic jazz chart.
Now they’ve released a special album, “Hot Summerplay,”
which just about doubles their playlist. Included are some new tunes
featuring their now-recognizable mix of pop, jazz, blues, and bossa
nova. Their first single from the album is the song “Gypsy Girl” (which was featured in the preview video for the film Ogamdo).
THE MEMBERS
Lee Joo-han. The trumpeter (43) and group leader
made his pro music debut back in 1995 with his solo album “직관”
(Intuition). In 1996-97, he was the band leader in MBC’s “좋은밤입니다” (It’s a
Good Night), and also put out albums in 2002 and 2009.
Moon Hye-won. Vocalist Hye-won (24) graduated from
Dankook University after studying music. She debuted in 2007 as a
featured vocalist on the Sonagi Project album “Cinema in Jazz.”
Choi Woo-joon. The guitarist (32) also played with
the Woong San Band (Woong San is another jazz artist, a solo singer
whose real name is Kim Eun-young). Choi’s musical debut came in his solo
2007 album “Saza’s Groove.”
So Eun-kyu. The contrabassist (35) made his official
musical debut with Winterplay’s 2008 debut album “Choco Snow Ball.” He
was a former performer in the Gwangju Biennale.
Lee Joo-han says of the relative unfamiliarity of jazz to Koreans,
“Jazz isn’t difficult, it’s just that people aren’t familiar with it. In
Europe, the States, or Japan, jazz bands are around, but we have to go
to an applied music department at a university to learn jazz here, which
shows the difference in how Koreans approach it.”
Guitarist Choi Woo-joon: “The more we keep performing, it feels like
we’re changing our style as if to say, ‘So what if it’s not jazz?’ With
our old jazz roots, even if we perform intending to make pop music our
old habits remain, which I think is fun for the performers and fresh for
the listeners.”
Winterplay – “너의 기억만으로” (Just through your memory/Remembering you)
Winterplay – “Quando Quando Quando” (repost)
HALLYU POTENTIAL?
Winterplay’s potential has been recognized, it seems, more quickly
overseas than at home. Universal Japan’s Classics & Jazz director
Hiroshi Aono called Winterplay “this year’s strongest new artist”
But Winterplay’s goal isn’t on necessarily to become world-famous:
“You say we’re part of Hallyu? We’re just people who make music.”
In 2009, Winterplay signed with Universal Japan for sales in Japan;
their full-length album goes on sale beginning July 22, and the band
will hold showcase events in Tokyo and Osaka. In its first week, their
first single, “Songs of Colored Love,” hit #1 on Japan’s mobile ringtone chart.
This came about unintentionally. Lee Joo-han had sent their recording
to a recording company in England, but it was sent over to the Japanese
side. The Japanese representative liked it, and signed them with a
Japanese label.
When asked about the term “Jazz Hallyu,” contrabassist So Eun-kyu
waves his hand and says, “We haven’t even begun yet. We’re just showing
our music to different audiences; we’re not going to conquer a new
market.” Music isn’t specific to a nation, he feels, and the expression
on his face shows that he is not a fan of the Korean habit of attaching
the label “Hallyu” to any actor or musician who travels overseas.
The reporter asks, “Do you want to play in other places?” Lee Joo-han
answers, “I’d like to go to Russia, Czech Republic, and France, but
it’s just that the opportunity to go to Japan came first.”
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