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CD Reviews, October 2006

October 5th, 2006 · No Comments · Music · Reviews

[Yeah, yeah, it's about half a year late...]
o. “Frankly” by Voy [보이]
This is their first album. Voy are Lee ByeongHun [이병훈], a.k.a., Vanilla Voy (vocal, piano, acoustic guitar), Lee CheolHui [이철희] (drums) and Lee DongJun [이동준] (bass). Almost all the songs were written by Lee ByeongHun.
Pretty plain old-style acoustic (?) pop. The [...]

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CD Reviews, May 2006

May 31st, 2006 · No Comments · Music · Reviews

[Yes, yes, I am lazy... This thing was initially marked "January 2006", then "March 2006", then "April 2006", and then this. It will still be marked "May" even if this one goes into the next month. :p Maybe there is a better way.]
o. “RomanTopia” by Lee Sang Eun [이상은]
This is her twelfth [...]

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CD Reviews, November 2004

November 24th, 2004 · No Comments · Music · Reviews

o. “non-linear” by MOT
They are Lee Eon (vocals, etc.) and Z.EE. (guitars, etc.). This seems to their first album.
Their slow-paced (well, a couple of them were faster) music carries somewhat somber, dreamy ambiance. Musically, I like what they are doing although I am not sure if they did too much with the gritty [...]

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