Out today!
[ESP129] YEONG DIE - Uncapturable
Vinyl/Digital LP
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Yeong Die would typically be described as DJ, musician, or โexperimentalโ composer, but in reality she is a sculptor. Between the rapidly disintegrating boundaries of composition and sound design, her work employs a hunting and gathering of intangible materialโbursts of memory, fragments of liminal space, interstitial banalitiesโmaterializing as boundless expressions that evade genre constructs. As an integral presence among Seoulโs most forward thinking sound artists, Yeong is in a constant uphill battle rejecting the reverence that so quickly creeps in and infects contemporary craft, that relegates even the most audacious attempts of her peers to pigeon-hole pastiche. Given this style-agnostic starting line, her ESP Institute debut โUncapturableโ exudes non-urgency, an unfettered pace that allows breathing room, affording the listener freedom to mentally isolate and explore elements without fear of missing a โbigger picture.โ There is a warm and welcoming feeling that invites repetitive, even studied listening. While half the work is somewhat singular in presentationโโ1kmโ, โLike Your Flawโ, or โBurntโโthere are moments of meticulous complexityโโMorning Rum Punchโ (featuring vocals by Cifika) and โDidโ (featuring a smattering of spoken words by icecream drum), both underground Korean peer artists. These moments feel like an acute focus on execution that compliments the overall shape of the album, rather than a dynamic contrast. Cifikaโs vocals, in particular, command the listenerโs periphery in a playful and refreshing way, exaggerating negative space and in-between moments that not only the paint an arresting stereo field but a remarkable sense of physical depth, not easily achieved without production sorcery. It is, without a doubt, these beautiful fleeting moments that we describe as โUncapturableโ.
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Artwork by Mario Hugo
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![Out today![ESP129] YEONG DIE - UncapturableVinyl/Digital LPโYeong Die would typically be described as DJ, musician, or โexperimentalโ composer, but in reality she is a sculptor. Between the rapidly disintegrating boundaries of composition and sound design, her work employs a hunting and gathering of intangible materialโbursts of memory, fragments of liminal space, interstitial banalitiesโmaterializing as boundless expressions that evade genre constructs. As an integral presence among Seoulโs most forward thinking sound artists, Yeong is in a constant uphill battle rejecting the reverence that so quickly creeps in and infects contemporary craft, that relegates even the most audacious attempts of her peers to pigeon-hole pastiche. Given this style-agnostic starting line, her ESP Institute debut โUncapturableโ exudes non-urgency, an unfettered pace that allows breathing room, affording the listener freedom to mentally isolate and explore elements without fear of missing a โbigger picture.โ There is a warm and welcoming feeling that invites repetitive, even studied listening. While half the work is somewhat singular in presentationโโ1kmโ, โLike Your Flawโ, or โBurntโโthere are moments of meticulous complexityโโMorning Rum Punchโ (featuring vocals by Cifika) and โDidโ (featuring a smattering of spoken words by icecream drum), both underground Korean peer artists. These moments feel like an acute focus on execution that compliments the overall shape of the album, rather than a dynamic contrast. Cifikaโs vocals, in particular, command the listenerโs periphery in a playful and refreshing way, exaggerating negative space and in-between moments that not only the paint an arresting stereo field but a remarkable sense of physical depth, not easily achieved without production sorcery. It is, without a doubt, these beautiful fleeting moments that we describe as โUncapturableโ.โArtwork by Mario Hugo#YeongDie #Seoul #ESP #ESPInstitute](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6735484865146034733351_0_ca203b628af7418d4591b7cf810145bd.jpg?o=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&h=61cb2220ef3f1125c7eb26615f28a38e)
