free iPhone Gayageum App. Korean Traditional Instrument more info
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free Android Samulnori App. Korean Traditional Percussion more info.
free Korean Traditional VSTi more info.
Instrument Design :: Strings Instrument Design :: Percussion
Composition, Performance and Installation is on youtube.com
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Welcome! to Oriental Express. (PDF Brocuhre)
Oriental Express is a new breed of fusion music band blending various genres including Korean classical music, Jazz and music technology. Oriental Express was formed in 2004 with Youngjun Choi (keyboardist), Hyounjong Kim (drummer), Hyunmo Kim (bassist ) as the main members of the band. Youngjun Choi is the leader of the band and also the main composer. In 2005, Oriental Express was joined by Kyungso Park (gayageum player) and Jiyoon Chun (hageum player). Jiyoon Chun had left the band in 2009 and Sookyung Choi(violinist) had joined the band in 2010.
With 4 albums out, including 2006’s the debut album ‘To The West’, 2007’s the second album ‘Cruising Together’, 2008’s the third album ‘Vision of the Road’ and 2011’s the fourth album ‘Wonderful Life’, Oriental Express has pursued an extraordinary and broadened genre of their own, trying to incorporate various rhythmical ideas such as Korean traditional, jazz, rock, latin, funk, disco and even electronic into their own melodies. Not only have they made great endeavors in delivering performances but also in the development of software and hardware which are needed for their performances. They have been developing electronic haegeum, electronic gayageum, i-janggu(Korean classical percussion). Moreover, they have also expanded their expertise to the synthesizer software for Korean classical instruments. In addition, various sensors and interactive real-time software are under development by Youngjun Choi and Oriental Express.
The music of Oriental Express is an ensemble of Korean classical instruments and western-style modern musical instruments, which cannot simply be condensed into a sentence definition in a way that ‘it is Korean traditional music’ or ‘This is Korean classical fusion jazz’. It can be defined only as “Oriental Express” Music. This music can be called “the new sound created by the harmonious spirit of each members of the band”.
1. Oriental Express Seeking for new path of sound and a new genre
- The music of Oriental Express has pursued musical diversity by harmoniously adding piano melodies to the main melody of gayageum and other Korean classical instruments. The mixture of individually influential and different sounds has created another revolutionary style of music.
2. Oriental Express Technologies Ceaseless Enthusiasm for Creating New Sound
- Developing electronic Korean classical instruments including electric gayageum, electric haegeum, i-jangu (6-axis interactive wireless double-headed drum) and super daego (6m large screen drum)
- Developing Korean traditional musical instrument software synthesizer VSTi plugins.
- Developing peripherals such as Korean musical instrument controller.3. Oriental Express music library Challenges for variety of music contents
- Developing the various sound module source library funded from KOCCA (Korea Creative Content Agency
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Oriental Express Technolgies
Free Korean VSTi Plugins
Electric Haegeum| Electric Gayageum | Electric Janggo
Media Arts S/W | Media Arts H/W | iPhone Apps coming Soon
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Fusion Band Oriental Express, Kyunggi Goyang, Deokyang, Todang 251-25, Republic of Korea Tel. +82-505-676-6767
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