The South Korean band Jambinai came to my attention when they played Body&Soul festival last year.
Their music is post-rock, avant-garde and neo-classical drawing on traditional Korean instruments like the haegeum, the piri and the geomungo.
Last year, they signed a deal with Bella Union and released their second album A Hermitage and on 24th February, Bell Union will reissue the band’s debut Differance for the first time outside of South Korea.
‘Connection’ one of the songs from it, clocks in and nearly 10 minutes and is a slow and moving piece of instrumental music.
Jambinai tour dates
02 April – FRANKFURT – Das Bett
03 April – ZURICH – El Lokal
04 April – Dudingen – Bad Bonn
05 April – MUNICH – Import Export
06 April – ST. GALLEN – Palace
07 April – EBENSEE – Kino
08 April – LJUBLJANA – Metelkova Mesto
23 April – BRISTOL – Colston Hall
25 April – GLASGOW – The ABC
26 April – LONDON – Islington Academy
17 May – NEW YORK – Le Poisson Rouge
18 May – CHICAGO – Empty Bottle
19 May – LOS ANGELES – The Echo
20 May – JOSHUA TREE – Joshua Tree Music Festival
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
