A lazy post with a link to a performance of a number entitled “Seoul in panic” by the gugak fusion band Sorea. Modern music performed on traditional instruments, with dancing both traditional and modern. It could be taken straight from a Korea, Sparkling promotional video. It works rather well:
The b-boys are from Extreme Crew.
Less satisfying as a musical experience are the massed strings of the Sookmyung Gayageum Orchestra playing some Pachelbel, but Last 4 One makes up for it.
A version of this was performed at the Korean Cultural Centre in London not so long ago.
Back to Sorea – this time without the breakdancing – for a TV performance of Red Sky and an Arirang
They’re probably better when they’re on a specially produced video:
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