Ray Soul

이번 앨범 언어의 감옥에 수록된 곡, 〈또 다른 계절 II〉입니다.

원래 2011년에 발매된 제 곡 〈또 다른 계절〉은 피아니스트 제이슨 모란이 연주해 주셨습니다. 하지만 이 곡은 제목은 같지만 전혀 새로운 곡이며, 음악극 언어의 감옥의 주제가입니다.

이 곡은 두 가지 버전으로 구성되어 있습니다. 하나는 오케스트라 버전이고, 다른 하나는 피아노 솔로와 남성 보컬 버전입니다. 이 짧은 영상에서는 두 버전을 함께 소개해 드립니다.

오케스트라 버전은 서울에서 라이브로 녹음했습니다. 훌륭한 지휘자 곽원일님 .me , 융스트링, 그리고 재즈 보컬리스트 강윤미님 께서 함께해 주셨습니다.

반주는 오직 오케스트라만으로 구성되었고, 편곡은 제가 가장 사랑하는 편곡자 Matthew Nicholl .nicholl.33 이 맡아 주셨습니다.

피아노 솔로 버전은 피아니스트 강재훈님 과 보컬리스트 김도현님 께서 함께해 주셨습니다.

“언젠가 또 다른 그 계절에 다시 만날 그날을 상상하며…”

6월 1일 발매 후 전체 곡을 들어보실 수 있습니다.

This is “Another Season II,” a track from my new album, The Prison of Language.

The original “Another Season,” released in 2011, was performed by pianist Jason Moran. However, this piece is a completely new composition with the same title, and it serves as the main theme of the musical drama The Prison of Language.

This piece exists in two versions: one is an orchestral version, and the other is a piano solo version with male vocals. In this short video, I am introducing both versions together.

The orchestral version was recorded live in Seoul. I am deeply grateful to the wonderful conductor Wonil Gwak, Yung String, and jazz vocalist Yunmi Kang for their beautiful work. The accompaniment was created entirely with orchestra, and the arrangement was done by Matthew Nicholl, one of my most beloved arrangers.

The piano solo version features pianist Jaehun Kang and vocalist Dohyun Kim.

Imagining the day when we will meet again, someday, in another season…

You will be able to listen to the full piece when the album is released on June 1.

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My new album, The Prison of Language, will be released on June 1 through all major streaming platforms.

I am sharing another short teaser from one of the tracks, “Olivia Meets Green Soul.”

My daughter, Olivia Green Seol, was born on July 21, 2009, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Harlem, New York. I wrote this piece the very next day, so this song is 16 years old and is finally coming into the world.

We were young and poor, but full of love and dreams.

In The Prison of Language music drama, this piece represents the imagined moment when my mother meets Olivia Green--a meeting that never happened in real life.

You can listen to the full piece on June 1.

제 새 앨범 언어의 감옥 (The Prison of Language)이 6월 1일 모든 주요 스트리밍 플랫폼을 통해 발매됩니다. 오늘은 수록곡 중 하나인 “Olivia Meets Green Soul”의 짧은 티저를 하나 더 공유합니다.

제 딸 Olivia Green Seol은 2009년 7월 21일, 뉴욕 할렘에 있는 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital에서 태어났습니다. 저는 바로 다음 날 이 곡을 썼습니다. 그래서 이 노래는 16년 된 곡이며, 이제 마침내 세상에 나오게 되었습니다.

그때 우리는 젊고 가난했지만, 사랑과 꿈으로 가득 차 있었습니다.

음악극 언어의 감옥에서 이 곡은 제 어머니가 Olivia Green을 만나는 상상의 순간을 표현합니다. 실제 삶에서는 이루어지지 못했던 만남입니다.

전체 곡은 6월 1일에 들으실 수 있습니다.
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My new album, The Prison of Language, will be available on all streaming platforms on June 1.

I am sharing one of the songs from the album with you as a preview of the context behind my creative journey.

To create this album, I interviewed 14 suicide-loss survivors in Korea. One of them was a father who lost his daughter 20 years ago. She was only 20 years old. He has lived with deep grief, and over time, he transformed his life from being a green tea farmer into becoming a dancer.

One day, he sent me a rough recording of himself singing in his car. His melody was incredibly touching, and somehow my original melody worked with his in both key and tempo. So I created this track to honor his life.

You can listen to the full version when it becomes available on June 1.
I created this preview video using his interview and the music.

This was an emotionally and psychologically difficult project, but I am doing it because we need to talk about this.

I look forward to your comments.

You can also listen to the full album by searching The Prison of Language on global streaming platforms, or 언어의 감옥 on Korean streaming platforms. I have obtained all the necessary permissions to create and share this work.
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