
Image: Cover art from Kim Doo Soo / 10 Days Butterfly (PSF, 2007) . I wander, tempted by something I cannot gain. Sadness! ... I have for no reason. Life! ... I have for no reason. ~ Kim Doo Soo / Deja-entendu ~ . Kim Doo Soo's breathtaking album 10 Days Butterfly has been haunting me ever since it came out at the very end of last year. The [...]
FREE MP3/AAC UPDATE! Free songs from new, current and future releases: We've posted the MP3 (and AAC, for the multitudes of iPod-faithful) tracks from our promo-only Midheaven .11 Autumn 06 sampler. You can also stream MP3s from the comfort of your preferred browser. The entire CD-- joined as o­ne track-- can be downloaded as well, as a 192kbps AAC file here. [93.4mb AAC file] OR you can download a .zip folder of all the individual AAC tracks in o­ne swell foop.You can also download the artwork/track listing (124kb color .pdf) for this project. Individual tracks: AKRON/FAMILY "Meek Warrior" Streaming MP3 [...]

I picked up an extremely interesting compilation the other day. Titled International Sad Hits, Vol. 1: Altaic Language Group , it collects several notable songs from four prominent Asian songwriters. The lineup features Fikret Kizilok (Turkey), Kim Doo Soo (Korea), and Tomokawa Kazuki and Mikami Kan (Japan). Kizilok is perhaps the most famous out of the bunch, remembered largely as one of the most memorable influences in Anatolian rock (Turkish rock and folk driven by psychedelia). Soo is a prominent Korean acid-folk musician, notable for his emotional quivering vocals and strong expressive elements. He has released several albums with [...]
This is Midheaven's promo-only Autumn '06 sampler available as free mp3s. You can also download M4a files at midheaven.com . AKRON/FAMILY " Meek Warrior " A HAWK AND A HACKSAW " God Bless The Ottoman Empire " DOSH " Um, Circles And Squares " CAURAL " I Won't Race You " BEIRUT " Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) " KIM DOO SOO " Bohemian " THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW " I'll Never Belong " SPARKS " Happy Hunting Ground (Live) " THE BLACK NEON " The Truth " k-the-i??? " Little Did She Know " AWOL [...]
Damon And Naomi, out of Damon And Naomi, and once of Galaxie 500, are about to launch the first in a series of albums, the International Sad Hits. The concept is simultaneously high-falutin' - all four artists are united by a shared common thread to their Altaic languages - and as basic as it comes - a love of melancholy. The acts are Turkey's Fikret Kizilok, Korea's Kim Doo Soo and Tomokawa Kazuki and Mikami Kan, a pair of Japanese artists. Kizilok died in 2001, after a thirty-year career of mixing western rock with [...]