HODORI ROCKS: Uncanny New Wave Sound from the 88 Olympic Land [LP Neon Pink Vinyl]

Various Artists - HODORI ROCKS: Uncanny New Wave Sound from the 88 Olympic Land [LP Neon Pink Vinyl]

- LP available on black, neon pink, or neon yellow vinyl - ’80s Korean New Music tracks selected by Yohei Hasegawa & JBS - Remastered from the original master tapes by Dave Cooley - 6-panel insert with detailed liner notes for ‘80s Korean scene - Newly illustrated artwork by Ky Park The 1980s for Korea began with the words “Seúl, Corea”. Even amid the political turmoil, there hung upon the air a note of hopefulness that came from being chosen as the next host of the Olympic Games. The hope of progressing past the 'emerging' stage and reaching the 'developed' nation status spread to Korea's arts and culture scenes as well. The gayo scene had just been through a dark age since the marijuana scandals of 1975 and the repressive 'gayo purification movement', but was beginning to regain its footing with the arrival of the new decade. We might as well call it by the name 'Korean New Wave – Hodori Rocks'. In HODORI ROCKS, there is yearning, the commonplace, and a newness. That's why it is uncanny.

HYUN HEE - 슬픈 모습 보이기 싫어 (Hiding My Sorrow); LEE JUNG-WOO - 이루지는 못했어도 (Didn’t Make It); YOON SUL-HA - 헤이 미스터 로봇트 (Hey Mister Robot); LEE JAE-MN - 제 연인의 이름은 (My Lover’s Name); SHIN JUNG-SOOK - 놀부 심술가 (Wicked Nolboo); KOREA FANTASY - 서울의 밤 (Seoul at Night); LEE MOO-SONG - 요즈음 세상은 (The World These Days); JANG HYE-RI - 진실한 사랑 (True Love); PARK NAM-JUNG – 말하지마 (Don’t Say It); YANG HA-YOUNG - 당신과 나 (You and I); LEE NAN-KYEONG - 이별의 밤 (Night of Farewell)