Korea Town Acid (CA/KR)
Friday August 24, 2018 - Esplanade de la Place des Arts
Mastered by Pheek
Who: Korean-born, Toronto-based pianist, producer, vocalist and DJ, Jessica Cho
Style: a skittering and slowly billowing technicolour synth orchestra; brainy, otherworldly bass improvisations; dextrously packaged ambient-techno-jazz structures
Labels: Cosmic Resonance
Latest: Mahogani Forest (2018)
More: Mahogani Forest’s unflinchingly lush sonics came together over 8 straight days of improvisation at Cosmic Resonance’s Toronto studio in early January.
MUTEKs: NANO MUTEK Toronto: 2018
Using an experimental and purely improvised approach to samplers and synths, Korea Town Acid’s expansive and cerebral rhythms sit at the juncture of dubby house, free-jazzy techno and funky ambient territories.
