I greatly appreciate how, in Julia's mix, there is this fine capture of a (what I think is a) particularly diasporic and Korean approach to things - hiding irreverent tones inside of a melancholy substrate. I love how they approach their DJing with a smart, but earnest angle that is rare to hear. What an honor it is to receive this beautiful submission.
-hyeonje

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kijulia says: "Hi I’m kiju (born Kim Jung Hoo). I started and ended this mix with a voice memo I found on my phone recorded during my extended stay in Ganghwa-do, circa 2017. I was on my commute to work when suddenly an air raid drill started unexpectedly and the bus I was on and all the citizens around me on the street ceased all activity until the siren stopped ringing. When it finally did, life simply resumed at the same high speed as we left it and everyone went back about their business as if nothing had happened. We all just went back to work."

Tracklist:
iPhone - “SK Air raid”
Yamaneko - Shaped Like Kaleidoscopes
Genoih Yamashirogumi - Kaneda
Drew. - Entropy
Yuto Takei - Neo Yokohama
Kamoun - Baraka
Nosync - One Simulated Actual
Missy Elliot - Work It (BRLLNT EDIT)
Tancred - Contre Mesure
Sepehr - Diaspora Simulacra
Jung Joo Hee - Hurting My Heart
E-Saggila - Pr1nt
Ko Yang - Gianism
Lithe - Mood
Damndef, Ryno, Mckdaddy, Moldy, Jindotgae, Korkash - Chop
Kamran - Destruction
Diessa -  Trans Femme Mecha Cult
Yamaneko - Drewell
General Ludd - Eroi
Second. - Go To Work
Sangre Voss - Du Uh Hu He Hu Ha
georg-i - dissolvesontouch
hmurd - Escape (For Nepeta)
iPhone - “SK Air raid”

007 - kiju - go to work

Diasporic Corean Mixtapes is an online mix series documenting the untold rave narratives of the post-colonial Korean diaspora. 

Run by Hyeonje out of Seattle, WA, USA.
@hyeonje-fka-hommegranate

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