“Guitarist Han-earl Park is a musical philosopher…. Expect unexpected things from Park, who is a delightful shape-shifter….” — Brian Morton (Point of Departure)

Shifting and switching from No Wave skronk to interstellar guitarist-as-drummer virtuosity, from stampedes of miniature Pomeranian Buffalos to All-You-Zombies heterophonies, Han-earl Park (박한얼) has been performing beautifully messy, joyously difficult, ambiguous and discordant improvised musics for over twenty years.

Park is the mastermind behind ensembles including Eris 136199 with Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky; Juno 3 with Lara Jones and Pat Thomas; and Gonggong 225088 with Yorgos Dimitriadis and Camila Nebbia; and performs as part of a duo with Richard Barrett. His ensembles have appeared at festivals including Jazz em Agosto (Lisbon), EFG London Jazz Festival, Brilliant Corners (Belfast), Freedom of the City (London), ISIM (New York), dialogues festival (Edinburgh) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam). Park’s recordings have been released by labels including NEWJAiM, Ramble Records, SLAM Productions, Creative Sources and DUNS Limited Edition.

“A colorful, sometimes violent and revelatory listening experience that infuses modern aesthetics with the spirit of the ancient…. Ancient and primordial with ideas as open as the night sky….” — John Morrison (Jazz Right Now)

“Park… may just have the specter of drumming giant Rashied Ali guiding his hands. His fingers, palms and wrists tirelessly bounce, skitter, smear, stroke, strum, hammer-on, pull-off and thump his solid-body electric. Considering the rapidity of his technique, the effect is not simply percussive, but utterly drumkit-like and a liberated kit at that….” — John Pietaro (The New York City Jazz Record)

I'm a New York based musician and I've worked as a Drummer, Guitarist, Bassist, and percussionist, playing from Classical to Jazz, Brazilian, Greek, Metal, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Gosepl, IDM, Blues... Let's just say, a lot of different kinds of music. I've also done plenty of work as a composer/arranger, having had one of my classical pieces reviews by the New York Times. I've also worked as a producer in several scenarios, as well as my own self released album Second Last Minute, available on Amazon and iTunes as downloads.You can catch me performing in the City or abroad with any of the following:
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Abraxas, Book of Angels Vol. 19
Secret Chiefs 3
Imperial Triumphant
Hipster Assassins
Dapp Theory
Lonnie Plaxico
Resolution 15
Nuriya Almaya
Hung
Ze Luis Quartet
Greg Diamond Group
Richard Padron Trio
Sambismo
and many others. 

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