(연습 음원)광주시민합창단 아름다운강산
2015.11.20  서울장신대

(연습 음원)광주시민합창단 아름다운강산

Shin Jung Hyun, born in 1938, is South Korea's most legendary rock guitarist. He was mainly active in the 60s and 70s, and was a pioneer of Korean pop/rock culture, making hit records himself and producing hits for many other artists. 

In 1972 South Korea's President, Park Chung-hee, asked Shin to write a song in praise of him. Shin refused and instead wrote a song about the land: the great 아름다운강산 - translated as either "Beautiful Korea" or "Beautiful Country". It's a fantastic track, full of idealism and power, and it features one of the greatest psychedelic rock guitar freakouts ever recorded. I've mashed 3 minutes of it here with some added Indian elements and sonic treatments. 

Shin paid heavily for making this recording and snubbing his President. From that point on he suffered government harassment and many of his songs were banned, driving his music underground and costing Shin his prominence and success. Never has a single rock'n'roll track cost its creator so dearly! The situation only changed when Park Chung-hee died in 1979. 

For more info on Shin Jung Hyun visit http://www.psychemusic.org/sjh.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Jung-hyeon


Shin Jung's Psychedelic Freakout

1. 대중음악 좋아한다며 이박사 음악 싫어하면 그 사람은 이단입니다.

2. 이진경씨가 개띠인데 개의 해가 와서 참 좋습니다.

3. 새해 봉 만 대

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These are songs and mash-ups from my home studio. Some feature The Waterboys, some just me, some are other stuff. 

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