Things are looking up, speaking in a strictly topographical manner, of course (pun damn well intended). Groovy things are happening a' plenty. Such as the release of Ratatat's fourth (that's 4) studio album, in early june. Well, that's about it, really. But what's to say we shouldn't stay uppy? There have been plenty pseudo interesting things going on as well, like that weird Kronofonika project, with those two freakishly untalented (topographically speaking, that is) individuals taking turns to deliver tracks each and every day. Juggling that with study and work, well hey, that can't be difficult at all. I strenuously imagine them working like feverish little ants in front of their computers to piece everything together. And that fantasy leads me to the scene in Oldboy where the leading actress has visions of loneliness embodied by riding a subway with only a single ant, peering sideways at the obscene structure. One of my favorite scenes out of a movie, ever, I think.
Korean cinema really is booming, in terms of creativity. Right now I'd say it's the very most edgy moviemaking industry in that aspect. Even though Korean movies usually are amazingly violent and bloody affairs, it is never without a sense of satirical or deeper purpose that a knife is plunged into someones chest. And never has stupid-villain syndrome ever touched the minds of Korean filmmakers, "thank" fuckin' "christ" for that.
Korean music, though, I don't know much about. I think the guys over at Kronofonika generally are more interesting when you touch on that particular subject.
Kolthrast and 253, are the pseudonym's of Kronofonika's resident master cooks of audial delight. They might come off as a tad pretentious, when they're able to cram down a single beat into a 2 hour track, expecting us to listen to all of it. But they're nice people, though. No, really. Leading them off into our topogaphic sunset, will be their own musical works. Take it away!
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