Name: Li Xinxiong
English name: Daniel Armand Lee.
Birthday: July 22nd 1980
Place of birth: Korea
Education: Stanford University
Personality: Romanticism
Interests: listening to music, watching movies, reading, 3? 3? 0? 7? 0? three
Specialty: singing love songs and skiing.
Ideal lover:? 3? 3? 1? 8? 6? A woman of firm and upright character
Future wishes: B-Boy gentleman, writing songs and teaching.
Favorite singers: Marvin Gaye, NAS, Lohas, Nell, Jin Taiyu.
Favorite things: Hip-hop, rock, soul, light music, self-confidence, literature, socialization, dreams, art, chatting, strawberry painting, rainy days, French new wave cinema, freedom, taking notes, blue, black interest as a call (blaxpoitation), unrequited love, new york, DJs, Battle, Freestyle.
Things you don't like: betraying L, MP3, summer, spaghetti, obstruction, cold, baseball L, law, people who are not funny.
Participating in the album: Golden Gun Mo's fifth album "Myself"
Mitrakin
Name-Cui Jin
Birthday-1 6th 1983
Education-Guangming high school graduates
Introverted (active with familiar people)
Interests-movies, music, games
Specialty-basketball, boxing
Ideal lover-warm-hearted and kind girl
Future aspirations-short story writers and musicians
Favorite singers-Lakim, Cunninghlynguists, Kim Benzhu, Wheelsung.
Favorite things-family, computer, Cai Renhao, Dunhill, cactus, puppy, friends, sheep, chocolate drinks, basketball, zippo, being alone.
Things you don't like-selfish people, narrow-minded people, noisy things, disciplined things, troublesome things, meddling.
Participate in the album-Chunrian 20065438+0 daehanminkook, MP Hip Hop 200 1 "? 9? 7? 0? 2 ",DaeHanMinKook hardcore 200 1,? 3? 5? 5? 6 ? 0? 3? 8? 5? 9? 5(Jopok Manoora) ost，CB Mass 2？ 3? 8, ? 9? 9 ? 5? 9? 0? 9 ? 2? 8? 8? 7 (single by Da crew) "Coma" Lyn 1? 3? 8. Dj Honda & PMD-"Underground Connection", TBNY-"PROSAC" EP Project X-OST, CB Mass 3? 3? 8-Public demands? 3? 1 ...
DJ Tukuz
Name-Kim Jong-sik
Birthday-19 1 1 month 198 1
Education-Dropped out of Law Department of BenQ University-East Asian Broadcasting Institute? 3? 3? 6? 6? 3? 1? 3? 2? 7? seven
Personality -l lively,? 2? 9? 0? 5? 6? five
Interests-listening to classical music, movies and surfing the Internet.
Major -B-Boying, diving
Ideal lover-sexy woman
Future ambition-making albums, influential musicians? 7? 7? 4? 3? 2? 3? 8? 9? 0? 9? 3? 1? 1? nine
Favorite singer-expansionist, D-style, Primo, triple threat DJ.
Favorite things-gray buildings, blue-green, round things, pickled radish, Vienna sausage, silver electronic parts, DVD, the smell after rain, Manchester United football team, Lamborghini, science and technology, San Francisco, dry beer, G-Shock watch, Winning Eleven, Mega Box.
Things you don't like-traffic jams, square things, 9? 9? 3? 4? 3? 1 ? 8? 1? 4? 7, the rainy season, betrayal
Co-authored album -CB MASS 3? 3? 8-Popular Appeal
Konexion assembly
X-OST project? 3? 1 ...
As the lead singer of Epik High, Tablo started as an underground rap band in South Korea.
Tablo of the early United States once participated in the underground hip-hop group 4n Objects, and he was the only Korean member. CB Mass and drunken tiger (a famous underground group in Korea) heard Tablo's rap in 4n Objects, and finally decided to help him make an album!
An article about cool and light music
Before the release of the album, she became the most anticipated comeback singer, even surpassing Lee Hyo Ri, who changed her new owner and caused a topic. The four series with Fan as the main theme have been firmly at the top of the sales list for several weeks in a row, and the network and music programs have taken the lead.
They are not underground heroes, nor musicians, but simply doing EPIK high notes of music, which makes people feel that they are somewhat refined. The modifiers given to them by the public, such as "valve school", "underground return" and "artist from reality show", are too one-sided and even an insult to them. It is enough to find the most suitable modifier-"music".
Pop music and successful music
March 18, "Congratulations to EPIK High School again!" . 1 1 month later, it's really gratifying to be the champion of pop songs for two weeks in a row. "Thank you very much for giving us so much love. God, parents, and all fans who love us, thank you! " When DJ Tukuz made a speech, the excited Tablo even jumped on Mitrakin, and then the three knelt down on the spot to thank the audience.
Singers who have recently released records usually emphasize how their records are "worth buying" by using gimmicks such as the special responsibility of masters and the joint efforts of ultra-luxury teams. Compared with these, EPIK High School wants to emphasize "worth listening to". 65438+1October 23rd, 4 episodes of "Re-mapping the Human Soul" were released at the price of ordinary records, but included 27 2cd * * *. Nowadays, singles are flooding and there are piles of selections. Twenty-seven songs could have been made into two albums or n singles to sweep people's pockets, but they didn't do that. "I didn't plan to make 2CD at first, but it was really difficult to choose between songs, so I included them together."
However, such an excellent record suffered from "Waterloo", and seven songs were banned to varying degrees, including the title song "Fan". Swearing, rebellion and horror are defined as "non-mainstream music" and are separated.
"Can you say that the song sung in front of ten thousand people will be better than the song sung by one person in the corner? Only music close to the public can be called' real music'? " TABLO's rhetorical question is speechless. How to judge the quality of a song depends not on the number of people, not on the eyes, but on the ears. As long as the government listens to the listener, it is good music.
Pursuit and success
For people living in the music world, the feedback, sales and income after the release of the album are directly related to their success, but this narrow sense of "success" is very different from that of EPIK High School.
"Whether' success' is not the pursuit of income and fame, but whether you are satisfied in it." (DJ Tukuz)
"If you blindly cater to the tendency and follow the direction of public opinion, you will lose the' simplicity of musicians'." (TABLO)
Whether their music is mainstream or non-mainstream, EPIK High School doesn't want to bother to think about it. As long as they have a clear conscience and get satisfaction from it, they think that this is the real success of a musician.
It is by no means what a real musician should do to follow the crowd without independent thinking and make music just to gather popularity. Maybe such a person is not a musician at all.
"We can follow the preferences of the public for comfort, but can something that only caters to the orientation of others be called real art? The' unsuccessful' in people's eyes is also a heavy burden for us. Just like the case of the four series "Repainting the Soul", even the title song will be banned. Who still thinks we will "succeed"? But to everyone's surprise, we have gained so much support, and now I don't know how to express my feelings at this time except gratitude. Thank you for liking the products made according to EPIK advanced style. " It was released only 1 month, and the sales of the four series have exceeded 1 10,000, while the annual sales of the three series released in 2005 were1.20,000, which really gave them a big surprise.
EPIK High School, which went upstream, did not expect that their "pure enthusiasm" won unprecedented praise, and their "non-mainstream" brought a brand-new revolution to the depressed record market. Whether mainstream or non-mainstream, the body will not lie, as long as it is good music, it will stimulate your adrenal gland.
Sacrifice, because it is valuable.
The title song "Fan" on the stage is different from previous high schools. DJ Tukuzi, who has been a DJ, abandoned his original role and stepped onto the stage as a dancer. In fact, DJ Tukuz was originally a street dancer, and this time he appeared as a dancer for the first time because his part was cut out in the title song "Fan". "If the music can really show, it doesn't matter if I cut all my parts."
"The main song" Fan "failed to pass the post-review. I wasn't completely disappointed when TABLO told me. Because as long as you cut my part, we can sing. As long as it helps the music of EPIK High School, I think personal sacrifice is very valuable. "
As an important element of HIP-HOP music, DJ can boldly give up his part of work, and it is really admirable for music to give up on itself to such an extent. "It feels good to let everyone see our new changes." An easy answer is a great relief. Pay more attention to the development of music than the pursuit of personal satisfaction, and music also has the saying of taking a step back.
Music, no principles, no rules.
"We sometimes change. We don't want to stay in one position all the time, but we also want to try." (Mitrakin)
Satisfied with the foundation, not just staying in a certain position, but constantly trying to take a new step. Make a pure hip hop, but fresh hip hop is more delicious. Music can't have a simple and clear answer like math 1+ 1=2. 1+ 1 can get infinite answers, which is art. Expect development more than perfection. From 1 to 4, I remember, peaceful days, flies, Paris, and Fan ... get super high response every time. What's the secret to making them like this? No principles, no rules. There is no specific intention, no fixed goal, just to satisfy yourself. This is the music philosophy of EPIK High School.