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“The Journey to Memories “by the Rhythmgrapher Taeseok Yang
32 photos of unfamiliar landscapes around the world he traveled,
A travel essay completed with 32 songs containing those photos”

“I decided to write this album review during a casual meeting held over a cup of tea. The reason why I decided to write this, even though I think it may be impossible for his music to be described and reviewed in writing, is a combination of my sense of frustration with our fellow creators gradually fading away and my expectations and respect for the musician, Taeseok Yang. I hope you accept my words, and they do not leave you with a bitter taste.”

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I attempted to listen to his music with a stranger’s mentality, of someone who’s ears have never heard his music but perhaps has only seen his backpack and his shoes in passing. As I listened, I was left wondering what Taeseok Yang the Rhythmgrapher, who travels around the world, capturing and sharing sounds, misses in this world. I could feel it throughout the album from ‘Dublin’ to’Varanasi’ to ‘Ushuaia.’ Whether it is a sense of longing for something he hopes to overcome or a desire for the yearning itself, Taeseok Yang leaves footprints of languish throughout the album.
Unlike previous works, in ‘River Liffey’, ‘Estrecho de Magallanes’ and ‘Atacama’ Taeseok Yang creates a calmness that represents an escape from the rat race of everyday life. Through these songs he successfully creates an atmosphere of relaxation as the music embraces the art of travel. On the track ‘Punta Arenas’ the song best represents the coexistence and balance between travel life and daily life, past and present, and conception and non-conception. This project may just be his best body of work yet. 

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With the absence of cool pictures or songs with exotic locations as names, and without an explanation over the composition of instruments, Taeseok Yang’s music is left by itself. It is like his personality; solemn, lonely, and beautiful. I want to applaud him for his hard work and the courage it requires to release 32 tracks either out of his head or his computer memory. If he tried to be free from his own typical cliché back in ‘Re:DRUMS_Reimagine the drums’, With this project, it seems that he wanted to blow away the limits of musical expression and launch it out into the world on the wings of beautiful photography.
I look forward to Taeseok Yang’s continued projects and experiments. 

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_Jacklin Ramirez 

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Credits
 
All tracks written and recorded by Taeseok Yang
Produced and Mixed and Mastered by Taeseok Yang
All Photos by Taeseok Yang
Artwork by Taeseok Yang
Released by Earth & Cloud

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releases January 13, 2021

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