DalPaRan

달파란 : Blue Moon (1995 - 1997) aka GangGiYeong Palan Dal

RELATED : H2O PiPi Band

LINK : KPDB:1049

1 Biography or not

palan dal can be also written (or read in Korean) as DalPaRan (which can be translated directly as "moon blue"). He is also known as GangGiYeong, who previous participated in one of the funkiest band PiPi Band. --HongCho, 1998-09-18

2 HwiPaRam Byeol(1998); Whistle Star; 휘파람 별

 

★★★★☆  [Pump GiRok; Doremi Records]   Techno, Drum'n Bass, House

==== HongCho, 1998-09-17 ====

An interesting title to match the name. palan dal (as written on the CD) is also known as DalPaRan. Who is this guy? Well, his real name is GangGiYeong and he used to be a PiPi Band. Ah, now you get it.

So what's this album about? You might expect a very "avant-garde" rock because of his pipiband background. Well, it's not quite like that. Actually this is a techno ("club music," if you must) album. Except for a voice clip from KimHyeongTae of HwangSinHyeBand, he did all the work.

His techno is not a violent one: there are some "trance"-like ones, but most of them are loop-based "club"-type. The reason I got all excited about was that his works actually sound like an authentic techno (if there is such a thing). I wanted to check out an album by mojave several months ago, but there was that empty-CD-case incident.

The theme of this album is HwiPaRam, which means "whistle" in Korean. I guess he put "Byeol" ("star"/"planet") to make it sound more futuristic, but I think it originally came from a sample he used for the second track. The clip is from an old (60s or 70s, I think) Korean song HwiPaRamEul BulMyeo.

My only gripe is that since I am no techno expert, I still don't know what "components" define a techno artist's work. I mean, when you hear a PatMetheny tune, you immediate recognize that. But how can I tell for a techno? Except for the second track, which uses a Korean music clip, it's really hard to tell if there is any of his originality in there. I am sure techno groovies will dig this, but I need to explore more for myself.

Bottom line: As I said, this is the first authentic-sounding Korean techno album I've encountered. Although it's hard to see his originality among the "standard"-ish loops, if you are into techno, you might like to check this out. I am taking this to my work.

==== HongCho, 1998-09-18 ====

Wow. This is the first authentic sounding Korean techno album I've encountered. You can also say this is a "club" music. I've seen the other members of PiPi Long Stocking working on several projects, but Mr. Gang didn't release anything. And I always wondered about that.

Well, I think he came out big (popular? Well, that's whole another story...). I am not sure if there is a techno club in Korea, but looking at the acknowledgements, I see a club name Club MLI, so there must be. I hope genre diversity continue to grow.

==== DisTort, 1999 ====

DalPaRan started as DJing after disbanding PiPi Long Stocking. He DJed in clubs like Master Plan his own tracks and standard like JudyCreeks, JoshWink, RobertMiles, RoniSize, Dr.Alban, Bucketheads, N-Trance, CultureBeat and Underworld. He does not only techno but also drum'n bass. This album contains 65 minutes transfering music. Before him, Mojave released the first techno album but it wasn't sufficient. But DJ DalPaRan released really good stuff, and this is concept album. I like his techno Music but I hope to hear his groove bass.

• [Play:DalPaRan1HwiPaRamByeolEuiNonRi.mp3 HwiPaRam ByeolEui NonRi; Logic of the Whistle Star]
• [Play:DalPaRan1BiNilEuiYeoSin.mp3 BiNilEui YeoSin; Goddess of Vinyl]
• [Play:DalPaRan1HwiPaRamNaMu.mp3 HwiPaRam NaMu; Whistle Tree]
• [Play:DalPaRan1HwiPaRamByeolEuiChoDae.mp3 HwiPaRam ByeolEui ChoDae; Invitation from the Whistle Planet]
• [Play:DalPaRan1JiGuReulDdeoNaMyeo.mp3 JiGuReul DdeoNaMyeo; Leaving Earth]

JiGuReul DdeoNaMyeo	Leaving the Earth
HwiPaRamByeolEui WoeGyeIn	The Alien of the Whistle Planet
HwiPaRamByeolEui ChoDae	The Invitation of the Whistle Planet
HwiPaRam DoSi	The Whistle City
HwiPaRam Namu	The Whistle Tree
HwiPaRam NyuSeu	The Whistle News
HwiPaRam EonDeokEui BaRam	The Wind of the Whistle Hill
HwiPaRam KoMik DaenSeu PaTi	The Whistle Comic Dance Party
HwiPaRam GwangJang	The Whistle Square
GwangJang KonSeoTeu	The Square Concert
BiNilEui YeoSin	The Goddess of Vynil
HwiPaRamByeolEui NonRi	The Logic of the Whistle Planet
HwiPaRam SaengHwal (HwiPaRam LuPeu)	The Whistle Life (Whistle Loop)

4 Links

http://my.dreamwiz.com/elektro/distri/techno.htm

About Korean Techno scene. So good. See with DalPaRan.

http://ce.kmaritime.ac.kr/~darai/ani_intro/lies/lies.html

DalPaRan worked for this movie, GeoJitMal

http://www.technogate.co.kr/raveculture_dj.htm

Introducing ths DJs in Korea.

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