ShinHaeCheol

신해철 : Shin HaeCheol (1968 - ) aka Crom MonoCrom Wittgenstein

Related : NExT

LINK : Japanese Homepage KPDB:1010715

2 # Crom's Techno Works (1998) as 'Crom'

CD:2070479

He surprised a lot of gayo audience by announcing this CD. A worn-out rocker-wannabe trying to get a new breath into himself by adopting "techno" genre.

Although I am not so much of a techno fan, this double CD album can be called a techno works if you can call the recent Madonna's single that. The first CD contains 9 tracks of techno-fied his earlier singles, and the second one contains 6 new tracks. And I think the first track from the first CD is most close to what I would call a techno.

I can only say this. I always high hopes for him, but I inevitably get let down by his lack of real talent every time. I think he has a very good insight into what sounds good and what will become popular. However, his realization skill is a lot to be desired. I think he should just become a producer. --HongCho, 1998-07-08

3 # Monocrom (1999)

CD:2084466

Well, since I have been let down numerous times by Shin, Hae Chul, I really didn't expect much from this album. Actually, it took quite a bit of internal debates to buy it. But, it turns out, this ain't too shabby.

Musically, this isn't really a "techno," I think. It does have "techno" elements, but it doesn't have the hallucinatory and hypnotizing looping effect most pure "techno" music has. Actually, one or two tracks have more of a techno feel. However, most of the tracks have a hard rock/techno feel. It's much much better than his previous feeble attempt at techno. Although you can notice the roughness of his "techno" performance and sometimes sounds anachronic, I thought the album as a whole was a good work.

Bottom line: You should at least try it if you like louder music.

Well, I was constantly disappointed by ShinHaeCheol's work until now. I think this is a good work, fusing his background in rock and electronic music. I don't know how much the other half of the group, ChrisTsangarides, had effect over the whole musical color.

MonoCrom are ShinHaeCheol and ChrisTsangarides. -- HongCho, 1999-09-13

JudasPriest plagiarize the song Machine Messiah on this album, making the song Metal Messiah on the album Demolition(2001). You can compare the songs. Perhaps ChrisTsangarides is the source, he participated on the album Demolition.

MuSoYu	i've got nothing
The Grinder
NiGa JinJjaRo WonHaNeunGe MeoYa	What Do You Really Want
Machine Messiah
Textbook suicide
i'm your MAN
Black sun	Prototype ver. 2.5
Go with the light
? (hidden track)

3.1 Discography

As	Year	Album Title
MuHanGweDo	1989	MuHanGweDo
		Caterpillar
ShinHaeCheol	1990	SeulPeun PyoJrong HaJi MalAYo...
		Don't do the sad face, please
ShinHaeCheol	1991	Myself
ShinHaeCheol	1991	91 Myself Tour(live)
ShinHaeCheol	1992	BaRamBuNeun NalENeun ApGuJeongDongE GaYaHanDa...
		When the wind blows, we must go ApGuJeong(OST)
NExT	1992	Home
NExT	1994	The Being
NExT	1995	The Being Live(live, 2CD)
NExT	1995	The World
ShinHaeCheol	1996	Jungle Story(OST)
NoDance	1996	Golden Hit
NExT	1996	Is Alive(live)
NExT	1997	Here I Stand for You(single)
NExT	1997	Lazenca-a space rock opera
Crom	1998	Techno Works(2CD)
NExT	1998	SeGyeEui Mun(video CD)
		Gate of the World
MonoCrom	1999	Monocrom
Crom	1999	Crom Live & Homemade Cookies(live, demos 3CD)
ShinHaeCheol	2000	SeGiMal(OST)
		End of Century
Wittgenstein	2000	A Man's Life

3.2 Links

http://members.nbci.com/PlayerCrom/main.html http://my.koreamusic.net/~ogam99/mspage/main/main-index1.htm http://myhome.shinbiro.com/~crom/index.htm http://pluto.interpia98.net/~elongg/index1.html http://myhome.cjdream.net/byungju/musicians/next/art-next.htm http://home.hanmir.com/~9918r/ http://my.netian.com/~ancrom/index2.htm http://myhome.netsgo.com/monocrom/frame2.htm

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