first impression on cdr :
Si Wan Rec.


Yun Jo : Moebius strip (KO,1995)*°'
"I once heard a CDR copy of this : nice and calm and moody partly instrumental Gothic-progressive/neo-symphonic, with some calm sung parts (female vocals), accompanied by various moody guitars. The music has a certain sweetness..."...
second listen after having listened to the real cd :
Si Wan Rec.


Yun Jo : Moebius strip (KO,1995)****
After some research I finally could find a copy of this album. And what an impressive package. This is an oversized glossy box that opens like a temple with in the middle a pyramid containing the CD with booklet.
The music is a real art project, well produced and arranged in the studio, based upon different sorts of keyboards, drums and electric/amplified guitars. The tracks build up moodily and atmospherically, a special way of arranging layer by layer with a certain open evolution, and still a natural way of progression. Parts of it, due to the keyboards might sound a bit in the direction of neo-classical gothic prog, a genre which isn’t too rewarding, the results here are more magnificent and done with perfection, with enough variety to work for each second. On the first few tracks different voices contribute, each with their own special character, one of them being a person enjoying herself playfully like a child, by an expressive female singing voice, some of the arrangements have an orchestral fullness. The fourth track is based upon a song focus (female voice again) with more dominance in the guitars (picking and electric). The conclusive track has Baroque melodic elements in the keyboards, electric guitar workouts, funky bass elements, it still is all very mood-provoking. Very good !
On a Korean page I found out about the extra singers & musician : Lead Male Vocal : Kim, San, Lead Female Vocal : Seong, Ma-Ri, Bass : Kang, Hyoung-Suk.