Discovered by first-generation folk master Yang Byeongjip, Son Jiyeon began her career with the 2003 debut album "My Life's Story." She has built a deeply original musical world that resists easy categorization and writes songs that express her life with poetic sensitivity, clarity, and honesty.

Son Jiyeon

A folk singer-songwriter often called the "Korean Joni Mitchell," known for her unique voice and songwriting.

실화

Sabaha is a doom and drone metal project launched in May 2023 by a musician with a long underground history in acts such as 420Saigong and Haaaazy Shaaaaman. Influenced by Sunn O))), Earth, Electric Wizard, Sleep, and Om, the project mixes drone metal, stoner doom, sludge metal, grindcore, and free improvisation, and released its first full-length album "THUNDER ROCKS" in 2024.

Sabaha

A doom and drone metal project formed in 2023, exploring destruction and despair through theatrical costumed performances.

THUNDER ROCKS

Namukkunmingeon sings with raw emotion and an unfinished heart he does not try to hide. His songs feel all the more real because of that imperfection, and instead of offering easy comfort, he is willing to collapse together with the listener and stay present in the moment.

Namukkunmingeon

A singer-songwriter building his own story with unadorned honesty.

Formed in 2022, Materials Found is a five-member band that fuses melodic metalcore with symphonic deathcore and post-rock. Their first EP "전구(電球)" was released in 2024 and earned a 2025 Korean Music Award nomination for Best Metal & Hardcore Album, as well as year-end recognition from Music Y.

Materials Found

A five-piece band rooted in melodic metalcore and nominated for a Korean Music Award in 2025.

Formed in 2013, Meridies is a solo project in which one musician performs most parts, including vocals, guitar, and bass. Since the 2015 full-length album "On A Submerged Islet," the project has combined extreme metal with literary imagination, notably using works by Yi Sang and other Korean writers in its lyrics.

Meridies

A one-man project rooted in symphonic black metal and death metal, drawing lyrics from Korean literature.

Wings

Rainbow99, born Ryu Seunghyun, is a singer, guitarist, composer, and sound and noise designer on the Magic Strawberry Sound label. Since his 2011 solo debut EP "Spring, Revolution," he has steadily released work based in ambient, dream pop, and shoegaze, and his album "오름의 지금" records Jeju 4.3 historical sites through sound.

Rainbow99

A guitarist and sound designer continuing wide-ranging experiments rooted in dream pop, shoegaze, and ambient music.

오름의 지금

Ganghahimalaya is a distinctive singer-songwriter raised in the free-spirited environment of Auroville, India. Her music holds the vitality of the Himalayas and the flowing calm of the Ganges, and her voice reflects a philosophy of living slowly and steadily.

Ganghahimalaya

A singer-songwriter raised in Auroville, India, connecting nature and inner life through music.

Yoon Seonae emerged from Seoul National University's singing group Meaeri and the student coalition Saebyeok, becoming one of the defining female voices of minjung song during the democracy movement of the 1980s. She is known for historic songs such as "When That Day Comes" and has continued her artistic life through later solo albums.

Yoon Seonae

An iconic voice of minjung song who sang on the front lines of the 1980s democracy movement.

그날이 오면

Jinukonda is a musician with roots in country blues and a dark, husky voice. Active in Hongdae since 2018, he turns modern gothic stories into music and sings about the lives of people left isolated inside the vast city of Seoul.

Jinukonda

A country blues musician with a dark, husky voice who has sung modern gothic stories in the Hongdae scene since 2018.

Son Jiyeon

Videos

손지연 - 오다가다

손지연 - 한동안 (Live ver.) | 오프더레코드

손지연 - 실화 (Lalala 출연)