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RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I'm coming out of ESL Cafe retirement to let you know about a big show coming up in just two weeks.

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Kingston Rudieska with Chris Murray Combo
Friday, Sept 19
Bar Nana, Itaewon
doors 8:30
show 9:00
17 000w

This will be a monumental show, with Korea's top ska band meeting the Chris Murray Combo. Expect lots of dance numbers, singalongs, collaborations, guest musicians, and jamming.

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Chris Murray Combo
Number 1 Korean
I&I Djangdan
Skasucks
Saturday, Sept 20
Club DGBD, Hongdae
doors 7:30
show 8:00
20 000w

Chris Murray shares the stage with several Hongdae acts. If you haven't heard of I&I Djangdan yet, they're a killer dub reggae band featuring DJ Seafran from France and Jang Goon on vocals. I saw them last Saturday and my feet still haven't stopped moving.

Unfamiliar with the Chris Murray Combo? Chris Murray got his start in the Canadian third-wave ska band King Apparatus, then moved to California and started performing solo, just himself and an acoustic guitar. He mastered lo-fi recording, releasing albums done on 4-track and even on a walkman. Now he fronts a three-piece combo which has established itself at the forefront of ska worldwide. Recently he released a collaboration album with the Slackers.

Here's a musical sample to get you excited.
http://daehanmindecline.com/transfer/ChrisMurraySlackers-Janie_Jones.mp3

www.chrismurraynet.
www.myspace.com/chrismurray
www.brokeinkorea.proboards46.com
www.daehanmindecline.com

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Entry on Friday gets you a free drink also.

aka Dave · Joined: 02 May 2008 Location: Down by the river

It's nice to know there are still Ska bands. I saw Madness in high school at UCLA and that was like a million years ago.

paquebot · Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Location: Northern Gyeonggi-do

The first thing I heard from Chris Murray was his "4 Track Adventures" album and it kind of turned me off to his music. (That, and his collaborations (?) with Stubborn Records artists. I was a bigger fan of the rocksteady-themed stuff coming out from Simmerdown Records and Steady Beat) Still, a show like this doesn't come to Korea everyday so I may have to head down to Hongdae.

Thanks for the head's up, RACETRAITOR

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

piratebryan · Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Location: Nonyeon

thanks for the heads up...i love me some ska and dubreggae.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

jboney · Joined: 14 May 2008 Location: Northern Seoul

yeah, Chris Murray is awesome live! I'm in the States and I haven't seen him in a while. He usually only plays on the West Coast these days...man I wish I was in Korea.

Oh well, see ya in '09

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

I posted his site wrong.

www.chrismurray.net

Here's a live video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JuMR8a2IXvw

Fishead soup · Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea

Is the bar named after Nana Plaza in Bangkok

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Well, they're arriving in Korea tomorrow night. Now I have to figure out what a ska band who's just finished a large tour of Japan likes to do in their off time.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

This country is in for one hell of a ska injection. If you go to Hongdae Playground Thursday evening you might see a brief musical appearance by the combo.

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Ed Provencher · Joined: 15 Oct 2006

Those show times are too damn early. I don't finish teaching near Jamsil until 11pm. Two weeks ago in Hongdae I saw Buga Kingz at 1:30am. That's more like it. Have fun, ska is great, I'm jealous.

EDIT: Here is a video of Kingston Rudieska singing "Jindo skarirang" (feat.jang-goon)

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=cbNeS9IyNzI

I've always liked this one.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Jang Goon will be playing on the Saturday show.

We hung out in the park tonight and the boys managed to play a bunch of songs on the fly.

I'll try to stretch out the show times but you know Korea--shows have to end before the subways do. Saturday we're all going to go to this crazy new reggae bar that we discovered tonight in Hongdae.