KO SHIN MOON - SÎN TOUR

Ko Shin Moon is a collaborative project at a crossroads between traditional strings and electronic music machines. From their studio in Paris, Ko Shin Moon create otherworldly, hybrid melodies where psychedelia meets space disco. In line with the works of Haruomi Hosono (the band name is a reference to one of his exotica albums), Ko Shin Moon draws from a vast lineage of experimentalists and music explorers. Through stylistic experimentation, the band outlines a universe of contrasts. Their credo: eclecticism, cosmopolitanism, and hybridity.

Released in 2017, their first, eponymous album was composed as an attempt to both confront and research traditional melodies by mixing instrumental recordings and samples. In this musical journey, repertoires, genres, and times blend and form a new language. The album marked the start of a fruitful collaboration with Paris-based record label Akuphone, with whom they share a common ambition: the renewal of listening practices through open borders.

In 2019, the National Library of France (BnF) invited Ko Shin Moon to create new pieces based on their sound archive—a musical treasure comprising recorded material from every part of the world. The only restriction was that Ko Shin Moon would rely solely on 78-rpm records. Their album 78 Fragments is the final output of this collaboration. On their third LP Leïla Nova, released on Akuphone Records in 2020, the band set aside sampling and aimed to reassert themselves as a live duo. The album’s ten tracks sketch out a pilgrimage from East to West, a cosmic synthesis of different worlds and repertoires.

While touring for their last album Miniature (released in 2022), Ko Shin Moon began composing again: fragments of melodies emerged, reworked throughout their concerts. Soaked in the raw energy of live performances, a collection of songs took shape, nourished by exchanges with the audience and encounters with musicians along the way. These sessions and live experiments ultimately became their current album, Sîn.

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