Where the River Meets the Sea

Jung-Jae Kim - tenor saxophone
Ya-Nung Huang - suona

Description
Where the River Meets the Sea is a project led by Jung-Jae Kim that brings European free improvisation into encounter with improvised traditional music. Blending diverse elements and
textures, the project unfolds as a fluid, detail-rich sonic journey that blurs the boundaries between old and new mediums. Like water, it absorbs and connects every detail into a single evolving sound.

Jung-Jae Kim is a Berlin-based South Korean saxophonist and improviser active across Europe and Asia. Exploring how far one person can speak through his body and his instrument, his music is deeply rooted in personal identity and the search for authentic sound.
https://jungjaekimmusic.com

Ya-Nung Hunag is a multi-discipline artist from Taiwan specializing in graphic design, illustration, photography and video, and a musician playing “Suona” (a traditional double-reed wind
instrument). In addition to her traditional music training, Ya- Nung often breaks conventional boundaries by exploring fusion, theater, and even the art of noise. She seeks to uncover the
possibilities of sound beyond conventional music, integrating body movement with improvisational performance. Her goal is to use traditional instruments to create a new “tradition”
within a contemporary context.
haunain.tw

Vincent Laju is a French cellist and composer based in Berlin. He is also a multidisciplinary artist, working across improvised music, poetry, graphic scores and movement, with a particular interest in the morphology of sounds. His work has been presented across Europe and Asia, including at Festival Constellations(Paris), EMAF(Osnabrück), GMEM(Marseille), C-lab(Taiwan), Ftarri(Tokyo) and venues in Europe, he regularly collaborates with traditional musicians from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China, he plays the Danso himself.
vincentlaju.com

Francis Heery is an Irish improvisor, composer and curator based in Berlin. His music is inspired by science-fiction, psycho-geography and bio-aesthetics. His primary instrument is modular synthesiser, where he creates performable sonic habitats that contain various degrees of autonomy and unpredictability. His compositions are inspired by research into 19th and 20th century esotericism and occult thought, and surrealism.
www.francisheery.com
https://thecubeofunknowing.bandcamp.com