Postino (artist)
Encyclopedia
Postino is an electronic music
producer based in London
. He is the owner of independent record label Postino Records, and is noted as being one of the first South Korean producers to top the European DJ charts.
producer in South Korea
, composing film scores and producing singles for Korean singers. He has worked with Lee Ki Chan the longest, having produced five of his albums; a song from the ninth album, "합니다..." (to do...), was used to promote the film The Illusionist throughout South Korea. He arranged and produced for South Korean pop-girl group S.E.S. in 2002, and his songs 'Requiem' and 'Red Angel' were chosen by Japanese fans to be released on "S.E.S. Best
". He was also producer and keyboard player for Acid Jazz
/pop outfit Mogi.
His debut album, A Letter From The Postino, was released in early 2007 via Lupin Records in South Korea. He moved on to work in London in 2007 where he started focusing on electronic music.
Bushey Hill Jazz House peaked at #2 on Juno Download's with the single "Bushey Hill". It remained at the top of the charts on Juno Download for five successive weeks, and ranked on Juno Recommends: Broken Beat/Nu Jazz and Deep House.
He subsequently remixed a single for Korean entertainer Hwangbo
, which peaked at #1 on JunoDownload's singles charts for four days.
Pieorgi Records recently hosted Postino as a guest DJ at SQ Club in Poznań
, Poland
.
The name 'Postino' was inspired by his life-long vision that electronic music can be as warm and full of meaning as a hand-written letter.
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
producer based in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. He is the owner of independent record label Postino Records, and is noted as being one of the first South Korean producers to top the European DJ charts.
History
He started his professional career as a pop musicPop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
producer in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, composing film scores and producing singles for Korean singers. He has worked with Lee Ki Chan the longest, having produced five of his albums; a song from the ninth album, "합니다..." (to do...), was used to promote the film The Illusionist throughout South Korea. He arranged and produced for South Korean pop-girl group S.E.S. in 2002, and his songs 'Requiem' and 'Red Angel' were chosen by Japanese fans to be released on "S.E.S. Best
S.E.S. Best
S.E.S. Best is an album in 2002 by S.E.S.. This is a compilation of S.E.S' Korean singles, but it excludes "Show Me Your Love" and "Just In Love". Also missing is the singles version of "Just A Feeling", which was the remix featured on the group's fifth Korean album. Instead, the original version...
". He was also producer and keyboard player for Acid Jazz
Acid jazz
Acid jazz is a musical genre that combines elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop, particularly looped beats. It developed in the UK over the 1980s and 1990s and could be seen as tacking the sound of jazz-funk onto electronic dance: jazz-funk musicians such as Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd and Grant Green are...
/pop outfit Mogi.
His debut album, A Letter From The Postino, was released in early 2007 via Lupin Records in South Korea. He moved on to work in London in 2007 where he started focusing on electronic music.
Bushey Hill Jazz House peaked at #2 on Juno Download's with the single "Bushey Hill". It remained at the top of the charts on Juno Download for five successive weeks, and ranked on Juno Recommends: Broken Beat/Nu Jazz and Deep House.
He subsequently remixed a single for Korean entertainer Hwangbo
Hwangbo
Hwangbo Hyejeong , better known as simply Hwangbo, is a South Korean singer and rapper. She rose to prominence as leader and rapper of former girl group Chakra.-Career:...
, which peaked at #1 on JunoDownload's singles charts for four days.
Pieorgi Records recently hosted Postino as a guest DJ at SQ Club in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.
The name 'Postino' was inspired by his life-long vision that electronic music can be as warm and full of meaning as a hand-written letter.
Albums
- 2007 - A Letter From The Postino
- 2009 - Bushey Hill Jazz House
- 2009 - Sailer & Gambler Remixes