I wanted this to be a short-ish review. None of the purple dramatics I tend to engage in when talking about music that really impacts me. But Samuel Seo’s latest release deserves the time to dissect. The second in his UNITY series, UNITY II sees Seo crafting and molding a genre he’s connected with into something viable in the landscape of South Korean music. He has quite literally “created” the neo-soul genre in South Korea
Link (이음) Composed and arranged by Samuel Seo, Ahmin Heo, Junyoung Choi, Hangyeol Kwon, Deokyong Han Keyboard: Ahmin Heo Bass: Junyoung Choi Drums: Hangyeol Kwon Guitar: Deokyong Han
Pale Blue (청) Composed and arranged by Samuel Seo, Ahmin Heo, Junyoung Choi, Hangyeol Kwon Keyboard: Ahmin Heo Bass: Junyoung Choi Drums: Hangyeol Kwon
Gone (다 사라지고 나만 남았다) Composed and arranged by Samuel Seo, Jeonghoon Park, Zorba, Ahmin Heo Keyboard: Ahmin Heo Bass: Zorba
Cycle (굴레) TITLE Composed and arranged by Samuel Seo, Bumsuk Park, Jaeyeon Hwang, Ahmin Heo, Hangyeol Kwon Guitar: Jaeyeon Hwang Drums: Hangyeol Kwon Bass: Bumsuk Park Keyboard: Ahmin Heo
Eyes (시선) Composed and arranged by Samuel Seo, Ahmin Heo, Junyoung Choi, Hangyeol Kwon, Deokyong Han Keyboard: Ahmin Heo Bass: Junyoung Choi Drums: Hangyeol Kwon Guitar: Deokyong Han
When (때) Composed and arranged by Samuel Seo, Peri Guitar: Peri
Cloud (운) TITLE Composed by Samuel Seo, Kim Oki, Zorba, Ahmin Heo, Hangyeol Kwon Arranged by Samuel Seo, Kim Oki, Zorba, Ahmin Heo, Hangyeol Kwon, JRB Saxophone: Kim Oki Bass: Zorba Gear: JRB Keyboard: Ahmin Heo Drums: Hangyeol Kwon
Executive Producer: Samuel Seo Co-Produer: JRB Lyrics written by Samuel Seo Mixed by JRB (tracks 1-4, 6-7), Bong-won Shin at GLAB Studios (5, 8) Mastered by bk! at GLAB Studios Drums recorded at SURF! Recordings Sponsored by GearLounge/UNIVERSAL AUDIO
Producer and singer-songwriter EDEN has collaborated with Samuel Seo on “SOON,” the first part of his monthly “EDEN_STARDUST2” Project’s second season.
At this point you must be sick of me saying it. But I can’t help myself. Samuel Seo does NOT make bad albums. Every time he releases something it just reinforces my claims. His most recent EP, D I A L, taps into something earthier in the artist. While The Misfit was mostly bright, this five-song album is drenched in darker hues. Every bit of it’s just swimming in the earth tones of classic neo-soul.
Samuel Seo has released his new mini-album “D I A L” today. All five tracks were produced by archeformw, the featured artists include DAMYE and Yerin Baek.
D I A L Music by archeformw Arranged by archeformw
DAMN THINGS (Feat. Lee Tae Hun) Words by Samuel Seo Music by archeformw, Samuel Seo Arranged by archeformw, Samuel Seo
DYE (Feat. DAMYE) Words by Samuel Seo, DAMYE Music by archeformw, Samuel Seo, DAMYE Arranged by archeformw, Samuel Seo
GAE NA RI (개나리) (Feat. Yerin Baek) TITLE Words by Samuel Seo, Yerin Baek Music by archeformw, Samuel Seo, Yerin Baek Arranged by archeformw, Samuel Seo
RED (Feat. Heo Ahmin) Words by Samuel Seo Music by archeformw, Samuel Seo Arranged by archeformw, Samuel Seo
Produced by Samuel Seo Mixed by JRB Mastered by bk! (at GLAB Studios) MV directed by Hyunsoo Kim (nvrmnd)
P-TYPE has released his new single “Moonlighting (Feat. Samuel Seo)” today, a neo soul-style soundtrack for moody spring nights, produced by Keeproots.
As you all know by now, I have an immense respect for Samuel Seo as an artist. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that when it comes to music recommendations, I take what he says seriously. Such was the case when he suggested multi-genre artist DAMYE during our chat. Listening to DAMYE’s music, then getting to know him, I was really ecstatic to have the chance to talk to him.