Ko Shin Moon started in 2017, after Axel Moon returned from four years in India with folk instruments and found Niko Shin's studio full of analog synths. Their music joins electric bağlama, oud and sitar with psychedelia and space disco. The name refers to an exotica album by Haruomi Hosono.
With jazzhane
- 29.09.2023 Kaserne Basel
About
Ko Shin Moon was born in 2017, at a crossroads between traditional Eastern strings and electronic music machines. After spending four years in India collecting folk instruments, Axel Moon discovered that his old friend Niko Shin had started a recording studio filled with analog synths and vintage gear. From this private haven, Ko Shin Moon creates otherworldly, hybrid melodies where psychedelia meets space disco, and electric bağlama and oud riffs embrace the harmonics of the sitar.
In line with the works of Haruomi Hosono (the band name is a reference to one of his exotica albums), Ko Shi Moon draws from a vast lineage of experimentalists and music explorers such as David Byrne, Bill Laswell, Jah Wobble, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Clara Mondshine. Through stylistic experimentation, the band outlines a universe of contrasts. Their credo: eclecticism, cosmopolitanism, and hybridity.