Track List:
01. The Heartbeats
02. Go or Die
03. Night & Day
04. 감정
05. The Jump
06. Noise Control
07. Age
08. Wash Away
09. Never Die
10. Go or Die (Korean ver.)
11. Go or Die (From The Airport Remix)
12. The Jump (From The Airport Remix)
From the Airport is a South Korean band that consist of two guys, Zee and Milo. They are signed with Seoul based record label Fluxus Music who's home to well known artists, Urban Zakapa and
Clazziquai. I found some of their music back in 2012 when I was really into watching Kpop music videos on youtube. Their music was more geared toward foreigners taste in music than Koreans back then and more non korean listeners knew about them because of the internet. It was happy news to hear that they signed to a major label like Fluxus since they produce a wide range of music. The Boy Who Jumped is From The Airport sophomore release for shocked fans like me that didn't know a new album was even on the way.
The Boy That Jumps marks a very noticeable shift in direction of who their music is geared toward now.... at lest a little bit. For people reading this who don't know anything about their music, Its mainly rock electronica. A pop twist it thrown in their from time to time but these guys produce all their own sounds. Everything down from the bass, keyboard, and guitar is a DJ party of two. Yeah, I said TWO! Both guys play their own sets of the same instruments to have each other's back. I would love to see them live oneway. I've watched some of their live videos and seeing them preform all those instruments in person has to be a fun experience. Anyway, I didn't mention that they're songs are sung 99% in English which is cool from english speaking listeners. Now, its 86% in English because Korean has made an appearance in their songs. A decision to mix both languages together must have been decided or these boys opened up a textbook and brushed up on their Korean skills. I'm not sure where they are from originally but their english is pretty good. Korean being used is a good choice too because you want to more listeners in Korea to understand your lyrics. Other than the language change on one of two tracks their music hasn't changed too much. If anything, more elements of musical sounds have been added to their already made product. Sometimes you might get a song that puts more spotlight on piano. Then another track that brings out more sounds on guitar. One song had a guitar sequence that made me want to raise my hands and shout "YAS! PLAY THAT GUTIAR BOY!". I'm not a huge fan of songs that just have long sequence of DJ beats and edits without vocals but i do notice that they are having fun in the moment of creating these sounds. I love to see music artists love what they're doing. The track Go or Die should be their title track from the album if its not already. This song is addictive with its catchy beats and up beat chorus. I've listened to it about twenty times already and another thing I've noticed about all of From The Airports music is that it has the theme of airports or traveling to another destination. They don't have to convey this message in words. Just their own take on song production makes me think of traveling somewhere else. WE GOT SOME GOOD TRAVEL MUSIC RIGHT HERE FOLKS!!!!!
The quality of voice that you will hear the most is kinda of a tenor range. Its a quality that fits perfectly with the music they are doing but is also a very common vocal in South Korea's music scene. Edits are but on vocals sometimes that make them sound more electronica to fit the mechanics of their sounds. Nothing is taken away from the vocal, just a style choice thats not as bad as the over use of autotune you hear in other songs. I'm happy that this album sounds more personal than their first album with it comes to vocals, lyrics, and song selection.
I'm actually re listening to the album as I type this post and as I listen, I'm finding more and more reasons why I like The Boy Who Jumped. From The Airport is suppose to be a name that represents them as an airport that transmits their music to people all over the world. Check out their first album, Could You Imagine and the song Chemical Love.
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