Kim Oki

Kim Oki
Background information
Also known as	Kim Oki Oriental Youth, Kim Oki Fucking Madness, Kim Oki Saturn Ballad
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Jazz, avant-garde music[1]
Years active	2013–present
Labels	Bongsik

Kim Oki (Korean: 김오키) is a South Korean saxophonist, and former breakdancer.[2] He debuted in 2013 with his studio album Cherubim's Wrath (천사의 분노), and has since released numerous projects and albums.[3] He collaborated with various artists including Park Jiha, Lowdown 30, Hippy Was Gipsy, Say Sue Me, and Bek Hyunjin.[4][5] He won the Musician of the Year at the 2020 Korean Music Awards.[6]

Career

Kim Oki was a former breakdancer and a backup dancer to Sechs Kies. He first learned saxophone when he was 25.[2] As for how he started the saxophone, he interviewed that after being impressed by Miles Davis' trumpet songs, he mistook him for a saxophonist at the time and learned to play saxophone.[7] He debuted in 2013 with his first studio album Cherubim's Wrath (천사의 분노), which he once said was inspired by a Jo Sehui's novel "The Dwarf."[8] He won Best Jazz & Crossover Performance at the 2014 Korean Music Awards.[9]

He was also active under the stage names of Kim Oki Oriental Youth (김오키 동양청년), Kim Oki Fucking Madness (김오키뻐킹매드니스), and Kim Oki Saturn Ballad (김오키 새턴 발라드).[10] He participated in Park Jiha's debut album Communion in 2016.[4] Lowdown 30's song Hotter featuring him won the Best Rock Song at the Korean Music Awards.[11]

He released his studio album Saturn Meditation (새턴메디테이션) in 2018, and an album Spirit Advance Unit (스피릿 선발대) in 2019.[12] Park Sangjoon of Music Y described the album as "Kim Oki's music sufficiently sheds light on certain poor lives, and certain lives that are mean and always prepared, even if he is not poor."[13] He won the Musician of the Year at the 2020 Korean Music Awards.[6][14]

Studio albums

• Cherubim`s Wrath (천사의 분노) (2013)
• Tumultuous Time Travelling (격동의 시간여행) (2015)
• The Great Root (거대한 뿌리) (2016)
• LUVOKI (2016)
• Fucking Madness (뻐킹매드니스) (2017)
• Peace To Our Soul (피스투아우어솔) (2017)
• Public Domain for Me (퍼블릭도메인포미) (2018)
• Saturn Meditation (새턴메디테이션) (2018)
• Spirit Advance Unit (스피릿선발대) (2019)
• For My Angel (포 마이 엔젤) (2020)
• Kwak Orchestra (곽경수 오케스트라) (2020)
• Big Picture (2020)
• Yun Hyong-keun (윤형근) (2020)
• Everytime (2021)
• About Prejudice (편견에 대하여) (2021)
• Strange, True Beauty (스트레인지, 트루 뷰티) (2021)
• Greeting (안부) (2022)
• Love Flower (러브플라워) (2022)

References

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11. Min, Kyeongwon (2016-02-29). "[포토] 로다운30, '더 뜨겁게로 최우수 록 노래상~'". Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
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