OVERVIEW

“FRIENDS OF FRIENDS” (FOF) IS AN INTERNATIONAL INTERVIEW MAGAZINE THAT PORTRAYS PEOPLE OF DIVERSE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS IN THEIR HOMES AND WITHIN THEIR DAILY WORKING ENVIRONMENTS. FOR LÉA BOUCHAT’S INTERVIEW WITH MIN JUN PARK, I WAS INVITED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER TO DOCUMENT THIS LEADING KOREAN MUSICAL ARTIST, WHO BY THE NAME OF DJ SOULSCAPE CREATES AN ECLECTIC BLEND OF OLD AND NEW MUSIC.
MIN JUN PARK RECENTLY RELEASED MUSIC THAT PAYS HOMAGE DIRECTLY TO OLD, FORGOTTEN KOREAN MUSIC FROM THE 1960S AND 70S. THIS SOUND WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY AMERICAN MUSIC WHEN THE US ARMED FORCES WERE BASED IN SEOUL AFTER THE KOREAN WAR AND WAS LATER SUPPRESSED BY GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWNS, THEREBY PUSHING KOREA’S COLLECTIVE MEMORY OF ITS BOLD MUSIC HISTORY UNDERGROUND. IN A SOCIETY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE YOUNG POPULATION LISTENS TO KOREAN POP, MIN JUN HAS SUCCEEDED IN RAISING AWARENESS OF THIS FORGOTTEN MUSIC ERA. IN THE HOPE OF REFRESHING THE SEOUL MUSIC SCENE HE STARTED A DJ COLLECTIVE CALLED 360 SOUNDS.