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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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U-KISS
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U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. Their name is an acronym, standing for Ubiquitous Korean International Idol Super Star, the groups current lineup is composed of Soohyun, Eli, Kiseop, Hoon and Jun. Their breakthrough hit was Man Man Ha Ni from their EP Conti UKISS, U-KISS is known for their international popularity, especially in Latin America where they have conducted various tours. They released their first full-length album Only One on February 3,2010, in September 2011, U-KISS released their second full-length album, NEVERLAND. They made their debut in Japan in 2011 with the release of the single Tick Tack. Their second Japanese single was entitled Forbidden Love while their first Japanese full-length album was A Shared Dream, since their debut, the group has released three full-length albums, eleven mini-albums/EPs, one special mini-album, and various singles. They have also released five Japanese full-length albums, one Japanese compilation album, the group has also participated in various TV reality shows and films. U-KISS was first formed as a six-member boy-group in 2008, kibum and Kevin were members of the boy band XING but left the group in early 2007. The other four members were all selected by NH Media through auditions. U-KISS debuted in Japan on August 15,2008 at the Power of Atamix 08. The group debuted in South Korea on August 28,2008 with a release of their first mini album, New Generation, on September 3,2008, even though they were newcomers in the industry, U-KISS was considered for Japan-Korea collaborative project. A popular entertainment company, Yashimoto Group in Japan, invested 150 billion KRW to groom U-KISS as a known group. U-KISS released their second mini-album Bring It Back 2 Old School in 2009 with its title song, the third mini-album titled Conti UKISS launched Kiseop as the seventh member of the group. The title track Man Man Ha Ni was released following a change in their line-up, the fourth mini album Break Time was released in 2010, along with their title track Shut Up. The groups first full-length album, Only One, was released on February 3,2010 spawning their highest chart-topping single in the Philippines, the album also topped Hanteo Charts, Hot Tracks, Syn-nara Records and Evan Records in just one day. U-KISS then played in Malaysia, Mongolia and Japan to promote the album, due to the said success, the group had their first major concert in the Philippines dubbed as U-KISS First Kiss Tour in Manila. Aside from their career, U-KISS also starred in their own variety shows, All About U-KISS, ‘’UKISS Vampire’’. Kevin and Xander joined Arirangs radio show Pops in Seoul hosting the All About You segment and were featured on Brave Brother’s song
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K-pop
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K-pop is a music genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. The more modern form of the genre emerged with one of the earliest K-pop groups, Seo Taiji and Boys and their experimentation with different styles of music reshaped Koreas music scene. As a result, the integration of foreign musical elements has now become common practice with K-pop artists, K-pop entered the Japanese market at the turn of the 21st century and rapidly grew into a subculture among teenagers and young adults of East and Southeast Asia. Although K-pop generally refers to South Korean popular music, some consider it to be an all-encompassing genre exhibiting a vast spectrum of musical and visual elements, the French Institut national de laudiovisuel defines K-pop as a fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits. Songs typically consist of one or a mixture of pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, Management agencies in South Korea offer binding contracts to potential artists, sometimes at a young age. Trainees live together in an environment and spend many hours a day learning music, dance, foreign languages. This robotic system of training is often criticized by Western media outlets, in 2012, The Wall Street Journal reported that the cost of training one Korean pop idol under S. M. K-pop is a product that features “values, identity and meanings that go beyond their strictly commercial value. ”It is characterized by a mixture of Western sounds with an Asian aspect of performance. It has been remarked that there is a vision of modernization inherent in Korean pop culture, for some, the transnational values of K-pop are responsible for its success. Many agencies have presented new idol groups to an audience through a debut showcase, groups are given a name and a concept, along with a marketing hook. Sometimes sub-units or sub-groups are formed among existing members, an example subgroup is Super Junior-K. R. Y. Which consists of members Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung, and Super Junior-M, online marketing includes music videos posted to YouTube in order to reach a worldwide audience. Prior to the video, the group releases teaser photos. Promotional cycles of subsequent singles are called comebacks even when the musician or group in question did not go on hiatus, modern K-pop is marked by its use of English phrases. In 1995, the percentage of song titles using English in the top 50 charts was 8% and this fluctuated between 30% in 2000, 18% in 2005, and 44% in 2010. Similarly, increasing numbers of K-pop bands use English names rather than Korean ones and this allows songs and artists to be marketed to a wider audience around the world. An example of a Korean song with a proportion of English lyrics is Kara’s Jumping. Increasingly, foreign songwriters and producers are employed to work on songs for K-pop idols, such as will. i. am, musicians, including rappers such as Akon, Kanye West, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg, have also featured on K-pop songs
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Bran New Kiss
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Bran New Kiss is the fifth extended play released by South Korean boy band U-KISS. It is the first EP to feature new members Hoon and AJ, in November 2010, the bands management announced that U-KISS had been recording new tracks for an upcoming EP. On March 30,2011, the released their fifth EP. This was the first single featured the two new band members, AJ and Hoon. The music video for the EPs single,0330 was released March 29, an alternate version of the music video for 0330, noted as a Drama Version, was released on April 1 via Mnet. Some lines of the song were composed by new band member, the songs music video is tells the story of the main character pretending that his girlfriend is still alive after she died at 03,30 hours. Shin Dongho is the actor for the music video. It starts with a piano in the middle of the forest with a clock switching to 03,30. Romantic scenes follow as the song goes on, but in the middle of the video and he doesnt want to accept her death so he lives on, pretending that she is still with him. His friends go along with it, knowing that it is hard for him and they try to teach Dongho to move on and begin a new life. He then accepts that she is gone and faces the reality. At the climax of the song, U-KISS is standing on the top of a building in the autumn. A different version of the video was released on April 3,2011 which focuses more on the drama of the story, however, there are no major differences noted between the two videos. The digital version of the album was released on March 30,2011, the song was first performed on Mnets M-Countdown on March 31, and on other shows such as Music Core and Music Bank. On April 15,2011, U-KISS performed 0330 on KBS’s Yoo Hee-yeol’s Sketchbook, Bran New Kiss made it to number 2 on South Koreas Gaon Weekly Albums Chart and 0330 landed at number 27 on Gaons Weekly Digital Songs Chart. A Japanese version of the EP was released on August 24,2011 in 3 versions,2 CD+DVD versions, the CD-only edition comes with a Japanese version of the single 0330. The album debuted on the Japanese Oricon chart at number 5 on the first day of release, on August 3,2011, U-KISS performed the Japanese version of 0330 on a Japanese show, Bomber-E
