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Created in 2005 after an extraordinary journey throughout Korea with Kim Dong Won, Daorum features Simon Barker, Korean pansori singer Bae il Dong, Kim Dong Won, Phil Slater, Carl Dewhust, and Matt McMahon. Drawing on selections from the pansori classics as vehicles for improvisation, Daorum incorporates Korean traditional rhythms and contemporary improvisation, creating an exciting high-energy cultural exchange.
The group has also performed at the 2008 Hemispheres Festival, Sydney Opera House, the 2006 Jeonju Sori Festival, Korea, the 2007 Queensland Music Festival. and the 2008 OZASIA Festival, Adelaide.
"Daorum is an exceptional example of musical fusion at its best. Steeped in the conventions of modern jazz but celebrating the traditions of Korean pansori singing, Daorum is a rare musical treat. It is new, original, and very exciting." Dianna Carroll - The Independent Weekly
"Daorum's music breaks new ground" ABC online
"Bae`s pansori, or Korean epic song, with the sounds of the keyboard and electric guitar, trumpet, cymbals climbed to a climax where all the musicians seemed to be creating a world of their own." Korea Herald
Drawing on selections from the pansori classics as veichles for improvisation, Daorum incorporates Korean traditional rhythms, contemporary improv and electronica to create an exciting high energy cultural exchange.
"The music evolved into a sonic portrait of Korea's hidden character interweaved with a sense of Australia's vast space and jazz pathos from the United States. It created an imaginary place where the music we were listening to was it's utopian anthem." Living Arts Korea
"Their forces combined proved to be a remarkable musical interaction. From the beginning of the performance, it clearly had nothing to do with finding a couple of secret Eastern-enriched flavorings for the new age jazz scene" Korea Herald
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