[Aspiration] CD (Limited Edition)

‘Aspiration’ CD (Limited Edition)

Comes in a sealed digipack case.

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“A quietly compelling album with strikingly intimate guitar work.” — UK Vibe (UK)

기타리스트 김진수가 12년 만에 정규앨범 [Aspiration]을 발표했다. 이번 앨범은 이전에 싱글 혹은 EP로 발표되었던 연주곡들에 네 곡의 신곡을 더해 정규앨범의 형태로 새롭게 제작된 작품이다. 스튜디오에서 녹음된 <유영>, <Hero>, <A Life Unfolding> 세 곡을 제외한 나머지 트랙들은 모두 공연 현장에서 녹음된 라이브 실황으로 구성되어 있다. 곡들은 2017년부터 2025년 사이 서로 다른 시기에 기록된 연주들로, 곡마다 다른 리듬 섹션이 참여해 다양한 앙상블의 색채를 들려준다. 이번 앨범은 연주자이자 작곡가로서 김진수가 지난 10여 년 동안 이어온 음악적 흐름을 한자리에서 조망할 수 있는 기록이자, 라이브 연주의 순간성과 즉흥성을 담아낸 작품이다.

“Aspiration is a musical diary documenting live performances captured between 2017 and 2025.”

Guitarist Jin Soo Kim presents his third full-length album, Aspiration, twelve years after his previous release. The album brings together instrumental pieces that had previously been released as singles or EPs, along with four newly written compositions, forming a newly compiled full-length work.

With the exception of three studio recordings—Float, Hero, and A Life Unfolding—the remaining tracks are drawn from live performances recorded in concert settings. These recordings were captured at different moments between 2017 and 2025, each featuring a different rhythm section, offering a range of ensemble colors across the album.
As a whole, Aspiration serves both as a document of Jin Soo Kim’s musical path over the past decade as a performer and composer, and as a work that captures the immediacy and spontaneity of live improvisational performance.

The 12 tracks included on this album were recorded between 2017 and 2025. With the exception of Tracks 2, 10, and 11, all of them are live performance recordings.

• Track 1, 8, 9 — Recorded on December 21, 2024
• Track 2 — Recorded on August 6, 2020
• Track 3, 4 — Recorded on July 18, 2021
• Track 5, 6, 7 — Recorded on December 15, 2024
• Track 10 — Recorded on February 20, 2017
• Track 11 — Recorded on April 30, 2025
• Track 12 — Recorded on February 17, 2022