[Exclusive]From Drunken Tiger to Aldi One..Composer Konquest "Music is my escape" [★ Lab interview①]

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Konquest, a music producer who crosses genres from hip-hop to K-pop, has revealed his attitude toward creative activities through his school days enjoying music by the rock band Linkin Park.

Recently, Star News met with the composer Conquest to talk about a variety of music work.

The beginning of the quest naturally dates back to childhood. The memory of growing up listening to various music became a musical nourishment due to my parents' influence.

He said, "When I was in middle school, I was in bands like Linkin Park and Green Day, but when I went to high school, I became interested in hip-hop music, and at some point, I had a habit of listening to music focusing on the beat rather than rap. That's how I became interested in the job of music producer. "I dreamed of becoming a composer when I saw hip-hop producers working abroad, as well as several senior composers who appeared in the MBC 'Infinite Challenge' song festival project at the time," he said.

Conquest's discography stands out for its wide musical spectrum. He participates in songs by rappers Drunken Tiger, Yoon Mirae, Bizzy, Woo Won-jae, Junoflo, and Bibi, and has been actively engaged in the hip-hop genre as well as the K-pop genre recently, expanding discography. His first K-pop song, which started his career as hip-hop, is "Dam," a solo song released in 2014 by group T-ara member Hyomin.

In response, Conquest said, "I actually started my career as hip-hop, but I was also interested in pop music and K-pop itself, so I continued to work on K-pop while doing hip-hop music. "I was introduced by Woo Tae-woon, who was in the same crew at the time, and I participated in Hyomin's solo album," he recalled.

In addition, it was a conquest that worked with leading K-pop artists such as Kim Jae-joong, ALPHADRIVEONE (RD1), Mamamoo's Whee In, Blitzers, 82 Major, and Waker, but there was also a difficulty.

"As time passed, I became to cover a much wider range of genres," he said. "I've worked on dance, R&B, EDM, and ballads, but compared to hip-hop production, where the main job was to make beats, there are many things in K-pop work that involve rap making and melody making. In addition, he confessed, "It was difficult to adapt in that I had to write lyrics in the demo mix."

There will also be a considerable amount of pleasure when a song that you have worked hard on visits your owner. Asked about this, Konquest said, "The first thing I always think of is gratitude," adding, "The process of making a song is complicated and difficult, but it is true that the process of delivering and selecting a song to an artist or agency is also a very difficult process. Since it is a process where many people's efforts go into, I am very grateful to those who worked hard in the meantime, artists and agencies who recognized the value."

He is also working hard to train his juniors. Until last year, he attended a music academy directly and taught music-minded students. Asked what the most important part of the class was, Conquest said, "I tend to emphasize a lot about the creator's intentions," and added, "I teach myself to explain the reasons for all the actions that come out while working."

"Consistency is emphasized a lot when it comes to lifestyle. "Because of the nature of my job as a musician, I often don't have regular work, so it's important to work constantly even in such situations and try not to lose my sense of music," he explained.

Is there any desire and thirst for personal music work. "I always have the idea of doing personal work, but I don't want to start in a hurry before I have the story and the musical skills that I can definitely show myself," he said. I still feel that I need more exploration in my whole life. However, I am confident that I will be working on my personal work based on electronic music," he said.

Then, among the various ways of creation, why did it have to be 'music' for him. The answer was clear. Music was the kind of escape that helped me endure difficult moments.

"For me, music is a grateful tool that allows me to live my life and at the same time serves as a kind of escape that helps me endure difficult moments," Conquest said. I don't think music is necessarily the only means of creation, but music seems to be the only means that allows you to feel the emotions mentioned above. So I want to express many things through music in the future," he said.

(To be continued in the interview ②)

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