Cosmic Chips' Jung Yeop: "We focused a bit more on the sounds we love" [Q&A]

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Cosmic Chips met with listeners through their second full-length album.

The band Cosmic Chips, formed by singer Jung Yeop, released their second studio album, "TASTE," on the 14th. "TASTE" is an album filled with the tastes of the Cosmic Chips members, who participated in the lyrics, composition, and arrangement of all tracks to incorporate their own musical color.

This album includes a total of eight tracks, including the title song "BABY BABE," as well as "ON Your DIAL," "Lonely, Lovely," "A shadow of Love," "Radio kid," "Turn Up the Volume," "Our Night," and "Something Good."

The title track "BABY BABE" and other tracks are based on 1970s and 80s soul, funk, and disco music, adding Cosmic Chips' unique color. Vintage sounds, relaxed grooves, and warm melodies blend together to convey a comfortable yet deep lingering impression.

Cosmic Chips, who returned with new music, directly shared their impressions of the work and behind-the-scenes details following the release of "TASTE."

Q. Please introduce the band for those encountering Cosmic Chips for the first time.

▷ We came up with the name Cosmic Chips imagining a feeling like "the most delicious musical snack in the universe." It is a band that creates our own sound based on 70s and 80s soul, funk, and disco music. We love the warm texture and groove of old music, and we want to naturally present its charm with a contemporary sensibility.

Q. You released your second full-length album, "TASTE," after about one year and two months. Please introduce what kind of album it is and explain the meaning behind the title.

▷ "TASTE" is literally an album containing our tastes. Based on music that the members love and have listened to for a long time, we included the music we most want to make right now. Rather than following specific trends, it is an album where we focused a bit more on the sounds we like.

Q. It is impressive how this album interprets 1970s soul and funk sounds with Cosmic Chips' unique color. What did you want to express through this sound, and are there any listening points you would like listeners to pay attention to?

▷ We wanted to express the warmth and vitality unique to music from that era. Rather than flashy performances, we focused on the groove created by instruments blending with each other, and the melodies that flow naturally over it. We hope you can feel the atmosphere given by the music as a whole and the warm texture provided by the old familiarity of 70s pop soul that feels like something we have heard somewhere before, rather than focusing on individual instruments.

Q. I am curious about the reason for choosing "BABY BABE" as the title track, as well as any other tracks you are attached to or would recommend. Please share the reasons along with memorable episodes from the production process.

▷ As it was the first song we worked on for the album, I think it well captures the musical direction we are pursuing in this release. It is a track that maintains the mood of sweet and romantic pop soul that anyone can enjoy, filled with vintage-textured instrument sounds.

Personally, the track I am attached to is "Radio kid," track number five. As reflected in the lyrics, it is also Jung Yeop's confession song about nurturing his dreams by listening to music by musicians like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye coming from the radio since childhood.

A memorable episode from the production process was that, due to our desire to recreate the sound of that era, we intentionally selected tracks with rawer and less skilled performances. We avoided Haifa-like sounds as much as possible and researched noisy sounds, which took a very long time to complete track by track. I think we spent most of the year preparing the album on recreating the texture and performance of these old sounds.

Q. Please tell us about your planned activities after the release of "TASTE" and the music you would like to present in the future.

▷ As we introduce this second full-length album by Cosmic Chips, we want to meet more people, so we are preparing as diverse activities and performances as possible. Going forward, rather than being bound by specific trends or genres, we plan to consistently make the music we love. Our goal is to create soul music that we will want to take out and listen to again even as time passes.

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