On Azin's single "If You Want" from her new EP "Développé," released on Tuesday, the South Korean singer harnesses the power of specific synth-pop innovations cherry-picked from throughout the history of the electropop genre.
With an upright bassline that oozes out of your speakers, jazz-infused piano lines and even a sample of the opening line of the Grateful Dead classic Dark Star ("Dark Star crashes...") used as a hook, Zico's "Well Done" is just right.
On 2013's "Shut Up And Dance," Rock 'N' Roll Radio present a happy marriage between rock fury and dance energy.
Vocalist Narsha, from one of K-pop's more innovative acts, Brown Eyed Girls, proves to be the perfect compliment to Humming Urban Stereo's intoxicating retro synth landscape on "BULLSHIT."
It is exiting to see South Korean rapper Chancey The Glow channeling the classic 1990s era of rap innovation on the new single "Come 15" featuring guest appearances from rappers featuring Debi, Jay Moon and Nucksal.
With some truly top-notch electric piano playing and a hefty backbeat, "Asura," the title track off of R&B vocalist Dana Hong's new EP released on Monday, is one of the smoothest sounds currently coming out of South Korea.
There is nothing else out there that sounds quite like "As I Headed," the new single from South Korean R&B singer KOHO featuring rapper Simahoy of the group Bad Joyscoutt.
On the live version of their song "Drunken, Drunken," released last February, the fascinating South Korean rock group Electric Samulnori exemplify the tradition of music as a collaborative act.
On her first single as a solo artist, "Not An Easy Girl," released on Thursday, Lizzy shows that she doesn't need her bandmates to turn out quality pop song.
"Cheers," the new collaboration between Yankie and Dynamic Duo rapper Gaeko, released on Thursday, is a song custom-made for the twilight hours of the club.
Seo Taji and Boys clearly in play on 1PUNCH's debut album "The Anthem," standout track "Turn Me Back," has a classic 1980s American R&B sound.
While Coreyah's energetic single "Born Wrong,is immediately engaging, it does not even begin to sum up Seoul-based band's potential.
With a sound that would have been right at home in the Hollywood hot spots of the 1980s, the 2011 Kara single "Step" is an homage to everything that was great about the electronic dance music of the period.