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A few days ago hiphop trio Epik High’s electroremix album was released. Remixing the Human Soul features 10 of Epik High’s “greatest hits and near misses”, remixed by a group called Planet Shiver – a name that might ring a bell for those who have Epik High’s fifth album Pieces, Part One, which included a version of One remixed by the same group.

Tablo mentioned on his blog back in June that the songs weren’t just remixes, but total recreations, and that the album was going to sound like it was filled with brand new songs. After hearing the previews they released on their YouTube channel, I was already in agreement.

Having now heard the whole album, I am still in complete agreement.

I am not usually a fan of remixes, and although I’ve enjoyed the remixes Epik High have released in the past I was a little doubtful over whether I’d be able to truly appreciate an entire album’s worth of them. I can definitely appreciate Remixing the Human Soul.

The remixes also have very cleverly recreated names – Fly becomes Fly Higher, Love Love Love becomes Love Love Loveless, Breakdown is Breakdown the Wall, 우산 (Umbrella), becomes 버려진 우산 (Broken Umbrella), 1분 1초 (One Minute One Second), becomes 1분 1초, a Little Memory (One Minute One Second, a Little Memory), Fan is Fanatic, The Future becomes Back to the Future, One is now You Are the One, the second album old-skool style title track High Skool is recreated as High Skool Dropout, and recent hit Map the Soul comes back as Remap the Soul.

My favourite track is definitely Remap the Soul, since it’s so beautiful, but Fanatic was by far the coolest remix from the whole album. It helps that Fan was already a very cool song to begin with!

Check out the preview clip that was posted on Epik High’s YouTube channel:

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According to a tweet Tablo made earlier today, Remixing the Human Soul reached #7 on the US iTunes electronic chart. I find that super cool.

Something that I thought was a very smart move this time is that unlike 魂: Map the Soul, which was only available through iTunes and mapthesoul.com (with plenty of troubles for international fans without credit cards), Remixing the Human Soul is available through iTunes, mapthesoul.com, and everywhere else that fans are used to buying their Korean CDs.

Moar sense this time, they have it.

They also have an online-exclusive bonus track that isn’t on the actual album:

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전자깡패 (Electric Gangster) features Korean comedian 정형돈 (Jung Hyungdon), and a whole lot of dorks trying very hard to be badass electric gangsters. I am caught between being intimidated, attracted, and just plain amused. Which is exactly how I like my Epik High, thankyou very much.

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On the 23rd of July singer Bi/rain met up with Manchester United player Park Ji Seong at the Han River for a charity event.  The event was called ‘Charity Dream Match’ where Bi/Rain recieved football training so he could show the kids that were carefull selected he can kick a ball, pass and dribble and even coach them. It was a fun event where a lot of balls were kicked.

Bi/Rain along with the five Manchester United football players signed their footballs so they can be auctioned. The money made of that auction wil go to home and abroad social service organizations.

Watch him kick a ball:

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Now something completely different. Ninja Assassin’s trailer is finally out. After tons of articles, teaser pictures, making-of videos and the movie’s premiere being rescheduled a trailer has finally emerged. And it’s not disappointing, at least not to me. Granted I am pretty sure the plot wont be that great but then again fighting movies do not need great plots, it’s all about the super awesome fighting sequences which I am pretty sure the Wachowski brothers’ made sure this movie had. Besides that what else do you need besides a very muscled and very half naked and bloody Bi?

Do.Want.

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BRB loling.

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The above pretty much sums up every reason why I love MC Mong. He is such a spazz, it’s fantastic.

His fifth album HUMANIMAL was released today, a 15 track album that features the vocal collabs of 장근이 (Jang Geuni), B.I, Simon, 김희선 (Kim Hee Sun), SG Wannabe, 숙희 (Suk Hee), 조성모 (Jo Sung Mo), 정인 (Chang In), MAC, 나비 (Navi), and B.S.

HUMANIMAL is everything that has come to be expected from MC Mong’s albums – a mix of fun, upbeat tunes, with plenty of more serious but still upbeat R&B/hiphop tracks, and some very beautiful ballads. There was admittedly a few more slower songs than I was expecting, but the pace picks up again around the second half of the album. Overall, it’s definitely something that MC Mong fans can enjoy, and if you haven’t heard MC Mong before then this is as good a place as any.

And really, you have to love a guy who can put on an headdress and jump around like you probably did when you were five and playing Indians & Cowboys.

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Most of you by now have heard of the rapper ‘Outsider’ who literally does stand out with his incredible rapping skills. It is one that’s hard to achieve but singer K.Will took the risk and actually nailed it.

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I am really really impressed by K.Will, his practice paid off as he actually is able to keep up with Outsider. This definitely is a must see performance even if you have no idea who either performances are. Some collabs you just have to see. This is one of them. That and you need to see Outsider’s amazing hair. So shiny.

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For the fans who have been waiting ever since Hongki’s ‘Mnet Scandal’ aired followed by loads of articles as the lead singer of band FT Island actually kissed with his date. You can imagine the uproar of disapproving fangirls. But hey, it’s not called ‘Scandal’ for nothing right? Now the first part of the show has been subbed so us people who do not know Korean can join in with the Scandal too.

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Keep an eye on that user because she will be uploading the other parts eventually as well. In the mean time I will keep my eye out on more episodes being translated for us.

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All eyes have been fixed on the girl groups lately. With 2ne1, 4minute debuting and So Nyuh Shi Dae having made their comeback testosterone is hard to find. But luckily, with all the recent comebacks and special stages there was one that will please the girls who have been craving for some man flesh again.

This week on Music Bank, Chung Lim, AJ and Taegoon got together on stage for a dance battle.

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What do you think? I personally always get disappointed with dance battles. It seems that artists get way more creative and exciting when they can improvise and do what they want. But the moment they have to do a dance battle the creativity leaves the building and I wonder why that is. This is not the first time great dancers got on stage and showed us not even one percent of what they can do.

So who won this battle? If I ignore my Chung Lim bias (who may I add is looking mighty fine wearing a tank top), I think Taegoon won this one. AJ and Chung Lim did nothing special even if Chung Lim was making doing nothing special look sexy. Taegoon was the only one who put power in his performance and actually showed us something.

All and all it was a nice change to all the estrogen claiming the stages.

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Five member idol group FT Island have been chosen as the models for a new cosmetics range.

Baviphat is a cosmetics line that creates makeup and skincare products for the body, hair, nails and more, targeted towards young woman aged between their early teens and mid-twenties. The line has a “natural” concept to it.

FT Island were chosen as models for this line because of their handsome, flowerboy image and their energetic personalities.

There’s been a recent trend among cosmetic lines to have male stars modeling female cosmetics, and Bae Yong-joon, Kwon Sang-wo, Rain and Lee Minho have all gained popularity through doing this. Now, FT Island join their ranks.

Baviphat will open their store in Myeongdong, Seoul, on June 28th, and FT Island will be present at the grand-opening event.

Source: Break News
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Yesterday was Super Junior and So Nyeo Shi Dae’s appearance on Music Travel LaLaLa. I will admit that I watched it for just this performance of Way Back Into Love:

From the rest of the performances, the only other one I really liked was Sungmin and Sunny’s performance of Falling Slowly, a song that always, without fail, gets me:

I don’t even like Sungmin. But I thought this performance was really sweet.

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Some scans were posted today of the very sexy pictures to be found in M’s latest mini-album MINNOVATION. I know some people have been a little iffy about how colourful the album cover/s was, but I for one really loved it, and the rest of the pictures are no exception!

There’s some more under the jump:

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Today is the 25th which means it’s Jung Ji Hoon’s birthday. After Bi/Rain finishes his 2009 Winter/Fall six to five fashion concert at Venetian Hotel in Macau on June 27t he will celebrate his birthday with more than 1000 overseas fans. Apparently this is the first time Bi/Rain holds a fan meeting that fits his birthday. Though if you ask me celebrating it after your actual birthday isn’t actually ‘fitting’ the date.

A J-tune representive said that overseas fans asked him to make special time for his birthday on the 25th. Apparently it’s that easy to get Bi/Rain to do something for you because after this request a fanmeeting/birthday party was arranged for all these lucky overseas fans.

It is expected that fans from Japan, Southeast Asia, China, Hong kong and Macau would participate in the fanmeet/birthday.

To determine who could come and who couldn’t lots were drawn. But as expected the people who weren’t lucky decided to stalk J-tune entertainment with phone calls.

On a further note, Bi/Rain succesfully finished his fashion concert in Hong Kong on the 6th and is planning to step on it for his expansion overseas with his brand six to five that he started up himself.

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