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About "Dodang"
Track #9 of the CD "On The Road" by Kim Dong-Won with Comin & Goin (2008, SONY/BMG SB70195C/88697160042); music: traditional Korean rhythm; Line-up: Dong-Won Kim - Kkwaenggwari, Jing, Janggo, Buk, Vocal; "'Dodang' is very meaningful music to me. Originally, those rhythms came from a Korean shamanic ritual. When I heard Master Kim Duk-Soo playing these hauntingly beautiful rhythms circa 1987, the music took my breath away. It revealed to me a completely new cosmos and I became his disciple. It was an amazing mixture of complex beats and playing skills. Later on, I intensely studied these shamanic rhythms and they became my favorite traditional Korean rhythms. On this track, I played all percussion instruments by myself." (Kim Dong-Won)