Warming a cold windy day in the city.

Today was one of those colder days of Montreal. One that pokes its head out and hollers the advent of Winter. So it was a perfect day to just stay in, and look through some good music.

Unfortunately I had 5 hours of class today.

Therefore, at the end of long day here I am sitting, clicking on some youtube videos, and man have I found something absolutely unique today!

I present to you Windy City. 

Since I could go about blabbering all day on how distinct this band is and still leave you all with no idea what I'm talking about, here's a song, and it's a love song, but not just a love song. A Silky Silky Love Song. 

If you have snapped out of the magical unicorn journey this song took you through, then let me tell a bit of history regarding this band.

Back in 2001, Chief Kim (that's his stage name) forms the funk band Asoto Union. Below is a song by Asoto Union called Think about 'chu

Asoto Union then goes on performing on the streets, and other underground venues, spreading their name out until 2005 when they disband after their first album for a reason that I'm not aware of.

Then Chief Kim along with the guitarist from Asoto Union, establishes another band, a raggae/soul band, and names it Windy City. Ever since their formation in 2005, Windy City's greatest known quality has been, and hopefully will be, their pure novelty. Windy City has been a pioneer in experimenting with new genres in the Korean music scene, starting with raggae, and even salsa as this song below, called El nino prodigo will show.

And of course, they haven't forgotten their soul funk origins, as these next two songs, Love supreme, and Love in understanding, will demonstrate.

Until now, I honestly thought the Korean music scene wasn't so multi-dimensional, but this band just proved me wrong and brought a whole new level of variety to my repertoire of Korean music. Perhaps Windy City is a one of a kind, and perhaps there's only one band like this in the entire country, although that truly is a dismal notion and would mean that the entire Korean music industry needs a facelift, but one thing's for sure. This band is keeping its sound distinctive and going strong with it. They will never sway under the mainstream influence, as they've shown this past decade, no matter how much neglect and shun they may face, because they truly can call themselves musicians, down to every last cell in their body. 

Another melancholy day goes by and it's yet another that day I feel like this world's out to get me, but at the end of it all I can find that grain of happiness that can keep me going, because I know I'm fortunate enough to have found such soulful music to meet my ears, and I certainly hope you find something in this music too that will keep you coming back to the wondrous universe of rhythm and tune that is Windy City. At that note I'll leave you with a couple more: This Crazy World, and Space Travel.

 

P.S. Chief Kim totally is the Korean Bob Marley.