Canon · Album
STUDIO SHYNESS
VORANAH
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STUDIO SHYNESS moves through shyness in ten connected tracks. Eight guest artists join VORANAH as the record moves between alternative and electronic music. The running order gives those changes a direction. The self-criticism of “Sad Intro” eventually reaches the more assured pop-rock of “Peaceful Outro.”
At the center are “Mary” and “Jane.” The two instrumentals join into a four-part sequence of electronic textures and percussion. Elsewhere the bright surfaces carry less settled thoughts. “Meant to Be” deals with a damaging relationship and “Universi” imagines a happier self in another world.
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My Part
- Artist
- Creative Director
- Acoustic Guitar · Tracks 1 and 10
- Background Vocals · Tracks 8 and 10
- Drum Programming, Bass, Synthesizer · All Tracks
- Electric Guitar · Tracks 1, 9, and 10
- Piano · Tracks 2–4 and 8–10
- Songwriter · Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10
- Composer · Tracks 3, 5, and 6
- Producer and Mixer · All Tracks
Track Listing
In Motion
Videos
Personnel
Performing Artists
- VORANAH
- Drum Programming, Bass, Synthesizer · All TracksElectric Guitar · Tracks 1, 9, and 10Acoustic Guitar · Tracks 1 and 10Piano · Tracks 2–4 and 8–10Background Vocals · Tracks 8 and 10
- Kristina Antuna
- Lead Vocals, Background Vocals · Track 1
- Amy Kirkpatrick
- Lead Vocals, Background Vocals · Track 2
- LONG:D
- Drum Programming, Synthesizer · Track 3
- Elle Vee
- Lead Vocals, Background Vocals · Track 4
- Alex Holmes
- Lead Vocals, Background Vocals · Track 7
- whls
- Lead Vocals · Track 8
- Youngbae Jo
- Lead Vocals, Background Vocals · Track 9
- Kevin D
- Lead Vocals · Track 10
- Yun Jian
- Background Vocals · Track 10
Composition & Lyrics
- Bum Jun Kim
- Songwriter · Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10Composer · Tracks 3, 5, and 6
- Kristina Antuna
- Songwriter · Track 1
- Amy Kirkpatrick
- Songwriter · Track 2
- Min Sae Han
- Composer · Track 3
- Lindsay Vinarsky
- Songwriter · Track 4
- Alex Holmes
- Songwriter · Track 7
- Min Woo Nam
- Songwriter · Track 8
- Youngbae Jo
- Songwriter · Track 9
- Sung Ho Dae
- Songwriter · Track 10
Production & Engineering
- VORANAH
- Producer, Mixer · All Tracks
- VRNH Music & Sound
- Studio
- Nick Warner
- Vocal Recording · Track 1
- Amy Kirkpatrick
- Vocal Recording · Track 2
- LONG:D
- Co-Producer · Track 3
- Elle Vee
- Vocal Recording · Track 4
- Alex Holmes
- Vocal Recording · Track 7
- Kevin D
- Vocal Recording · Track 10
- Ilpo Kärkkäinen
- Mastering Engineer · All Tracks
Artwork & Visuals
- VORANAH
- Creative Director
- Lina Ngo
- Artwork
- Latency
- Photography
- Hee Tae Hwang
- Hair Stylist
- Aeri Kang
- Hair Stylist
- LeoJ Makeup
- Makeup Artist
- CHERRYJAVELIN
- Video
loose leaves
i started planning my debut in late 2015 in an apartment in chicago
the name and the world came first
then ten titles each with a key and tempo
a laptop and some software got me started finishing took longer
graduation and work and life went on i kept making one piece at a time
i didn’t know the singers i had in mind so i sent them stories and instrumentals
then i waited for voices to come back
i’d learned from ilpo’s videos and writing long before asking him to master it
he welcomed the project and we still work together
i worked in chicago and seoul but i kept imagining a stage
my first big crowd was in 2005 just me playing rock on electric guitar
i went on to play guitar and dj live performance came first when i made music
in chicago i went to shows all the time sometimes i traveled to other cities too
i kept sorting songs into four parts
drums and bass other instruments and vocals
i could picture singers beside me with a guitar or dj setup in front of me
then the pandemic shut stages down
people made online shows some even performed inside video games
they found new ways to do it but i missed being in a room with a crowd
for a while i thought live music might never come back the way i knew it
i sold my dj gear i really thought i was done with it
a little extreme in hindsight i was completely serious at the time
i spent more time in the studio and the business grew during those years
the album still needed photos and videos visualizers and translated lyrics too
planning the release took research and plenty of trial and error
it took a lot of time and money some friends thought i’d never finish
i understood why but i finished
then something i’d made in my room started reaching people
some knew me in person some had never met me
they cared about the songs and the world i was building
that connection felt personal i was grateful for it
when shows came back i’d become much more of a studio person
i still want to take these songs onstage and give the debut a rock arrangement
there are more records to bring now the show in my head has kept growing
