TAKE ON US! Pyongyang Gold Stars Play Great Popular Hits
Ship to Shore, 2021
A tribute vinyl album to international pop stars A-ha, re-interpreted by elite accordion students of Pyongyang's Kum Song (Gold Stars) Music School.
Traavik’s newest project expands his spontaneous partnership with the accordionists into a full-length album of a-ha pop songs covered by North Korean musicians. The special edition vinyl record — “Take On Us! Pyongyang Gold Stars Play Great Popular Hits Vol. 1,” released by Ship to Shore Phono Co. — features tracks originally recorded in 2013 and made available on Traavik’s website, and it purports to be the first wide Western commercial release of music from the DPRK. - NK News
You can order at Ship to Shore Phono Co. or at Amazon.
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NK News, 19.07.2021
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