Toronto-via-Seoul producer Korea Town Acid — a.k.a. Jessica Cho — has announced plans for a new album titled Elephant in the Room, arriving August 26 via URBNET.
The pandemic-born 12-track record features an all-Canadian roster of collaborators — Hood Joplin, saxophonist Zander Miller, rapper Khrono.K and Cho's mentor, Driftnote — joining in on the effort, which is due to land one day before her upcoming MUTEK performance.
"I had so much change and growth at that time in my personal life and my spiritual health," Cho tells Exclaim! of a seven-month journey transitioning between lockdown and re-entering the world. "I always find album recordings are [a] part of me at that time. It resembles and reflects that time of myself ... It's a snapshot during that moment."
The first taste of the album comes on July 22 with Calgary artist Hood Joplin's edit of "Heart Breaker." The pair worked on the track remotely after teaming up at Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp on a one-off track released during lockdown.
"I'm very grateful to collaborate with female artists — and especially Canadian artists," Cho says of the experience, "We actually did a track together called 'Jupiter' that we released on Bandcamp during the pandemic. She's an amazing producer. We collaborated [at Bass Camp] and we got to collaborate again."
With her Promise Cherry Beach performance in the books, the producer has lined up numerous live appearances throughout summer, including shows at the TIFF Atrium, NØMAD (for Pep Rally) and the Annex Hotel in Toronto, plus a set at Vancouver's Wonderment Festival. Find tour details via Cho's Instagram.
See the album details below.
Elephant in the Room:
1. Break the Spell (feat. Zander Miller)
2. Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
3. Elephant in the Room (feat. Khrono.K)
4. The Boundary Between You and the Outside World
5. Scratch Beneath the Surface
6. Cast Pearls Before Swine
7. Heart Breaker
8. Heart Breaker (Hood Joplin Dream Girl Edit)
9. Idiom (feat. Driftnote)
10. Digital Detox
11. Trippy Staircase to Portal Wonderland
12. Mirage
Pre-save Elephant in the Room.
The pandemic-born 12-track record features an all-Canadian roster of collaborators — Hood Joplin, saxophonist Zander Miller, rapper Khrono.K and Cho's mentor, Driftnote — joining in on the effort, which is due to land one day before her upcoming MUTEK performance.
"I had so much change and growth at that time in my personal life and my spiritual health," Cho tells Exclaim! of a seven-month journey transitioning between lockdown and re-entering the world. "I always find album recordings are [a] part of me at that time. It resembles and reflects that time of myself ... It's a snapshot during that moment."
The first taste of the album comes on July 22 with Calgary artist Hood Joplin's edit of "Heart Breaker." The pair worked on the track remotely after teaming up at Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp on a one-off track released during lockdown.
"I'm very grateful to collaborate with female artists — and especially Canadian artists," Cho says of the experience, "We actually did a track together called 'Jupiter' that we released on Bandcamp during the pandemic. She's an amazing producer. We collaborated [at Bass Camp] and we got to collaborate again."
With her Promise Cherry Beach performance in the books, the producer has lined up numerous live appearances throughout summer, including shows at the TIFF Atrium, NØMAD (for Pep Rally) and the Annex Hotel in Toronto, plus a set at Vancouver's Wonderment Festival. Find tour details via Cho's Instagram.
See the album details below.
Elephant in the Room:
1. Break the Spell (feat. Zander Miller)
2. Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
3. Elephant in the Room (feat. Khrono.K)
4. The Boundary Between You and the Outside World
5. Scratch Beneath the Surface
6. Cast Pearls Before Swine
7. Heart Breaker
8. Heart Breaker (Hood Joplin Dream Girl Edit)
9. Idiom (feat. Driftnote)
10. Digital Detox
11. Trippy Staircase to Portal Wonderland
12. Mirage
Pre-save Elephant in the Room.
