Fluxus Music is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

based in South Korea.

History

It was formed in 2002 by Kim Byung-chan (also known as Chan Kim) (an alumnus of the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

), who worked as a sound engineer, opened Nanjang Communications and acted directly as a musician at Korean rock band

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and the United States local band Out of the Blue. Putting all his experiences and know-hows accumulated from being an artist, producer and engineer he stood independently from Nanjang Communication and established Fluxus Music. The label took its name from

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, the avant-garde art movement of the 1960s, for show the aim for music that always flow with the change that never stagnant.

Trivia

Fluxus Music is evaluated as one of the Korean record labels that make music well mixed with musicality and commercialism from South Korea's music scene. Actually all its artists are self-producing musicians who are also singers-song writers. As a representative label in South Korea music scene from 2000s, it found success with musicians of various genres such as

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, Yi Sung-yol and

Urban Zakapa Urban Zakapa () is a South Korean R&B singer-songwriter group formed in 2009 by Fluxus Music. Originally a 9-member group, in 2012 they became a trio, consisting of Park Yong-in, Jo Hyunah and Kwon Soon-il. The group's name is an abbreviation fo ...

. Fluxus Music was also awarded 8 times in the Korean Music Awards including its 1st 'Record Label of the Year', the most record for a label. Fluxus Music also owns a sub-label called ''Interplay''.

Artists

Present

Fluxus Music *

(Clazziquai Project) * Yi Sung-yol * W & Jas *

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(Annyeong Bada) * Eastern Sidekick * From the Airport *

Loveholic Loveholics (Hangul: 러브홀릭스; previously known as Loveholic (Hangul: 러브홀릭)) was a South Korean modern rock group founded in April 2002 who released their first album in 2003. The band successfully released six albums, including a s ...

s * Handsome People * Yang Jin-suk * Kim Hyo-yeon Interplay * Small O * Ibadi * Ggotjam Project * Choi Woo-joon (Saza Choi)

Former

* W & Whale *

Winterplay Winterplay (Korean: 윈터플레이）is a pop-jazz artist from South Korea currently consisting of one member: Juhan Lee as producer, songwriter and trumpet player. Winterplay debuted in 2007 and has 4 full albums out, with the last album titled, ...

(now under Loudpigs Music) * My Aunt Mary *

Lee Seung-hwan Lee Seung-hwan (; born December 13, 1965) is a South Korean singer and record producer known as the country's "King of Live Performances" for his frequent solo concerts. Lee debuted in 1989 as a pop ballad singer and later incorporated rock el ...

(now under Dream Factory) * Hong Jin-kyung * Park Ki-young *

Alex Chu Alex Chu (born Chu Hun-gon September 2, 1979), known simply as Alex (), is a Korean-Canadian singer and actor. He is the male vocalist of the South Korean electropop band Clazziquai. Biography Having immigrated to Canada with his family, A ...

(now under SI Entertainment but still a

member) * Tei (now under Kiroy Company) *

(now under MakeUs Entertainment)

References

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