Kim Oki


Kim Oki is a South Korean saxophonist, and former breakdancer. He debuted in 2013 with his studio album Cherubim's Wrath , and has since released numerous projects and albums. He collaborated with various artists including Park Jiha, Lowdown 30, Hippy Was Gipsy, Say Sue Me, and Bek Hyunjin. He won the Musician of the Year at the 2020 Korean Music Awards.

Career

Kim Oki was a former breakdancer and a backup dancer to Sechs Kies. He first learned saxophone when he was 25. As for how he started the saxophone, he interviewed that after being impressed by Miles Davis' trumpet songs, he mistook him for a saxophonist at the time and learned to play saxophone. He debuted in 2013 with his first studio album Cherubim's Wrath , which he once said was inspired by a Jo Sehui's novel "The Dwarf." He won Best Jazz & Crossover Performance at the 2014 Korean Music Awards.
He was also active under the stage names of Kim Oki Oriental Youth, Kim Oki Fucking Madness, and Kim Oki Saturn Ballad. He participated in Park Jiha's debut album Communion in 2016. Lowdown 30's song Hotter featuring him won the Best Rock Song at the Korean Music Awards.
He released his studio album Saturn Meditation in 2018, and an album Spirit Advance Unit in 2019. Park Sangjoon of Music Y described the album as "Kim Oki's music sufficiently sheds light on certain poor lives, and certain lives that are mean and always prepared, even if he is not poor." He won the Musician of the Year at the 2020 Korean Music Awards.

Studio albums

  • Cherubim`s Wrath
  • Tumultuous Time Travelling
  • The Great Root
  • LUVOKI
  • Fucking Madness
  • Peace To Our Soul
  • Public Domain for Me
  • Saturn Meditation
  • Spirit Advance Unit
  • For My Angel
  • Kwak Orchestra
  • Big Picture
  • Yun Hyong-keun
  • Everytime
  • About Prejudice
  • Strange, True Beauty
  • Greeting
  • ''Love Flower ''