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www.groovekorea.com / December 2014 40 Edited by Emilee Jennings emilee@groovekorea.com MuSIC & ARTS Sofar SoundS Bringing the concert home ‘it waS like a Scene out of a movie... a lot of fun and very refreShing. it’S nice to have the opportunity to really pay attention and liSten to muSic i’m not uSed to. ’ rhino, underground rapper. S t o r y b y L o u i s O h / P h o t o s b y M e r i s s a Q u e k GrooveCast GrooveCast host Chance Dorland spoke with Sohn Jeong-eun of Sofar Sounds Seoul about the increasingly popular intimate concerts across the city. Listen to the podcast episode at groovekorea.com or subscribe for free at the iTunes Store. W hen I headed south toward the river from Sangsu Sta- tion, I had little sense of what I was getting into. My only clue was that I’d been told it was going to be a “house party-slash-concert.” I stepped through the front gate of the venue, V-Mansion, a guesthouse and creative meeting space. As I walked past the grassy plot and patio out front, I found a living room where the sofas were pushed to the corners to make way for the cushions strewn around the floor for guests. If it hadn’t been for the modest setup of microphones and recording equipment, it wouldn’t have been obvious that there was a show happening soon. Guests continued to show up, carrying contributions that ranged from boxes of cookies and pastries to tubs of KFC chicken.