HA KYOON is a protean artist born in South Korea, raised in France and based in Paris. The body or physicality have always been central, whatever forms it has taken, in the performing arts or music. With a circus, dance & acting background, he has collaborated with different artists in the performing arts field (Christophe Honoré, Damien Manivel, Philippe Quesne, Clédat & Petitpierre, Phia Ménard, Marcela Santander Corvalàn, Ruth Childs … ) and touring in many countries and cities since 2009. He co-created, with Tsirihaka Harrivel & Vimala Pons, the collective Ivan Mosjoukine and the performance “De Nos Jours [Notes on the Circus]” in 2012.
His first solo piece “RUINE” was created at LE CENTQUATRE-PARIS (still on tour) in 2019, and a short version, “Envers Amour”, was presented for the re-opening of La Station Gare-des-Mines/Paris, in September 2020.
HA KYOON is his first musical project (in permanent mutation) with a trigged drum, machines, synths and a voice; he has shared the stage with artists as varied as Angel Karel, Dopplereffekt, Metaraph, Heimat, Jung An Tagen, December, Ascendant Vierge, Flavia Laus, Pelada, UVB76, (…) and played in Paris, Brussels, Seoul, Busan, Berlin, Shanghai, Beijing, Hamburg, Jakarta, Bandung, and more.
In April 2020, invited by the German label MMODEMM and Theater Mousonturm in Frankfurt, he did the first version of “Inverted Méditation – Die Sicht der Wirbel” : a 40 minute musical act, on head-balanced and handstand. The second version was later presented in Paris in June 2024.
He’s working on a new piece entitled “Memory For The Future”, the first version was presented at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris last December. He’s released EP’s on labels such as WARRIORECORDS, Chronicles Records, & TSA Records.
HA KYOON is an artist of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia.
Tracklist:
THIS HEAT - Radio Prague , (DECEIT, Rough Trade)
Popon - Girl
700 BLISS - Capitol feat Alli Logout , (Nothing to Declare, Hyperdub)
Enxin/ Onyx - Flare and Coil , (In Rupture, Other People)
Judgitzu - Vitalimetre , (Sator Arepo, Nyege Nyege Tapes)
Hyph11E - Barnacles , (Barnacles, SVBKVLT)
Slickback x Hexorcismos - STAGES OF FLESH , (Melt)
Slave to Society - A1 , (Slave to Society, BANK)
aya - droplets , (hexed! , Hyperdub)
talphah - GUN DEVIL feat. Jenn , (KKUURRSSEE, Hundebiss Records)
Dis Fig - Drum Fife Bugle , (PURGE, PTP)
PΞB - S;FG , (IAMCHAINSAW, Edelfaul Records)
Judgitzu - Sylphe , (Sator Arepo, Nyege Nyege Tapes)
NET GALA - No More Drama , (GALAPAGGOT, Hakuna Kulala)
aya - I am the pipe I hit myself with , (hexed! , Hyperdub)
Xin Lie - DAWUH , (XIN LIE, Dance Data)
NET GALA - The Dog (Feat. Supermotel K) , (GALAPAGGOT, Hakuna Kulala)
Pan Daijing - Ran 乱 , (Jade 观⾳, PAN)
Rainy Miller - These Four Walls , (DESQUAMATION (Fire, Burn. Nobody, HEAD II)
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