Rare and Obscure Kpop Music

  Hangul:  유엔 UN was a boy idol duo composed of Kim Jung Hoon (김정훈) and Choi Jung Won (최정원) who used to be in the short-lived boy band group Bronz. Both were about to become solo artists respectively but were then recommended by composer Choi Soo Jung (최수정) that they should be as a duo. Their name's acronym stands for United N-generation. They debuted on July 26, 2000 and disbanded on September 26, 2005. The duo was signed to Raffle (also spelled Laful) Entertainment until their disbandment. Voice Mail (2000) Their first album was released alongside their debut date on July 26, 2000. The album at first had little success but as months went on, the album slowly started to gain traction in popularity. The first single Voice Mail was rated #13 on the K-pop charts. You Are The One was also released as a single.  It was around this time of the release of You Are The One, that many live performances of the duo performing together for the album were halted due to Jung Won s...

  Hangul:  스페이스에이 Space A was a mixed gender techno, dance group from the late 1990s and early 2000s. They debuted in 1997 and faded into obscurity in 2003. They reunited in 2013 briefly, however. They were a trio at first. The original members consisted of Kim Hyun Jung (김현정) as main vocalist, rapper Jung Soon Won (정순원) who is well known as The One (더원) and E-gu (이구). Space A (1997) Their self-titled debut album was released in October of 1997. The album is considered to be the first enhanced CD in Korea to play a music video on a computer. There were 3 singles to the album: 입술, which was the music video featured on the album. 주홍글씨 and 돈쥬앙. Kang Ji Yeon (강지연) became a temporary addition into the group. They rereleased the album in 1998 in order to include her vocals only for the single, 주홍글씨. However, the music video only featured the original trio. There were 3 singles to the album: 입술, which was the music video featured on the album. 주홍글씨 and 돈쥬앙.  ...

  Hangul:   밀크 M.I.L.K was a short-lasting girl group that gained popularity in the early 2000s. They were signed to S.M. Entertainment's sister company BM Entertainment and officially debuted as a group on December 17, 2001. The group consisted of members Park Jae Young ( 박 재 영 ), Kim Bo Mi ( 김보미 ), Bae Yu Mi ( 배유미 ) (Real name: Jessica Bae) and Seo Hyun Jin ( 서현진 ). Their group name is an acronym for Made In Lovely Kin. The only released one album. They disbanded in 2003. S.M. technically formed the group somewhere between 1998-2000 after finding that S.E.S. was their greatest and most successful girl group at the time. S.E.S. being a 1st generation wanted M.I.L.K to be the runner-up for the 2nd generation. In a weekly magazine, it was stated and rumored that Jang Nara was originally planned to be in group, however she herself has explained that that was never the case and that she always wanted a solo career instead of being in a group. With Freshness (2001) Their first and...

  Hangul:  태사자 or  太四子 Taesaja was a boy idol group that was prominent in the late 1990s. Their name stems from a Chinese video game character in the well-known Japanese video game series Romance of the Three Kingdoms. They officially debuted on October 20, 1997 and were first signed to Masscom. Ultimately, they disbanded in 2001. Taesaja was originally created to be a rival against another boy idol group NRG. Especially due to the fact that both groups debuted 8 days between each other. In addition, they were also apparently going to be a mixed gender group but changed to be an all-boy group. Taesaja, was seen as unique from the other boy idol groups at the time due to them mostly wearing suits and ties instead of hip-hop street wear which many boy bands aimed at in the 1990s and early 2000s. The group's members were Kim Hyung-jun ( 김형준 (天)) , Park Jun-suk ( 박준석 (雲) ) , Lee Dong-yun ( 이동윤 (雨)) and  Kim Young-min ( 김영민 (風)) . 太四子 (1997) Their first album w...

  Hangul:  디베이스 D.Bace was a group created by  이현도 (Lee Hyun Do), who were prominent in the early 2000s. They were active from 2001-2012. The original line up consisted of a trio; 진원 (Jinwon), 오수안/수안 (Oh Su Ahn/Su Ahn) and 김환호/환호 (Kim Hwan Ho/Hwan Ho). Although, due to internal conflicts, Jinwon left and Lee Hyun Do added new member  제드 (Jed), who was featured on Hyun Do's third album using the alias "D-Base". Afterwards,  송지훈/ 지훈 (Song Ji Hoon/Ji Hoon) and  남현준 (Nam Hyun Joon) were added to the group. In April of 2001, D.Bace made their debut. Much of their music was a mix of R&B, and hip hop at the height of their career, but changed to more of a dance-pop/EDM type sound once some of the band members left. D.Bace Vol.1 (2001) Their first album D.Bace Vol.1 was released on May 3, 2001. The single for the album; 모든것을 너에게 (Everything About You) was written by Lee Hyun Do. It ranked in the top 15-30th on the Kpop charts. The other single wa...