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Han-earl Park

@hanearlpark.bsky.social

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Improviser/guitarist/constructor. Instigator/noise-maker: #eris136199 #juno3 and #gonggong225088. Called “anti-social and incessant” in criticalimprov. (Where you can find me > https://bit.ly/3RU36Hp )

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Jan 15

Elastic, doxastic collisions—
hold two thoughts, both true.

Proxemics by #juno3 (Han-earl Park/Lara Jones/Pat Thomas) is out now!

Listen now > www.busterandfriends.com/proxemics

Juno 3 (Han-earl Park/Lara Jones/Pat Thomas): ‘Proxemics V’

YouTube video by Han-earl Park

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 3h

And…

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 5h

Very happy with how this sounds (and super^3 happy about the playing here).

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 18h

#thingsidoforart

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 14d

🙏 (J. Vognsen has a few similar pieces on the site. Check them out.)

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 15d

I relate to this one from Charles: “I like aspects of the routine thing, setting up my drums builds the vibe towards the gig, it's a joyful thing to clamp the pedal to the kick drum… That certain things are in place like a checklist so I can let go of everything but the vibe and the concentration.”

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 15d

“The ritual of getting up and making myself do creative work… keeps my creative muscles working and not completely seizing-up from lack of use. From taking the guitar out of the case, switching the amp on, sitting down, stretching and warming-up…”

Perfect Sound Forever: Against Being Jaded

Against Being Jaded- 16 musicians, composers talk about the urge to resist

www.furious.com

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 19d

ℹ️ busterandfriends.com/distortions

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 19d

14.11.2025 und 15.11.2025: Morphine Raum, Berlin.

Zwei Abende mit improvisierter Musik und videografischen Kompositionen. Neue Werke von Carina Khorkhordina, Camila Nebbia und Han-earl Park, mit Sara Neidorf und Yorgos Dimitriadis.

Gefördert von Initiative Neue Musik Berlin. #splice

“DISTORTIONS: SPLICE II’ flyers/postcards

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 20d

This might be the best playing I’ve done in a long, long time. (And it’s recorded!) Now comes #thebighustle for a likely label to put it out.

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Sep 11

#thingsidoforart

Video of Han-earl Park and Sara Neidorf in performance being edited

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 22d

#thingsidoforart

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 23d

If you’re wondering about the previous winner…

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Dec 28

2024 in youtubified review:

Most watched video: youtu.be/w73QdFT27oY
Most commented: youtu.be/XlIMkVXCY44
Most thumbs down: youtu.be/YLmSiwxXCyU

Bonus round:

Strangest traffic source: ‘Justin Timberlake: Tiny Desk Concert’ and ‘How “Perfect” is Perfect Pitch?’ (tie)

#onetakestudy #gonggong225088

Video thumbnails. Original images by Carina Khorkhordina, and by Han-earl Park.

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 23d

Contender for the 2025 video with most 👎

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 25d

#thingsidoforart

“out of the drum solo
“towards the corner
“On The Corner
“towards Valentine
“Funny Valentine
“Valentine deconstruct
“‘You need to worry when the drums stop…’
“trans
“Langue d’Amour
“Make A Massacre
“trans rage
“Rage Against
“DNA’s DNA
“DNA’s child
“skittles
“avant-hop
“Blues In The Age Of Stochastic Terror
“all kinds of shuffle
“anti-cadenza
“together?
“together? (again)
“mutant jazz-funk
“taiko funk
“more mutants
“towards difficult
“hit
“difficult groove
“Curtis on a Bad Day
“all kinds of punk
“growl groove
“sidestick snaps
“chase scene
“hit
“hit
“rumbles
“avant disco
“headed out
“more disco
“aggressive breakdown
“meter? what meter?
“heavy coda
“lament
“Heaven and Hell
“drum solo
“recapitulation
“Anarctica, Winter 1982
“Dark City”

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks so much, Mark.

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 25d

Short time.

A little foot traffic. #freeimprovisation #avantgarde #experimentalmusic #freejazzmusic

YouTube video by Han-earl Park

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 28d

See you on Saturday!

ℹ️ busterandfriends.com/performances

#gonggong225088

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 29d

Just replaced the battery in my, in dog years, 75 year old laptop. #technologyoftheseus #thingsidoforart

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 29d

Dream a little noisy, sweetly disquieting dream with Yorgos Dimitriadis, Camila Nebbia and me at Sowieso, Berlin.

Performances

Past and upcoming performances by improviser-guitarist Han-earl Park, and his ensembles including Eris 136199 with Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky, Juno 3 with Lara Jones and Pat Thomas, and Go…

www.busterandfriends.com

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · 29d

#gonggong225088 returns this Saturday!

It’s been far too long since Yorgos, Camila and I have hit the stage together. I deeply appreciate the imaginative flow, and the joyous, perpetual-motion energy of this trio—I look forward to the new things that each artist brings to the group on Saturday.

Gonggong 225088 (Han-earl Park/Yorgos Dimitriadis/Camila Nebbia): ‘Autopoiesis I’

YouTube video by Han-earl Park

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Sep 14

Yeah, but my death cult is better.

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Sep 14

This November: Two evenings of improvised music and moving images with new works by Carina Khorkhordina, Camila Nebbia, Han-earl Park, with Sara Neidorf and Yorgos Dimitriadis. The events will take place at Morphine Records, Berlin.

Gefördert von Initiative Neue Musik Berlin.

#spliceimprov

DISTORTIONS: SPLICE II (work in progress)

www.busterandfriends.com

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thinking of the white liberalism(s) foundational to (the myths of) free improvisation and (West European) sound arts, the need for ‘civility,’ and the powerlessness of those structures and practices when faced with the autocratic.

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Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Sep 11

#thingsidoforart

Han-earl Park @hanearlpark.bsky.social · Sep 9

(That might have been the best playing I’ve been part of in a long, long time.)