Samuel Joseph Kim
@samueljkim.bsky.social
Musician/Producer/Engineer
Seattle, WA
Canadian in the US (sigh).
I love making art and sound. I also love hockey (mostly the kind from Edmonton)
https://linktr.ee/samueljosephkim
Seattle, WA
Canadian in the US (sigh).
I love making art and sound. I also love hockey (mostly the kind from Edmonton)
https://linktr.ee/samueljosephkim
I am wrestling with it, but sometimes I deeply regret being so ignorant and unprepared for things when I was younger. If I had only known just a little more in past seasons, things could have been so different....
I know that's part of life, but the wound is real.
I know that's part of life, but the wound is real.
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I am wrestling with it, but sometimes I deeply regret being so ignorant and unprepared for things when I was younger. If I had only known just a little more in past seasons, things could have been so different....
I know that's part of life, but the wound is real.
I know that's part of life, but the wound is real.
The ugly arrogance of evil led me to believe in the inevitable beauty of Good.
January 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The ugly arrogance of evil led me to believe in the inevitable beauty of Good.
So much music to digest in 2025. Here are my favorites loosely ordered.
I found some great places for recommendations and then it just set me in a lot of new directions. I’m reminded there is still so much to take in and learn. I’m leaving things out but I’ll hear them when the time is right.
I found some great places for recommendations and then it just set me in a lot of new directions. I’m reminded there is still so much to take in and learn. I’m leaving things out but I’ll hear them when the time is right.
January 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
So much music to digest in 2025. Here are my favorites loosely ordered.
I found some great places for recommendations and then it just set me in a lot of new directions. I’m reminded there is still so much to take in and learn. I’m leaving things out but I’ll hear them when the time is right.
I found some great places for recommendations and then it just set me in a lot of new directions. I’m reminded there is still so much to take in and learn. I’m leaving things out but I’ll hear them when the time is right.
Putting together my favorite albums of 2025 is stressing me out slightly. I feel like there were many different kinds of music in various directions! This is going to be hard to choose....
December 29, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Putting together my favorite albums of 2025 is stressing me out slightly. I feel like there were many different kinds of music in various directions! This is going to be hard to choose....
I'll be performing at the Longest Night hosted by ARTS Seattle at King Street Station on Dec. 21. I'll be on from 6:30-8pm. I would love to see you there. FREE and for everyone.
www.seattle.gov/arts/longest...
www.seattle.gov/arts/longest...
LONGEST NIGHT - Arts | seattle.gov
A communally-minded, season-inspired Solstice party that brings light to the liminal space of the year’s darkest day.
www.seattle.gov
December 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'll be performing at the Longest Night hosted by ARTS Seattle at King Street Station on Dec. 21. I'll be on from 6:30-8pm. I would love to see you there. FREE and for everyone.
www.seattle.gov/arts/longest...
www.seattle.gov/arts/longest...
Here's a setlist of my upcoming ambient show on Dec. 21. Would love to see you there to go through the Solstice together!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5oy...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5oy...
Ambient Setlist - Longest Night Seattle (King Station)
open.spotify.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Here's a setlist of my upcoming ambient show on Dec. 21. Would love to see you there to go through the Solstice together!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5oy...
open.spotify.com/playlist/5oy...
I'll be playing a live ambient set for Seattle's 2025 Longest Night event at King Street Station on Dec. 21. For those seeking a safe place for the winter solstice, please come. Here's a look at last year's event.
youtu.be/xM-_vDu-KpM
youtu.be/xM-_vDu-KpM
LONGEST NIGHT 2024
YouTube video by City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I'll be playing a live ambient set for Seattle's 2025 Longest Night event at King Street Station on Dec. 21. For those seeking a safe place for the winter solstice, please come. Here's a look at last year's event.
youtu.be/xM-_vDu-KpM
youtu.be/xM-_vDu-KpM
Going to an Oilers game and genuinely worried about the outcome
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Going to an Oilers game and genuinely worried about the outcome
For Thanksgiving, everyone should watch Reservation Dogs all weekend long.
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For Thanksgiving, everyone should watch Reservation Dogs all weekend long.
For this week, I've decided to finally watch The Shining (!), Audition, Suspira (original and new), and Midsommar. I don't know why but just felt my mind is ready for it. haha. Maybe because it's balancing the mind numbing work of completing my dissertation.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
For this week, I've decided to finally watch The Shining (!), Audition, Suspira (original and new), and Midsommar. I don't know why but just felt my mind is ready for it. haha. Maybe because it's balancing the mind numbing work of completing my dissertation.
I have a new Mount Vermont EP and a single under my name coming out this weekend. As I turn 50, I had wanted this year to be more meaningfully productive, but I think five releases in one year for fifty is good enough considering how hard everything has been. If anyone is listening, I am grateful.
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I have a new Mount Vermont EP and a single under my name coming out this weekend. As I turn 50, I had wanted this year to be more meaningfully productive, but I think five releases in one year for fifty is good enough considering how hard everything has been. If anyone is listening, I am grateful.
music.apple.com/us/album/182...
New album of solo piano improvisations. It's a bit rough but it's very intimate and honest. It was a very spiritual experience to record these.
New album of solo piano improvisations. It's a bit rough but it's very intimate and honest. It was a very spiritual experience to record these.
Contemplative 3 by Samuel Joseph Kim on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 6 Songs
music.apple.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
music.apple.com/us/album/182...
New album of solo piano improvisations. It's a bit rough but it's very intimate and honest. It was a very spiritual experience to record these.
New album of solo piano improvisations. It's a bit rough but it's very intimate and honest. It was a very spiritual experience to record these.
Celebrate and protect freedom. Happy Juneteenth.
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Celebrate and protect freedom. Happy Juneteenth.
This song by Crushed means so much to me lately: music.apple.com/us/album/bed...
bedside by crushed on Apple Music
Song · 2023 · Duration 4:20
music.apple.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This song by Crushed means so much to me lately: music.apple.com/us/album/bed...
My sister is still looking for a bone marrow donor. Especially those in the Asian Community, we need more donors out there. Read here to learn more about what's involved.
cheekswab.org
cheekswab.org
Join the National Bone Marrow Registry Today || cheekswab.org
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June 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My sister is still looking for a bone marrow donor. Especially those in the Asian Community, we need more donors out there. Read here to learn more about what's involved.
cheekswab.org
cheekswab.org
I learned that my sister was diagnosed with leukemia at the same time my album was released. The music I hear now from "Bloom" hits so different now and speaks in ways I could never have imagined.
May 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I learned that my sister was diagnosed with leukemia at the same time my album was released. The music I hear now from "Bloom" hits so different now and speaks in ways I could never have imagined.
The new album is here... music.apple.com/us/album/blo...
Bloom by Samuel Joseph Kim on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 8 Songs
music.apple.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The new album is here... music.apple.com/us/album/blo...
Bloom by Samuel Joseph Kim
Stream and Pre-save Bloom - Distributed by DistroKid
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April 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The reason my workouts have been so consistent the past couple of months is that I have channeled all my self-negative energy into exercise.
April 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The reason my workouts have been so consistent the past couple of months is that I have channeled all my self-negative energy into exercise.
New album “Bloom” coming May 2.
April 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New album “Bloom” coming May 2.
Also, I have a whole lot of electronic music piled up in the queue. I think the next Mount Vermont EP will be drawing from the minimal lofi aesthetic of Detroit electronic music, but will veer into my own explorations, as it usually does.
April 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Also, I have a whole lot of electronic music piled up in the queue. I think the next Mount Vermont EP will be drawing from the minimal lofi aesthetic of Detroit electronic music, but will veer into my own explorations, as it usually does.
Also, the next Contemplative instrumental album is coming. A live recording of meditations through piano.
April 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Also, the next Contemplative instrumental album is coming. A live recording of meditations through piano.
So I think I have finished my 2nd mastering pass. I think the next album is almost ready to get out into the world.
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So I think I have finished my 2nd mastering pass. I think the next album is almost ready to get out into the world.
Oh this is very good… music.apple.com/us/album/sto...
Stochastic Drift by Barker on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 8 Songs
music.apple.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Oh this is very good… music.apple.com/us/album/sto...