Nohmad is the debut album of Korean composer and pianist, Seulah Noh. Combining her award winning compositions with her incredible band, Nohmad offers a genuine reflection of Noh’s personal experience and a window into some of her influences.

Noh makes a lasting first impression, offering six original compositions and two arrangements on this debut release. From gentle melodies to hard hitting grooves, Noh cultivates an infectious energy that her band carries throughout the record.

Her most recent work, the “Traveler’s Suite” is a reflection of the experiences, impressions, and thoughts she has gathered throughout her time in the United States as a person coming from a different culture.

Nohmad will be the first snapshot of Noh’s compositional work and the beginning of an exciting journey as she continues to work and grow with her band.

1. L’illusionniste (feat. Song Yi Jeon) (8:11)
2. Arrogant or Elegant (6:38)
3. Hear the Light (feat. Astghik Martirosyan) (8:56)
4. Heartsong (6:52)
5. Traveler’s Suite: I. 6829 Miles (7:23)
6. Traveler’s Suite: II. A Letter From Me (5:55)
7. Traveler’s Suite: III. Sail at Dawn (7:44)
8. Have You Heard (feat. Kan Yanabe) (7:55)
9. L’illusionniste (Alternate Take) (8:15)

The South Korean-born composer, pianist, and conductor based in Boston, opens her album on the sweepingly elegant L’illusionniste (feat. Song Yi Jeon) and the ornately sculpted Arrogant or Elegant and they are backed by the fervently harmonized Hear the Light (feat. Astghik Martirosyan), the yearning ache within Heartsong along next.

The three-part Traveler’s Suite opens on the first part, 6829 Miles, a sumptuous gossamer of quiet fluidity, the second, A Letter From Mea, a more stoically seamed piece, the third, Sail at Dawn, a playful, veritably ’60s cinematic ditty, the album rounding out on the strident Have You Heard (feat. Kan Yanabe), coming to a close on a rather luxuriant L’illusionniste (Alternate Take).

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