Ibadi

While Alex of Korean fusion band Clazziquai is juggling two jobs - promoting his solo album and appearing as a regular fixture on MBC's popular reality show We Got Married - Clazziquai's female vocalist Ho Ran is also keeping herself busy by releasing her very first project album after forming her own modern folk/pop band called . Other than Ho Ran, the group consists of talented producer/drummer/guitarist Gur Jeong and bassist/guitarist Justin Kim. Taking its name from the ancient Korean word for "celebration", Ibadi brings back the sweet scent of yesterday with the nostalgic sounds of acoustic instrumentation in their debut album Story Of Us in which Horan's untainted earthly vocals and the airy sweeping melodies make for perfect harmony. The album's principle song ggeut na ji aneun yiyagi ("An Incomplete Story" - Track 3) features a tantalizing mix of piano, guitar, and drum arrangement. · close