The first time that we had heard of Korean singer Brian Joo was back in November 2010 when the duet with Jade Valerie was released online (see our original review of the post here). Now just over a year later, Brian has released his latest mini-album, ReBorn Part 1 on CD and available worldwide on iTunes (although for some reason, the Jade Valerie duet has been omitted, but we’ll still review it!)
The first 2 tracks on this album (Let This Die (Feat. Tiger JK) (너 따윈 버리고 (Feat. 타이거 JK) and Can’t stop (Feat. Jay Park & Benzino) (Can t Stop (Feat. 박재범 & Benzino)) are the only songs on this mini album that are sung in Korean. Next (if you have the CD!) is the first of the the English songs, starting with the duet with Jade Valerie Don’t Tell Me I’m Wrong. Our previous review was based on the single release, however it seems that for the album version that mixing issues with Jade’s voice have been rectified.
Let This Die (Extended Eng Ver.) (Feat. Flowsik From Aziatix) is the English equivalent of track 1 whilst track 5 (Can t Stop (Eng Ver.) (Feat. Jay Park & Dumbfounded)) is the English equivalent to track 2. Domino (Acoustic Version) is also in English and is just Brian with a guitar (full studio version in English & Korean can be found on his Unveiled mini album). The final track on the album is Let This Die (Instrumental) which we’re not sure, but you might be able to put both sets of lyrics to.
This is the first time that we’ve heard of Brian Joo and it’s probably an unfortunate thing that most of the songs on this album are in English. However, by the same token, it’s maybe a good thing too. Having the Korean versions along the English ones probably helps and gives a slight insight into what Brian’s sound is likely to be. These 6 track (not including the instrumental) have a pop/electronic sound to it which isn’t too far from what we can gather from previous releases.
Would be a good basing for anyone who’s wanting to check out Brian and his music. Not a track that we don’t like here!
Rating: 5/5
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