# CommonSource Music

> 4 Korean fusion gugak playlists picked by CommonSource and published on YouTube. They play on the web page and are free to use as background music in cafés, shops and workspaces. Re-uploading the audio or using it in other videos requires permission.

- Page: https://commonsourcelab.com/en/music

## A Day on the Lines

Iron & Asphalt soundtrack. Korean fusion gugak playlists from the Iron & Asphalt soundtrack, one line each. Every line has its own time of day, season or genre, and each track is a station. Every track played in full.

- YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfnAqcK4xDlk
### Main Line · Classical

Morning to sunset. Piano concertos, etudes and orchestral pieces, with gayageum, haegeum and daegeum joining the piano and orchestra. For focused work, study and reading.

- Length: 61 min, 20 tracks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYnoRhy1tio

- 0:00 A Line Worth Following
- 3:15 Take It from the Top (첫 정류장부터)
- 5:23 Power in Numbers (분산의 힘)
- 8:06 Broad Strokes, Long Roads (대붓질 대질주)
- 11:06 Bridge the Gap (다리와 다리 사이)
- 13:55 Hold the Fort (화성의 수비)
- 17:14 Neck and Neck (박빙의 박자)
- 20:02 Coupon with a View
- 23:18 Split Decision (분기의 결단)
- 27:08 Movable Type, Unstoppable Tempo (활자의 활주)
- 29:03 Landscapes and Ledgers (산수와 산수)
- 32:42 Still Waters Run Swift (고요한 호수 빠른 손)
- 35:46 Saw It Coming (톱날의 예감)
- 38:51 Grain by Grain
- 41:44 Sky-High Stakes (지분만큼 지평선)
- 44:55 Cash in Hand, Hands in Flight
- 47:44 It All Adds Up (쌓이고 쌓인 도착)
- 50:51 Pull Out All the Stops (모든 정류장 모든 음전)
- 53:44 Yeosu, Tide and Tempo
- 57:17 The Books Close, the Roads Remain

### Rush Hour · Funk jazz · Big band

5 to 9 pm. Upbeat funk and big band with gayageum, geomungo, piri and taepyeongso in the band alongside brass, piano and a tight rhythm section. For work, cleaning, cooking and the ride home.

- Length: 60 min, 20 tracks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRqJLf9cGcU

- 0:00 Seoul in Motion
- 2:39 Seoul on Schedule
- 5:06 Current Affairs on Wheels
- 8:22 Missing Link (빠진 고리를 찾아)
- 11:27 A Brush with Progress
- 14:44 Busan Brassline
- 17:29 All Hands on Deck (전원 갑판으로)
- 20:17 Daegu in the Pocket
- 22:35 Masks Off, Brass On (탈 벗고 금관 울리고)
- 25:18 Many Towns, One Tune
- 28:21 Pay It Back, Play It Forward
- 31:00 The Art of Getting There
- 34:46 Buyback to the Future
- 37:54 Board to Be Wild
- 40:53 A Contract with the Downbeat
- 44:27 Block Party, Block Deal
- 47:26 Money in the Bank, Music in the Air
- 50:33 From Here to Everywhere
- 54:16 Liquid Assets, Solid Brass
- 57:12 Freightfully Good (운송의 대환희)

### Neon Line · Electronic

9 pm to midnight. Electronic music for a rainy night: gayageum, haegeum, daegeum and yanggeum over melodic house, liquid drum and bass, breakbeat and chiptune. For work, study, coding and night drives.

- Length: 60 min, 18 tracks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IyetWwHxus

- 0:00 A Map in the Making
- 3:25 The Map Has a Pulse
- 6:38 Price Meets Pulse
- 9:37 Market on the Move
- 13:03 Paper Cities, Electric Dreams
- 16:18 Block Deals, Breakbeats
- 19:32 By the Numbers (번호대로)
- 22:23 Cold Chain, Warm Groove
- 25:08 Keep It Cool
- 28:33 Read All About It (속보의 발놀림)
- 31:28 Down Round, Up Tempo
- 35:20 Rolling Stock, Rising Stock
- 38:29 Above the Grade
- 41:53 A Share of the Spotlight
- 45:27 Cleared for Takeoff (이륙 허가)
- 48:56 Mokpo in the Margins
- 52:45 Power Through (전력으로)
- 55:59 The Last Line in Red

### Night Line · Jazz

1 am to dawn. Late-night jazz where gayageum, haegeum and daegeum meet piano and a swinging rhythm section. For study, work, reading and quiet nights.

- Length: 62 min, 20 tracks
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1dPgwaOVM

- 0:00 The First Line
- 2:55 Right on Track
- 5:27 Fare and Square
- 8:30 Han River Blueprints
- 11:29 Passing Notes
- 14:42 Character Studies (도시의 성격 연구)
- 17:22 Jeonju in Full Swing (전주에 전주곡)
- 20:31 Spin a Yarn, Turn a Bowl (소리 한 판 목기 한 벌)
- 23:27 Boogie by the Bushel (한 섬 가득 부기)
- 26:36 Good Things Come in Freight Packages
- 29:21 Freight Expectations
- 32:35 Set the Cargo Free (풀려난 화물)
- 35:34 A Well-Oiled Organ (기름칠한 오르간)
- 39:04 Interest in the Margins
- 42:23 No Tracks, All Traction
- 45:10 Up to Speed (산조의 속도)
- 48:35 Blueprint for a Blue Note
- 51:32 A Greener Kind of Fire
- 54:40 A Fortune in Lines
- 58:21 After Tax, All That Jazz