Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with Sunglim Kim

1. What is your earliest memory connected to music?

My mother is a classical vocalist, so there was always classical music playing in our home.

I also started learning piano from her when I was about five, so music was just naturally part of my environment from the beginning.

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2. How did your passion for creating music begin?

I used to casually share short guitar riffs with friends.

At some point, I saw one of those riffs lead to a major label deal, and that made me realize I might actually have something.

That was the moment I seriously started composing.

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3. What’s the story behind your current music project?

For this project, I approached the TB-303 in a very unconventional way—using it in slower tempos and major keys instead of its typical context.

I programmed it so that each chord change introduces a different harmonic movement.

The 303 lines are mostly improvised, but I tend to gravitate toward tension notes like the 2nd, 6th, and 9th, so those likely shaped the harmonic color.

For glitch textures, I used a sampler—specifically the Circuit Rhythm—to handle the high-frequency elements.

The Blofeld was used for ambient layers, piano textures, and additional support for the 303.

The guitar plays a big role as well, using my signature tone with multivoicing and digicore-style editing.

The track is titled Lucy, inspired by Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.

It’s essentially a tribute piece—I was deeply moved by it.

I even reached out to CDPR and received permission to use related visuals.

We recently finished shooting the music video, and I’m currently deep in the editing process.

I’ll include the teaser below.

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4. How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?

My music avoids resolving into stable chord tones.

Instead, it focuses on tension—where melodies and harmonic extensions subtly clash.

I’m drawn to unresolved, open harmonies.

To me, those spaces can hold every possible emotion at once.

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5. What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?

Adding the TB-303 as a core instrument changed everything for me.

It allowed me to express harmony with more complexity and density, which naturally increased the level of tension in my music.

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6. What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?

Guitar, Logic Pro, and the TB-303 are essential to my process.

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7. Which indie artist or song are you loving right now?

I actually don’t listen to much music these days—almost intentionally.

It’s a bit obsessive, but I try to avoid any unconscious influence when I’m creating, whether it’s melody, harmony, or overall style.

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8. How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?

I don’t express emotions very directly in life.

Instead, I channel everything into instruments.

Live performance is actually uncomfortable for me—the audience’s reactions sometimes feel overwhelming, almost like a warning signal.

Because of that, my music becomes more emotional, almost like it’s holding everything I don’t express elsewhere.

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9. What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?

I want listeners to feel everything—sadness, joy, longing—and hopefully find some kind of comfort in it.

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10. What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?

I’ve spent a long time playing in bands, but I’ve realized I work best alone.

I handle almost everything myself—composition, recording, performance, vocals, mixing, mastering, and even video production and editing.

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11. What is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?

I don’t particularly enjoy live performances, to be honest.

It’s probably something personal.

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12. If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?

I’d love to collaborate with a writer—creating a project where a book and music are released together as one unified work.

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13. Where can our listeners follow and support your music?

ttps://www.instagram.com/blueskid303

14. Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?

I’d like to explore film scoring and classical choral music.

I don’t really have a grand ambition—music, for me, is both a way to express my emotions and a way to release stress.

So I’ll just keep doing it, naturally.

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15. What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?

That I’m someone who interprets human emotions from as many perspectives as possible through music.

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16. Representative YouTube Video