Samuel Joseph Kim
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Samuel Joseph Kim
@samueljkim.bsky.social
Musician/Producer/Engineer
Seattle, WA

Canadian in the US (sigh).

I love making art and sound. I also love hockey (mostly the kind from Edmonton)

https://linktr.ee/samueljosephkim
I'll be playing a live ambient set for Seattle's 2025 Longest Night event at King Street Station on Dec. 21. For those seeking a safe place for the winter solstice, please come. Here's a look at last year's event.

youtu.be/xM-_vDu-KpM
LONGEST NIGHT 2024
YouTube video by City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture
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December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Going to an Oilers game and genuinely worried about the outcome
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
For Thanksgiving, everyone should watch Reservation Dogs all weekend long.
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
For this week, I've decided to finally watch The Shining (!), Audition, Suspira (original and new), and Midsommar. I don't know why but just felt my mind is ready for it. haha. Maybe because it's balancing the mind numbing work of completing my dissertation.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I have a new Mount Vermont EP and a single under my name coming out this weekend. As I turn 50, I had wanted this year to be more meaningfully productive, but I think five releases in one year for fifty is good enough considering how hard everything has been. If anyone is listening, I am grateful.
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
music.apple.com/us/album/182...

New album of solo piano improvisations. It's a bit rough but it's very intimate and honest. It was a very spiritual experience to record these.
Contemplative 3 by Samuel Joseph Kim on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 6 Songs
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July 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Celebrate and protect freedom. Happy Juneteenth.
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This song by Crushed means so much to me lately: music.apple.com/us/album/bed...
bedside by crushed on Apple Music
Song · 2023 · Duration 4:20
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June 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My sister is still looking for a bone marrow donor. Especially those in the Asian Community, we need more donors out there. Read here to learn more about what's involved.

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June 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I learned that my sister was diagnosed with leukemia at the same time my album was released. The music I hear now from "Bloom" hits so different now and speaks in ways I could never have imagined.
May 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The new album is here... music.apple.com/us/album/blo...
Bloom by Samuel Joseph Kim on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 8 Songs
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May 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I have a new album coming on Friday. It's the sound of recovery.

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Bloom by Samuel Joseph Kim
Stream and Pre-save Bloom - Distributed by DistroKid
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April 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The reason my workouts have been so consistent the past couple of months is that I have channeled all my self-negative energy into exercise.
April 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New album “Bloom” coming May 2.
April 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Also, I have a whole lot of electronic music piled up in the queue. I think the next Mount Vermont EP will be drawing from the minimal lofi aesthetic of Detroit electronic music, but will veer into my own explorations, as it usually does.
April 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Also, the next Contemplative instrumental album is coming. A live recording of meditations through piano.
April 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
So I think I have finished my 2nd mastering pass. I think the next album is almost ready to get out into the world.
April 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Oh this is very good… music.apple.com/us/album/sto...
Stochastic Drift by Barker on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 8 Songs
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April 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Performing live improvised piano to AAPI Home Movies at this special event this Saturday. An intimate connection between culture, memory and medium. Link in bio for more info.
April 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Saw Mickey 17 and I wonder how many American viewers are going to dismiss it.

If you let it speak on its own terms there’s a lot to unpack.
March 31, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Wow. How did I not listen to Floorplan until now? I’m loving all things Detroit Electronic-adjacent right now.
March 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I don't know what the big controversy is about. The Torso S-4 is fantastic and an intuitive sound design tool.
March 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Trentemoller last night in Seattle at Nuemos. 🔥✨
February 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Breaking things is the quick work of an angry child but fixing things requires maturity, patience and vision over time.
February 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM