Music Rec: HOUSE RULEZ
by javabeans
You guys are just too awesome. I created this blog some months ago, but I started posting in earnest with my Dal Ja’s Spring recaps — Episode 1 was posted on February 25. Just two months (and many, too many) posts later, I’m clocking 157,000+ blog hits, and perhaps even more impressive, a whopping 967 968 comments! You guys rock.
Even though I don’t really think numbers mean much, I thought 100,000th was a nice milestone to commemorate and was thinking of putting up a big music post… but I got a little sidetracked last week and now I’m up to 157,827. So this’ll have to do… Happy Friday! Fridays always seem like a particularly nice day to listen to some new, groovy music.
Taking a departure from drama-land for a while, please indulge me because I just stumbled across a new group and I’ve fallen in love. If you’ve got similar music taste as me, you’ve gotta check out this new group called HOUSE RULEZ. They’re classified as electronica, but they’re really all over the place musically, adding a fusion of techno, R&B, soul, jazz, pop, and feel-good funk to sound like an eclectic step-sibling of Epik High, Clazziquai, Pizzicato Five, Jamiroquai. Sounds like a lot, right? Well, they’re just that good.
House Rulez :: 하우스 룰즈
Members :: Seo Ro 서로 (sax), Paco 파코, Young Hyo 영효
The Fun Company :: 더펀컴퍼니
1st Album, April 2007 :: “MOJITO”
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I don’t like to throw around praise lightly saying everyone’s awesome, because that does little to differentiate the guilty-pleasure pop fillers from the truly creatively innovative and fresh. Can you guess which I think this group is?
In fact, I like them so much I decided not to post up all of their mp3s for download. I know, aren’t I a bitch? Despite freely posting songs here (I try to limit them to one or two per album, just to give you a taste — I firmly believe people are more willing to buy when you make their browsing experience hassle-free), I am a total advocate of supporting artists you like, especially when they’re new and lesser-known like House Rulez. If you like what you hear, you can buy the album from Yesasia. Or maybe there are other places out there to download from, but I won’t point the way. (And please don’t post ’em here, if you do know.) You understand, don’t you?
Track 1: “집” (jib / house)
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Track 2: “Mojito”
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Track 3: “Do It”
Track 4: “Espoir”
Track 5: “준비운동” (preparation exercise)
Track 6: “Into the Disco”
Track 7: “My Fantastic Black Hat”
Track 8: “Ku – Chi – Ta – Chi”
Track 9: “One My Way”
Track 10: “Like Coco”
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Track 11: “Just Wanna Love You”
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Track 12: “처음처럼” (Like the First Time)
Track 13: “Joy Ride, Show”
Track 14: “Mojito” (DJ Baram’s Club House mix)
Track 15: “집'” (Sax exit version)
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1 ay_link
April 27, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Sounds like a really great group. (hey, they got great name too! hehe)
Thanks Sarah! I'll check this out pretty soon~~ Happy Friday to u too! TGIF~~!
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2 Bwitched
April 27, 2007 at 11:06 AM
Thanks for the recommendation...I'm starting to fall in love with their music too!!
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April 27, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Thanks for the music recommendation! I like House Rulez... makes me want to go driving with my hair in the wind. But more than anything I like the humorous, funky tone of the band.
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4 MelodicMidget
April 27, 2007 at 1:42 PM
Awesome! I really like their play on beats and use of different jazzy sounds (especially Ku-chu-ta-chi...ku-chi...ta..chi....ku..chi...ta..chi.. sorry about that, got a little too into it). Anyways, thanks again for the samples, wanna go buy the record now.
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5 popseoul
April 27, 2007 at 3:20 PM
Congrats on your blog hits! doesn't it always feels great to see the number of hits, comments and/or visitors go up? And you clearly deserved every bit of it! Keep up the great posts and enjoy your weekend
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6 doozy
April 27, 2007 at 3:44 PM
Javabeans, congrats on the blog stats!
Like popseoul said, you truly deserve it because you offer us such substantial and insightful posts and awesome music.
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April 27, 2007 at 3:02 PM
I love them! Thank you for introducing them to us!
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8 popeye
April 27, 2007 at 6:08 PM
agree. i rarely posted any comments at all. and yet, tis is my third post in ur blog. tat goes to show how good ur blog is. others are like so so only. thanks for updating. i m bored to death already.
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9 Juliesean
April 27, 2007 at 8:06 PM
Thanks for your recommendation. I am afraid that I have to use the word awesome on them. Their brand of music lifts up your spirits, and makes you want to dance to it too. In fact, I like the songs so much that I have ordered purchased it immediately at Yesasia! There is not one song I did not like.
I did not realised that you only set up this blog recently. Keep up the good work! I have been checking your blog daily. It is great that you are not just confining it to korean dramas only.
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10 doremi02
April 28, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Thanks a bunch for sharing, Sarah (it's the first time to call you Sarah^^), i get addicted to your blog and have to come daily. I love the way you write (I can learn a lot from you), the way you analyze the topic and give us lots of information.
Wish you best things, good health, and happiness.
I hope you will continue this blog FOREVER.
Gosh, I love it^^
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11 Ter
April 28, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Haha, at first I wasn't very impressed with them... but then, yesterday, I heard Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" for the very first time in my life, and I just HAD to find more music like it. Then, oddly enough, I immediately remembered House Rulez, and I've been enjoying them to death ever since, lol.
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12 Jia
April 29, 2007 at 8:48 PM
Hello, have been reading your site for a couple of months now. Love all the kdrama recaps and your music picks! Just wanted to say thanks for the awesome music! House Rulez sounds really cool; they do sound a little like Clazziquai, but actually they remind me more of a Jap group called m-flo. In fact, their song On My Way really sounds like one of the m-flo songs!
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13 tsunamiblues
May 7, 2007 at 11:18 AM
Awesome, hope you will introduce some other artists, we seem to have similar taste in artists, by the way does Blue Sorbet have an album?
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14 javabeans
May 7, 2007 at 4:50 PM
Woo, glad to see the response to House Rulez is positive.
@tsunami, yes they do. Blue Sorbet's first album came out fairly recently and i dig it a lot. they have a lot of great songs on it; i'll post up another track or two soon.
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15 tsunamiblues
May 9, 2007 at 9:51 AM
cool!!!! Look forward to it, I love your blog, and will continue to by an avid Java beans fan!!!!
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16 Diana
May 14, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Like it very much... I'm just wondering, I live in Europe so I wouldnt know, but is electronica/acid jazz music like this really popular in S-Korea and japan? Anywz, it just sooooo much better than all the RnB and Kpop/Jpop!!
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17 AkaAnbu
June 10, 2007 at 9:02 PM
Dude... I'm sooo glad that you introduced this band..... noo.... All the music that you introduced on this site is the best!!! House Rulez is really popular because of their uniqueness.... Good job and keep up the good work!
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18 yakatoo
June 21, 2007 at 11:16 AM
i've been listening to these guys since you recommended them months back, and months later I am still just as absolutely smitten with their sound as i was the first time i heard them here! love love love! thanks, more recos please! :D
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19 soonjap
June 21, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Nice! I looove Clazziquai. Just ordered their new album and it looks like I'll have to order this one too. Thanks for the recommendation!
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20 Eve
June 21, 2007 at 7:10 PM
I really am not a big fan of electronica so I only listened to a few tracks...
but I've been reading your blog for a while..do u mind sharing how you post up songs? I also have my blog but I can't seem to put songs up for people to listen to...I constantly have to find a youtube video to embed haha. Is it a feature that wordpress has?
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21 javabeans
June 26, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Eve, if you have a wordpress.com blog, you can use a third-party (free) hosting site to upload the mp3 file to, then link using the wordpress audio player code (make sure you use a third-party site that allows hotlinking though, otherwise it won't work). Another option is to buy the wordpress.com space upgrade which allows you to upload it directly to your blog, which is nice if that works for you because there's no bandwidth limit.
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22 ellybelly
July 8, 2007 at 4:17 AM
Nice job on the music taste! :) I was looking for house rulez bc my lastest obsession is Clazziquai and all that sounds similar or just fun sounding, thus i stumbled upon your blog. I'm not really sure how to download off of this site, but i just wanted to comment and say nice choice of music.
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23 carol
August 20, 2007 at 3:03 PM
These songs are amazing! I love the mix of electronica and blues that they incorporate in their songs. Each song is not at all similar to each other and it's very nice to listen to an album that's not solely based on one set genre.
Thanks for the share of mp3s java!
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24 AkAAnbU
August 21, 2007 at 5:13 PM
AWESOME....TRULY AWESOMEE.....I was here when you had this posted on Javabeans....I'm so glad you still have them as a top hit...Their too good to be get ridden of! I have their whole album and I'm not even tired of it, from listening it to 100's of time!
Keep it up Java!
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25 sparklebabe
August 31, 2007 at 2:22 PM
You are doing a great job, I enjoy your drama posts and your choice of music...and totally agree that we have to support these artistes otherwise who will still be around to create great music and drama to entertain us? Thanks for giving us these previews...and for sharing...and yes I will buy those that I like :)
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26 Andrew
February 7, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I really love the song "One My Way"
If someone has it, can they please send it to me, Ive been looking for it for a long time
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27 kim
November 2, 2008 at 3:42 PM
can't download the songs fron Zshare...
does anyone know why?
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28 giamatti
December 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM
i actually heard of this music group because they will be featured in the latest version of the korean dance game (their song Do It, specifically). but personally, i don't think i can classify their music as mere electronica or even house anymore. they've got style and they really know how to play it and dish it out in technicolor spades.
the song Do It was actually enough for me. it's upbeat. it's funky. it's inviting practically anyone to party and dance the house or vogue.
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29 Xonq
April 13, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Can someone PLEAAASE upload the first song “집” (jib / house) again???
its just awsome
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30 steve
April 20, 2009 at 2:55 AM
There musics at itunes now
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31 Lissette
June 14, 2009 at 7:59 PM
hey! i love them!!! my favorite group right now!!!! Mojito is awesome!!!!
I wish that they could come to Mexico 1 day T_T, but I guess I'm dreaming u_u
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32 Rian JY Park
December 2, 2012 at 4:03 AM
Wow!HOUSE RULEZ is such a great group!Ilike SeoRo very much!!!!!
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