Epaksa

Korean name
Hangul	이박사
Hanja	李博士
Revised Romanization	I Bak-sa
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Pak-sa

Epaksa
이박사 (李博士)
Epaksa; 이박사 (李博士)
Birth name	Lee Yong-Seok
Also known as	Monkey Magic, Moñas, Ceporro
Born	October 5, 1954 (age 70)
Origin	Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Genres	Techno-trot, comedy music
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Universal D

Epaksa (Korean: 이박사, 李博士) is a South Korean Techno-trot singer. Born October 5, 1954 in Gyeonggi-do, his birth name is Lee Yong-Seok (Korean: 이용석). "Techno-trot" (Korean: 테크노 뽕짝) is a fusion genre of music which was popular in 1990s and early 2000s, and was well known as speedy tempo.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Discography

Sinbaram Epaksa Vol. 1 (1989)
Encyclopedia of Pon-Chak Party 1 & 2 (1996.04)
2002 E-Pak-Sa's Space Odyssey (1996)
5 cm Higher and Rising! (1996)
I'm Space Fantasy (with Denki Groove) (1997)
Space Fantasy (1st album) (2000.07)
Winter Tech-Pon (2000.11.22)
Pak Sa Revolution & Emotion (2nd album) (2001.01)
Asura-Bal-Bal-Ta (2012.08.23)

Television appearances

2020, King of Mask Singer (MBC): Contestant as "Firefly" (Episode 279)^[4]

References

^ "[Sw사주산책] 가수 이박사, 관광가이드서 日 톱가수로".
^ "새 앨범 낸 이박사… 앗싸 테크노·뽕짝 신세대 쉰세대 모두 신바람 날거야".
^ http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=038&aid=0000024047 ^{[dead link]}
^ Ha Soo-jeong (November 1, 2020). ""다리 부러져 7년↑ 공백"..'복면가왕' 이박사→서동주, 예상 빗나간 반전 [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved November 1, 2020.

External links

Magazine article on Epaksa in English
Fan site in Japanese

[1] "[Sw사주산책] 가수 이박사, 관광가이드서 日 톱가수로".

[2] "새 앨범 낸 이박사… 앗싸 테크노·뽕짝 신세대 쉰세대 모두 신바람 날거야".

[3] ttp://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=106&oid=038&aid=0000024047 ^{[dead link]}

[4] Ha Soo-jeong (November 1, 2020). ""다리 부러져 7년↑ 공백"..'복면가왕' 이박사→서동주, 예상 빗나간 반전 [종합]". OSEN (in Korean). Retrieved November 1, 2020.

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