story

"I'm a big sneakerhead myself and when I look at shoes, there's a direct comparison to how I look at music. My name is David Yungin Kim, and I'm a mix engineer from Los Angeles, California".

"My work as a mix engineer includes working with a lot of different sounds and textures. There'll be times I'll be stuck on one snare for hours and hours and ..."

"When you have that many layers of sound, getting that all perfect, that's something that people don't get to see. I've seen shoes being deconstructed and created, and it's super fascinating how ..."

"The insole might be a bass drum, the patent leather might be a snare drum or the shine from a hi-hat. But the materials used in the shoe are very reminiscent of old-school Korea".

"Traditionally, Korean garments, Korean outfits would consist of white with black details. Shoes are like music, man. There's layers to this thing".

"And the classic design elements, the fundamentals stay the same".

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