Kore Ionz

Kore Ionz is the former project of Hawaii-born singer-songwriter and producer Daniel Pak. The Seattle Weekly describes his voice as sounding “like it was birthed right in the heart of New Orleans, with enough jazz heart to lead a Jamaican revolution of peace and love.”

Featuring an all-star cast of Seattle musicians, Kore Ionz has shared the stage with The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Steel Pulse, and many more of reggae’s trailblazers since releasing its first album Half-hour Revolution in 2008. Kore Ionz released its final single “Superhero” in February 2017.

“We’re all born with love,” says Pak. “We’re also born with fear. But nobody’s born with hate. Every time I sing a song, I’m just trying to spread more love and aloha. We all gotta do our part to reteach the world to love."

Kore Ionz scored a hit in 2011 with the song “Love You Better,” which went to #1 on commercial radio in Hawai`i. The “poignant love letter,” as The International Examiner calls it, describes the emotions Pak felt just months before his first son was born.