Name: 台灣原住民藝術家啟發美國音樂家共同創作專輯 Taiwan’s Aboriginal Artists Spark an American Music REVOLUTION!
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Shout out to all the Taiwanese and all the indigenous, aboriginal people of this country.

What we're creating is something that is gonna probably inspire a lot more creation.

It's gonna inspire a lot more people to come out here.

Our first tour out here was in August, and it was honestly, it was an honor to be able to perform out here.

We got connected with Taiwan off of our intern from Drexel.

A big thing that we do within our musical journey is we remix music.

We produce it all, everything that we play in all our sets.

And she said, you know, it would be really cool if you did this with indigenous music, aboriginal music from Taiwan.

We didn't really know about the indigenous culture out here.

We went out to Taitung and recorded some artists, six different indigenous artists from six different tribes.

We looked for those communities so that we could help empower those communities and also show what we do and bring our spin on it.

We're working on an album currently with indigenous artists.

So we're working with Amis, Bunun, Paiwan, some of the different tribes making, we don't, I think we signed the NDA now, so we're not allowed to talk.

We can't talk about the project right now in too much detail, but it is a project that is gonna help get people to understand the indigenous tribes out here, their music, because the music styles from each tribe is all very different.

And what we do is we don't compromise to our style.

But one of the coolest things about that when it goes back to collaboration is artists here in Taiwan, they are fully for collaboration.

They almost, they want something different.

I mean, we've performed, we've met some of the acts, super humble backstage.

Almost kinda, you know, not talking as much.

Oh, I'm like, yeah, no, so honored to be around you, da, da, da.

And then they go on stage, super commanding.

From one thing to the next, it's amazing.

Collaborating with Taiwanese artists has probably been one of our favorite things from this entire journey.

They do not back away from any type of sound or any type of direction that we go in.

They're always like, let me try it, let me try.

Shout out to Passac when we're making, we made a fantastic song on this album that we have called Ti Ma Som.

So we're making an album, it's gonna, we don't wanna talk too much about it yet since we're coming out with it hopefully next November.

And, but it does shine light on each different tribe that we worked with.

And, you know, it's all, it's honestly, it's just, it's crazy to even think about that.

And I think the Taiwanese people are really gonna appreciate it, too.

The aboriginals in Taiwan are quite famous for having a good voice, being good singers.

Not even surprises us, but she's phenomenal.

Her professionalism, and it doesn't turn off.

You know, whether you're hanging out as a friend, you're recording in a, recording a music video, you're recording as an artist, her professionalism, it just does never, it never turns off.

Yeah, the talent out here is crazy with singers.

It's such a huge part of the culture out here, karaoke.

You know, and we just went out to karaoke with some people the other day, and.

We have this person that we work with, as well.

She works for the Taiwanese government, and she was up there singing like Adele, you know?

So they take it seriously, and then when it's your turn for the microphone, we're like, hey, nah, we're okay, so.

Anybody got a Vanilla Ice song I can rap real quick?

Justin definitely assimilated a bit faster.

I think the first night we did karaoke out here,

I was like, rapping every lyric, you know?

And then I slowly eased into it, and then, I mean, it's just such a fun time.

I mean, you rap a full verse from start to finish, and you feel like a champion.

I moved to the States when I was 14, and I had always been like a Jamaican who was a little bit more forward with American culture.

I listened to hip hop way more than reggae and dancehall, even though that's still my roots and still where I come from.

But I always, you know, I used to be a rapper when I was in Jamaica, one of the few people at the time.

But when I moved to the States, one of the first communities I looked for was other musicians and other people that I could collaborate with and work with.

He comes from Kingston, and instead of looking for Jamaicans, he looks for musicians.

I feel like America is, in general, a melting pot, especially any extension of the East Coast.

You know, New Jersey, New York, even down to Philly.

You know, Baltimore, all that whole area is just a melting pot.

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台灣原住民藝術家啟發美國音樂家共同創作專輯 Taiwan’s Aboriginal Artists Spark an American Music REVOLUTION!

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