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Picture Credit: Small Island Big Song   Small Island Big Song - Our Island Release Date: January 28, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 69:19 Genre: World Music Origin: Taiwan / Australia In the year 2015, producer BaoBao Chen  from Taiwan and Australian film maker Tim Cole  have joined forces and founded the project Small Island Big Song. Their intention is to give a voice to people that are often unheard in global debates about climate change - the inhabitants of island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The approach Chen  and Cole  used here differs from the typical cinematic presentation of the impact of climate change on people's lives. Instead, the artists started a multi-channel way to display the cultural heritage which is at stake when we do not stop the sea levels from rising. Therefore, Cole  and Chen  have filmed more than a hundred musicians performing over sixteen island nations. Recordings by musicians from Rapa...

Picture Credit: 反覆墜落 Repeatedive 反覆墜落 Repeatedive - A Beautiful Place to Get Lost Release Date: October 20, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 17:51 Genre: Post Hardcore / Indie Rock Origin: Taipeh , Taiwan With “A Beautiful Place to Get Lost”, Taipeh’s 反覆墜落 Repeatedive have released their third EP in autumn 2020. The four-track extended player follows their 2017 debut “ 7 th Floor ” and the sophomore “ I wish I understood ” which was out in December 2018. The Taiwanese Hokkien band name 反覆墜落 is pronounced “Fǎnfù zhuìluò” and can be translated to “Fall repeatedly”. Nevertheless, the trio from Taiwan’s capital chose to call themselves 反覆墜落 Repeatedive. On “A Beautiful Place to Get Lost” we hear the sonic works of drummer Baron Jan , bass player Brian Chen , and Alan Yang who is playing the guitars and singing the vocals. A Beautiful Place To Get Lost by 反覆墜落 Repeatedive Three of the four tracks are sung in English. Only the third title ‘ 城市憂曲 ’ has Taiwanese lyri...