Rooty Mental

Using “connection” as a central concept, this album is about our origin and inclination. It describes our journey of leaving and returning home, depicting our passion for this land through soundscapes and poetry. In this album, musicians and artists from Yilan fuse Chinse and Western instrumental music with jazz, indie, and urban folk into a unique expression of world music, brewing and storing the smell and ecology of Yilan into “sound poems.” The soundscape journey in natural and cultural landscapes conveys the collective awareness of sharing the same root. In this album, we start from finding local voices, and reach out to resonate with the world.

Recommendations from Golden Melody Awards Winners

“In music, we have love. Love is the root of everything on earth. And only love can transcend spatial dimensions to connect the universe and home.”
- Giong Lim, Music Producer

“Using Chinese and Western musical instruments, poems, and field recordings, A Root transforms the emotional connection to land deeply embedded in our souls into extraordinarily refined sonnets, humorous yet passionate, distant yet splendid. This one-of-a-kind album demonstrates unlimited creativity and is definitely worth your time and attention.”
- Yu-Wen Peng, Art Director of Sizhukong

“Based in Yilan, A Root is an ensemble with great prospects. The members of the ensemble express their nostalgia for home and yearning for the future with a common language of music. When listening to A Root, the superb sense of space and time in their music evokes my impression of love for the land.”
- Shawna Yang, Jazz Saxophonist

“Listening to A Root’s music is like walking into a déjà vu scene and looking at our shared life experiences and memories through a brand new perspective. Their melodies are sometimes light as feathers flying in the wind, yet somber and tranquil at other times—like the beating of the heart, the rhythm of nature.”
- llid Kaolo, GMA Best Aboriginal Singer

A Root
Sheng / Jipo Yang
Piano、Keyboard / Chiao Lin
Percussion / Joey Chen
Liuqin、Ruan / Wan-Ting Lin
Double Bass、Cello / Hao-yu Cheng

Rooty Mental

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