Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj (Cemelesai and Friends)

Cemelesai tries to do many different things in this album, in particular aiming to bring music back to its purest form. He believes that the beauty of music comes from the interaction between its creators. In order to give the instrumentalists and vocalists room to express themselves freely, Cemelesai avoids using complicated instrumentation or layers and layers of recording. He instead emphasizes rhythms and chord construction in his music, allowing the instrumentalists to complement each other and allowing the emotions and unique voices of the vocalists to be clearly heard.

This diverse album contains many different types of sound, including environmental sounds collected by Cemelesai. It features two female singers, both Paiwan from Pintung, Taiwan, but with very different voices: Kereklj has a clear, sweet, and bright voice, while Eleng’s deeper voice is elegant and magnetic. Throughout the entire process, Cemelesai also collaborated with two good friends from Japan, bassist Ikeda Kinya and drummer Takeshi Sakamoto, as well as cellist Ocean Lee, and played guitar and piano himself. By matching the instrumentalists’ strong musical fundamentals and the vocalists’ distinct voices, Cemelesai hopes to keep the music’s truest form.

There are some things that can’t be expressed in words; they must be felt. Cemelesai and his fellow musicians completed this album together, precisely as its title suggests: “Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj” is Paiwan for “Cemelesai and His Friends.” We hope that you will join us in this album and that, together with Cemelesai and his friends, you can feel the purest touch of music.

Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj (Cemelesai and Friends)

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