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    This release is a way for us to share 'Our Island' beyond the song, its 60-page booklet gives full lyric translations along with artists' insights into their songs, and illustrations of the artists created from cultural elements and nature grant us a pathway to explore their cultural perspectives. With a hands-on meditation of creating your own globe, ‘Our Island’ is in your hands.

    ‘Our Island’ was recorded remotely from our island homes. Many of us have never met in person, we are yet to discover if we have legs. Online we shared our stories, songs, concerns and loves, usually interrupted by Sammy’s spontaneous Kabosy solos, Putad, Vaiteani & Luc’s children or our internet freezing again (even in the tropics!).

    We could support each other in our concerns for our planet, we know at times these feelings are overwhelming, that’s a healthy response, but know you are not alone, there are many sharing these feelings. We are a part of a movement, a momentum for cultural change which puts our relationship to our planet at its core.

    Available at our concerts, bandcamp & our website.

    #1 Trans Global Music Chart 2022 Feb
    Nominated - 2022 Golden Melody Awards TAIWAN - Best Indigenous Album & Album of the Year

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From Sammy =

My song "Aoka" is for the forests of
Madagascar and the world Aoka
meaning Stop, we must stop chopping
them down, we must Aoka, Stop and
connect to the importance they play
in our life. We are connected to them,
my instruments come from the forest,
the wood, and bamboo, and my music
is shaped by the land, the trees living
with nature. Listen to the Valiha,
Sodina and Jejy and you will hear the
voice of Madagascar, of the Baobabs, of
the great Atsinanana forests.

lyrics

Originally in Malagasy of Madagascar

Listen
The creatures die
Who burns land
burns forests
The forest will be destroyed
Humans will suffer and be sick
The world will be desperate
The world is crying
The world has nothing left
Oooooooooo
The green world no longer exists
If the forest dies
We are all going to die
The earth will become very hot
The earth will become dessert
I tell you

credits

from Our Island, track released January 28, 2022
English title — Stop
Songwriter — Sammy & Tim Cole
Arrangement — Sammy & Tim Cole

MADAGASCAR: Sammy — Vocals, Valiha, Sodina, Jejy, Kabosy, Berimbau, guitar, violin & loop pedal
TAHITI & FRANCE: Luc Totterwitz —
Tahitian ukulele & Udu
TAIWAN: Putad — Chant/ Sauljaljui — Dun Dun/ Paw Paw drumming group of Pisirian — Paw Paw (upcycled Buoy Djembe)
AUSTRALIA: Tim Cole — Korg MS20 & ANA2 soft synthesizers

NATURE SOUNDS: Sounds of the rainforest in Upper Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo

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Small Island Big Song Taipei City, Taiwan

We are artists of the Pacific & Indian Oceans.

United for environmental & cultural justice, and to make incredible music.

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