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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 Sauljaljui -
When I wrote this chant, I was thinking of the
steady ocean wave that carries its messages far away,
touching all island shores. I was thinking that the
ocean doesn’t separate us, but unites us. Marasudj -
unity. This song, this album, building from the strength
of one to everyone being heard and being seen.
For Our Island we all share.

lyrics

Sung by Sauljaljui in Paiwan of Taiwan

O~hai yan ho~~ho ~~o
Originally in Amis of Taiwan
(Amis improvisation)

Sung by Emlyn in Creole of Mauritius

My islander families

Sung by Vaiteani in Tahitian of Tahiti

May the energy of our islands surround us
May the legacy of our children live on

Sung by Sammy in Malagasy of Madagascar

Heal our land, Zanahary (the ancestral spirit),
we ask for your blessing

Sung by Mogu in Pidgin of Papua New Guinea

They're coming, look!
Over the horizon they come
Worse than the war with America & Japan
Run or hide, calamity is coming,
look over the horizon

credits

from Our Island, track released January 28, 2022
English title — Uniting
Songwriter — Sauljaljui

TAIWAN: Sauljaljui — Lead vocals/ Putad — Chant
MAURITIUS: Emlyn — Chant, Maravann/ Kan — Ravann/ Kokol — Ravann
TAHITI & FRANCE: Vaiteani — Chant / Luc Totterwitz — Chant, Udu, Flute
MADAGASCAR: Sammy — Chant
PAPUA NEW GUINEA & AUSTRALIA: Airileke — Garamut, Kundu, Pate, Warup/ Richard Mogu — Chant, Kundu
RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND): Yoyo Tuki — Chant
LOLELAPLAP (MARSHALL ISLANDS): Selina Leem — Spoken word AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND): Jerome Kavanagh — Haka chant
HAWAI’I: Kekuhi Kealiikanakaoleohaililani — Chant
BORNEO: Alena Murang — Chant
AUSTRALIA: Tim Cole — Korg MS-20, shakers

NATURE SOUNDS: The Pacific Ocean, Pisirian Village beach, Taiwan

Produced, Arranged & Mixed by Tim Cole.
Managed by BaoBao Chen

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We are artists of the Pacific & Indian Oceans.

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

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