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Chalaw. Passiwali
查勞•巴西瓦里
Chalaw is a young Pangcah man
passionate about music. Growing up near Hualien on Taiwan's east
coast, he started playing the guitar at the age of 6, drums at
the age of 11, and was working as a
sound engineer by the age of 20 in taipei city. A love of music
has always been a constant motivating force for Chalaw, but at
the same time he has never forgotten that the blood of the
Pangcah flows through his veins, and he retains a sense of duty
as a Pangcah aboriginal. So, at age 36, determined to find a way
to combine these two important influences in his life, Chalaw
quit his
job, and returned to his hometown of Ganshujiao in Hualien
County to make music true to his life experiences. He picked up
his guitar and composed songs based in part on a deep feeling
for nature
and the world around him. At the same time, he also examined the
challenges in his own life and the tensions that exist between
younger generations of Pangcah people and the traditional way of
life of the Pangcah. Chalaw is not just a singer-songwriter – he
is also a documentarian of sorts, using music to record and
preserve the disappearing memories of his people.
Passwali, which means 'rising in the east' in the Pangcah
language, marks Chalaw's creative debut. Here are the clean
sounds of the acoustic guitar, driving percussion and moving
vocal harmonies,
which together evoke the mysterious beauty of the ocean off the
coast of Hualien. Here too is the simple, joyful, intimate
atmosphere of the Pangcah tribal village. With this album,
Chalaw fuses
traditional indigenous folk songs with Bossa Nova rhythms,
traversing an emotional spectrum from intense, deep expression
to light-hearted joy. The simple and alluring melodies of
Passwali bring us
to a wellspring of thoughts and meaning.
查勞，一個從沒有忘記自己身體裡流著阿美族血液的邦查青年。六歲開始玩哥哥的吉他，十一歲學打鼓，很小就跟著朋友到台北打工。在都市浮沈漂泊十幾年後，最後選擇回到花蓮太平洋邊的橄樹腳部落，與友人組成巴西瓦里樂團四處巡演。問他為何回鄉？他說；聽著太平洋的浪花拍打著東海岸的聲音，才能真正地安穩地睡著。查勞的歌聲渾厚，有股日出東方的朝氣，帶著謙恭而樂觀的漁人身姿，傾聽土地、大海與人文的脈動，譜寫出他對美麗部落最真誠的呼喚與撫慰！巴西瓦里的音樂，深具世界音樂的格局，乾淨的民謠吉他、熱情的手鼓，撼動人心的合聲，融合阿美族歌謠與拉丁節奏，獨樹一格，讓人彷彿置身於太平洋那激情的擁抱，時而暗潮洶湧、時而隨浪搖曳，有海納百川之氣度。 |
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