KOU CHOU CHING
FuKe

TRACK LIST:

1. Intro
2. Tiu Tiu Ssu Hsiang Chi (F.Jasonshu)
3. Hong Bao Culture (F.LOC)
4. Confluent People
5. Skit
6. Energumen(Intro)
7. Energumen(F.Jasonshu & Ianl)
8. Hou Chui Tao
9. Your Name Is TAIWANESE!!
10. Against Nature(F.Volvix)
11. Outro

PACIFICTION REVIEW:

Among the hip hop scene in the West there is an undeniable fascination with the Orient which occasionally is as in-your-face as the Wu-Tang Clan's kung fu theme and concept album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) or the more meditative Asian philosophy and martial arts inspired Arsonists track "Language Arts" which samples the Japanese koto. In Asia we find a fascination with hip hop culture as well, but not many groups think to look at their own roots and use them within the urban based sound. With the release of FuKe by the unique Taiwanese hip hop crew KOU CHOU CHING, the East is finally getting some revenge!

FuKe features MCs fishLIN and Fan Chiang spitting binglan flavored rhymes in the island's myriad languages of Taiwanese, Chinese, Hakka and Hoklo over samples as diverse as Chinese opera and classical music as well as Taiwanese folk songs and oldies. The recordings also feature acoustic sounds from the souna or Chinese oboe and occasional live drum tracks which gives the album a brighter more festive feel. The music is always rooted in Taiwan while the lyrics approach the humor of late night talk radio and karaoke bar conversation yet the tone is kept serious enough to let you know they are breaking cultural barriers as well as generational gaps. When you listen to KOU CHOU CHING you hear real Asian hip hop using the sounds of their ancestors.