Listen: Sangpuy（桑布伊） - The Power of Life

This time in Listen we are going to talk about Sangpuy’s “The Power of Life”.

Sangpuy is an established indigenous singer from Taiwan. “The Power of Life” is a song from his album “Yaangad” released in 2016. It is based on the song, “The Root of Life”, which is the first song of this album. 

It feels like “The Root of Life” is a song singing the melody of life. Without complex backing instruments, the melody sung by Sangpuy alone, is full of the power of nature. 

But “The Power of Life” takes it to a totally different place with an attempt to give it some electronic touch. It’s like all the rumbling sounds are trying to build up an image of endless sprouting of the mother nature. Although it is a quite opposite choice, the song is still really fascinating. 

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這次Listen要聊聊桑布伊的《The Power of Life》。

桑布伊是相當知名的原住民歌手。《The Power of Life》是根基於《The Root of Life》 這首歌，而這兩首歌都收錄在2016年的專輯《椏幹》中。

感覺上《The Root of Life》是一個永唱生命的歌曲。沒有太多的配器，桑布伊的歌聲就直接展現了大自然的生命力。但《The Power of Life》則做了完全不同的選擇，一樣的詠唱基底上添加了電子的元素。但這些聲響咕嚕咕嚕的感覺，就像是在構築一個大自然不斷循環萌芽的畫面，還是充滿力量。雖然是一個完全相反的選擇，但仍是相當迷人的聲響。