Homeland by Kaishandao

‘Homeland' is the debut EP from Chengdu-based, Wellington-born, producer Kaishandao aka Kristen Ng, six tracks embarking on an exploration through the places, spaces, and people we call home.

Spawned from bedroom jam sessions, reworked and refined in post-lockdown live sets at club nights and festivals across China, Homeland began to seed in spring 2020, slowly recorded, sliced and rearranged over scattered late nights of machine tinkering and experimentation.

Foraged sounds and temporal collisions. A therapy cassette sent through a drum machine. Chopped platters serving percussive micro aggressions, distorted audio residue and beat up guitars in the boot. Overlapping timelines, birds in flight, slow-burning fires.

Dance like you're wearing sunglasses.

Tracklist

1.	To the East Coast	5:55

2.	2 Fish, 1 Scoop	4:02

3.	Hearsay	5:41

4.	Of Mythology	6:17

5.	二环路	4:47

6.	Driving in Fafa's Car	4:19

Credits

released May 21, 2021

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Gratitude to all who put on the shows, create the spaces, provide the couches, suss the sustenance, lug things from place to place, lend ears, bring the vibes, and dance till the end.

Appreciation for the voices of Ashanti, Destiny’s Child, Congo Natty, Womack, Chen Sijiang, Mariah Carey, Uygur in China, Alice Schwarzer, Patti Smith, and Karis Boyd.

Special thanks to my whānau and friends at home and beyond. ❤️

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Recorded in Chengdu in Room A303, Steam Hostel & my flat in Tongzilin, with an Octatrack, Machinedrum, guitar, cassette player through a soundcard into Ableton.

All songs produced and mixed by Kaishandao
Mastering by Shen
Album Art by Melanie Young. Por Por and Gong Gong, shot with a cartridge film pocket camera, Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa, Aotearoa, (Gisborne, NZ), Christmas time 1991.

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