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Tao Fire by Mong Tong 夢東 album review: gloriously free-flowing, disorientating psych from the Taiwanese brothers
The Hung (洪) brothers have earned a reputation for drawing on obscure musical influences — ones that have seeped into their submission for Taiwan Beats Showcase. Samples from an obscure 1970s British dub soul and funk outfit with African and Buddhist influences appear in the same tune as grooves pierced with the soundscapes of Korean minyo folk. Their stage presence is equally enigmatic. The duo perform with red cloth wrapped around their eyes, a nod to the folk ritual guanluoyin (觀落陰 ,“visiting hell”), which has received renewed interest in pop culture. “This [song] doesn’t...