Takkin

TAKKIN [tok-kin] 德坚 dé jiān - “firm virtue”

Takkin’s musical genesis began in the pews of international churches, where American folk music, English hymns, and Mandarin ballads dovetail. Growing up in Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, South Korea, Michigan and now taking up residence in Brooklyn, Takkin blends these sounds into a unique chimera; haunting vocals, sung in both English and Mandarin, grounded by pulsating, electronic beats. Takkin wrestles with feelings of longing in the dark spaces of solitude that transcend language, torn between the mundane and divine, the head and the heart.

‘德坚 Takkin‘的创造来自于国际教会的听众席，在跨国的敬拜里美国的民谣，英
国的圣诗，中国东方的民间小曲融合出协和的音调。黄樵生于美西洛杉矶，长于香港
，新加坡，上海，南韩和美中密西根，现定居美东纽约布鲁克林。‘德坚 Takkin‘ 将这些
国际的音调嵌合在一起，以萦绕的悬音，用中英文唱出，配上电子音响的脉动，呈现
出歌曲的韵律。德坚在孤独黑暗的空间里，渴望爱的感受中，与平凡和神圣挣扎，在
理智与感情中徘徊。