Takkin

TAKKIN [tok-kin] 德堅 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.

‘德堅 Takkin‘的創造來自於國際教會的聽眾席，在跨國的敬拜裡美國的民謠，英
國的聖詩，中國東方的民間小曲融合出協和的音調。黃樵生於美西洛杉磯，長於香港
，新加坡，上海，南韓和美中密西根，現定居美東紐約布魯克林。‘德堅 Takkin‘ 將這些
國際的音調嵌合在一起，以縈繞的懸音，用中英文唱出，配上電子音響的脈動，呈現
出歌曲的韻律。德堅在孤獨黑暗的空間裡，渴望愛的感受中，與平凡和神聖掙扎，在
理智與感情中徘徊。