Discover the story of bubble tea—from Taiwan’s rebellious roots to a global craze. Learn how this chewy delight became a symbol of culture and comfort.

Bubble Tea: Taiwan's Sweet Rebellion in a Cup

In this episode, we share some disappointing news: our new house plans have been delayed, impacting our goals and vision for the future. But setbacks can lead to growth! We reflect on our achievements this year and discuss new goals to aim for next year. Join us for an honest conversation on turning challenges into motivation, while learning Chinese along the way. Ideal for those interested in Chinese listening practice and boosting Mandarin conversation skills. Perfect for both beginners and advanced learners wanting more real-life Mandarin content. Tune in now!

#374 - 房屋夢碎了 (Fángwū mèng suì le) | Chinese Learning Podcast, Boost Your Daily Chinese

Rising Taiwanese sonic & visual experimentalist SABIWA teams up with Italian duo Queimada and Nathan L. for the release of strange and beguiling new EP Sons of _, marrying disembodied field recordings and processed orchestral instrumentation with coruscating noise and half-forgotten Taiwanese folklore.

“We wanted to achieve a unique sonic experience that gently pulls listeners into a calm, introspective realm of sound, visuals, and hidden stories,” write the trio. All based in mainland Europe, but bringing divergent and itinerant influences to the mix, SABIWA, Queimada, and Nathan L. each represent complementary elements to the deep and unpredictable elixir that makes up their collaborative debut Sons of _. The record is characterised by SABIWA’s heavily processed singing voice fluttering and glitching in strange, coded languages within a heavenly but deserted CGI cathedral rendered from crashed software. Italian brothers Marco and Lorenzo Colocci (Queimada and Nathan L. respectively) are both well versed musicians, exposed to classical schools as well as the outerspheres of experimental music. Their contribution to Sons of _ can be felt in its no-input thumps, its crawling of mechanical insects, its devastating waves of crushing noise. Together, the trio push at sonic realities and temporal structure to form an indecipherable messaging. “A rediscovery of a new self, unrecognisable from its former shape,” they offer.

Key moment  “Nothing blue - 無憂無慮” feels culled from a dreamlike, alien mythology, fugged into disparate and divergent worlds as if the dust from a newly-collapsed Tower of Babel has still not settled. The track loops and swoons with raw distortion, James Bond fever dream strings, and SABIWA’s mystifying vocal experimentation before introducing a lolloping rhythm of church bells and crackling, staticky snare. Next, “What is true is not true -無明大夢” almost proceeds like a song. It has a recognisable rhythm - rare for Sons of _ - and a processed vocal loop maintains a riverine melodic flow. But throughout, its foundations splinter and shiver under the weight of malfunctioning modems screaming to escape. Later, “The Root of Unwilled Existence - 無自性” breaks apart under its own weight. Clouds of noxious gas swallow whole its harmonic voicing as mischievous transversal pixies haunt a psychedelic, reverberant inner chamber.

Sons of ___

Sabiwa, Quiemada, Nathan L. - Nothing blue - 無憂無慮

We finally got some great news about our new house and actually just after recording went to see it and measure things. This one is slightly shorter because we are excited. BUT, it's all spoekn in both Mandarin and English for your learning pleasure.

#377 - We Got it! Finally | Mandarin and English Podcast

Full set list can be found here: 
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5x55FF9baUQEKXU2bFTNMy?si=23c1d00eff024a8b

10.19.2024 land to sea set

WE ON A THOUSAND WITH THIS ONE

We making top dollar
To your common cents 
No pennies for your thoughts
No comments in
Many people in the wrong
Say it’s common sense
Never got along with ‘em
I wasn’t common since
Bitch I’m comin’ in
Get around the Strip
Act up
Everything I do becomes a sin
They say I’m being brash
Call it confidence
I’m looking down on you chinks
Let the comet hit 

And bash
Kame hame haaaa
You don’t need to tell me
That I got it going on
I’m going off
My bars so fly
It’ll take me on a trip to these continents
Watch me
Okay
They’re like
No way
You could get away in life
With no pay
But they’ve never seen chink money
That cha-ching money
Got a few thou
Burnin’ in my pocket

Blue faces on a blue bill
Stuff it down like a blue pill
Can’t deal with the consequences
Like the time when she blew Bill
HA
They want time with the president?
Motherfucka
Livin in Who’s Whoville 
Motherfucka
Just two words 
Said to my cabinet
Motherfucka
I could get you killed
Like that
Huh

You thought you knew me man
You tryna do me in
Fuck it I’m the boogeyman
Take it out on me baby
I’m so used to it
Chinese Exclusion Act
I did that
Modeling minority
I did that
Covid-19 
I did that
Everything from KMT to ketamine
I did that
For all you shitbags
They don’t even know why I try to spit that
Like do you even get that
They told me
Let it be
But homie Imma get ‘em back
Before you blame me some more
So get it
Thank my ex
Cause they made me a whore 
So get it
Lemme guess
I never learned to forgive
Forget it
Water under the bridge Kwai 
Never mended
They know this bitch Kawaii 
This reign never endin’
In fact
I’m always gonna lead my life
Intact
Taking all these kickbacks 
While I kick back
Lightin’ up a cig
With a thou
Like a pack of Zig Zags
And a pound 
Uh
I’m going out hard
On a thousand
You couldn’t outsmart
On a thousand
Spend it downtown
On a thousand
Oh you think that you could live like me
I doubt it man

From the thousand island
What I’m adressin’
You second guessin’ all my motives
Yeah I’m tired
Your talk is cheap
Well mine’s expensive
My lease on life
I’m ownin’ it
Your shit is rented
All about the timin’
When I’m on the beat
Couldn’t bother steppin’
Even if you’re off your feet
You don’t wanna mess with
Someone who’s connected
Don’t need a phone
Just to get this message
Get it?

Mixed by ARCHDUKE REDCAT

THOUSANDDOLLARBILL

The hottest rappers in Taiwan right now just dropped a huge new Taichill City Remix '有緣作伙' for Multiverse Music. This is the 'KPOP KRACKED' hardstyle edit of it. KPOP KRACKED is an exclusive KPOP EDM video DJ project started in 2024. Not only K-pop but fusing hot music from all around the world, this was a special edit from Taiwan and Fenner's show at club OBSI in Taipei. 🥷🏻

DM me on Instagram @fennerofficial if you want a copy of the download.

Listen to more 'KPOP KRACKED' edits... 
✬ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOV35JrgYI&list=PLLKiog2EIieovKaYBlnlmMpVAVLd-eod_ 

Follow 'KPOP KRACKED' on Instagram...
✬ Instagram: instagram.com/kpopkracked 
✬ Instagram: instagram.com/fennerofficial

Follow the rappers on Instagram:
Multiverse Instagram: @multiverse_music
HighLoc & Henry Instagram: @highlocandhenry
LilHAO Instagram: @511lilhao
Peatle Instagram: @warboypeatle_
PIZZALI Instagram: @pizzzalit

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Original tracks used in this mashup:
有緣作伙(Taichill City Remix) - Multiverse, 西屯純愛組, LilHAO, Peatle, PIZZALI
✬ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtxxpqbApn4

Maddix - 90s Bitch
✬ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qi8QKbNyHY

TAICHILL CITY REMIX FT. HIGH LOC & HENRY - 有緣作伙 (KPOP KRACKED EDIT) [FENNER, MADDIX]

lyrics:
覕相揣
覕去佗位無地揣
你的魂魄
留戀凡塵袂轉世
時間化作一碗清淨水
思慕的人到底佇佗位
你講毋通後悔
轉來這片土地

浮沉的海湧
啥人看破
啥人看破時間

驚一切會變成空
一工又閣過一冬
青春最後是繁華的鏡

愛人佇佗位
我攑著鎖匙
徛佇門跤口
你的氣味
已經散開

覕相揣
覕去佗位無地揣
你的魂魄
留戀凡塵袂轉世
時間化作一碗清淨水
思慕的人到底佇佗位
你講毋通後悔
轉來這片土地

Aiden Chen

清淨水

SYSTEM WAKEUP: HEY, HA
SYSTEM WAKEUP: HEY, HEY, HA
SYSTEM WAKEUP: HEY, HA
SYSTEM WAKEUP: HEY, HEY, HEY, HA

John jeep's le dope mayo chai Tin
Way shimmer yo wonky
Knee super sea summer dough mayo funky shine sun
Zumba dough mayo way in  HOL!
Boo ya'll may's  dough chewy shoe
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW
Can you eat lamb? More rain juice? knee mayo tin down
What gone gone solar summer? Wash yoga summer?  
Can you men would be out chin-juice?  knee Buddha's doll?
Boo run summer may see dough chewy shoe
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW

Boo cheetah wow Boo cheetah
Zen young, tired nun, fool her, knee man de Sean y’all
Boo cheetah wow Boo cheetah
Wow junk peach jean, peach jean, go wine eatin’
Wow mayo cool yeah mayo shall
Mayo shanky yeah mayo scene Jean Boo How
Wow mean mean juice show gore, water gone joy
Just y’all, knee lung Jean, Joe curry teen Jane

(>>> F I G H T ! <<<)

Boo cheetah wow Boo cheetah
Zen young, tired nun, fool her, knee man de Sean y’all
Boo cheetah wow Boo cheetah
Wow junk peach jean, peach jean, go wine eatin’
Wow mayo cool yeah mayo shall
Mayo shanky yeah mayo scene Jean Boo how
Wow mean mean juice show gore water gone joy
Hole eye, fashion! Cheesy cheesy juice, new y’all show
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW

...but How

"Night Raid" - Taiwanese Military March

Recorded live at Night Snacks, Anping Port, Tainan on April 11, 2025.

Etreni 來自新竹、現居台南，在成長過程中找到了電子音樂也被電子音樂找到。經過數年在各種曲風間的探索，在碎拍、極簡和 Glitch 類型的聲響中找到歸屬感，著迷於黑暗、迷幻和實驗性的聲音。至今仍然持續嘗試突破與找尋更未知的聲音。

Etreni discovered electronic music at a young age, or as they might say, electronic music discovered Etreni. Fascinated by the sonic diversity and culture of electronic music, they've cultivated their unique taste over time, navigating between genres while being obsessed with dark, experimental, yet detailed textures. To this day, Etreni continues to break through their own boundaries and explore unknown sonic landscapes.

Etreni at Night Snacks (April 2025)

Recorded live at Night Snacks, Anping Port, Tainan on April 11, 2025.

OH ROOM 音樂聆聽空間負責人,曾赴日攻讀研究所,專注聲音藝術,探索聲音的材質與空間感,並將這份痴迷轉化為音樂敘事的核心。在 DJ Set 的編排上,追求如電影敘事般的層次感,透過音色、質感與空間的堆疊,營造完整的情境與畫面。音樂風格橫跨冷冽且富有機感的 Minimal、Dub Techno,到更溫暖、鬆弛的Ambient、Tropical Groove、House、Downtempo、Jazz Electronica,在冷靜與熱情、理性與感性間尋找平衡,帶領聽眾進入充滿層次的聲音旅程。

Taohsun is music listening space OH ROOM’s founder and director. Having pursued graduate studies in Japan, he specializes in sound art, focusing on the textures and spatial qualities of sound. This deep fascination with sonic materials and environments has become the core of their musical storytelling. In his DJ sets, Taohsun strives for a cinematic sense of layering, crafting immersive narratives through the careful interplay of tone, texture, and space. Their music spans a diverse range — from the cold precision of Minimal and Dub Techno, to the warm, laid-back atmosphere of Ambient, Tropical Groove, House, Downtempo, and Jazz Electronica. Navigating the balance between calm and intense, logic and emotion, Taohsun guides listeners on a richly layered sonic journey.

Taohsun at Night Snacks (April 2025)

Recorded live at Night Snacks, Anping Port, Tainan on April 11, 2025.
Note: Some parts of this recording were edited due to issues with the power supply.

四四拍電子音樂唱片行及派對品牌的創辦者之一，致力推廣電子音樂與日常生活的結合，期望時下電子音樂文化能融入生活光景， 早期以Acid-Electro/Indie dance/Indie Rock作為表演曲風，遊走於日常音樂活動及獨立派對，擅長營造都市舒服氛圍及派對舞動場合。 目前著重播放Micro-House、Deep House、Techno等並開始加入大量取樣元素。

H@ward is the co-founder of 44Bit, a record store and party label dedicated to promoting the integration of electronic music into everyday life. He aspires to see contemporary electronic music culture seamlessly blend into daily experiences. In his early days, he curated diverse genres including Acid Electro, Indie Dance, and Indie Rock, moving fluidly between casual music events and independent parties. Known for crafting a relaxed urban vibe as well as dynamic party atmospheres, he now focuses on spinning Micro House, Deep House, and Techno, while incorporating a rich array of sampling elements into his sets.

H@ward at Night Snacks (April 2025)

Recorded live at Night Snacks, Anping Port, Tainan on April 11, 2025.

XIXI，以府城為根基，受福氏雷鬼音響系統影響極深，在任何曲風的選曲中都帶有低赫茲元素。 從解構、左外野貝斯至高速舞曲皆為涉獵範圍，從中萃取出詭譎與科技部落聲響，製造猶如末日後的邪典氛圍。

XIXI is based in Tainan and heavily influenced by reggae sound systems, incorporating low-frequency elements into every genre selection. Spanning from deconstructed beats and left-field bass to high-tempo dance music, XIXI extracts eerie and tribal-techno sounds, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a post-apocalyptic cult.

XIXI at Night Snacks (April 2025)

had so much fun doing a 3-hr full vinyl set at 潮電 chao bar in taipei for 「辣台味 chillibeats」 hot sauce launch party! brought my early taiwanese synthesizer folk music, 台語老歌 vintage taiwanese hokkien records, old taiwanese comedy skit vinyls, and downtempo records. this is the last hour from the set that day recorded live on 2/19/25

「辣台味 chillibeats」(all vinyl set) hot sauce launch at 潮電 Bar&RecordStore 02/19/25

思慕的人 the one i yearn for — 黃美琦 vicki huang

audiovisual storyteller
a taiwanese folk blues roots multiverse

Intersecting communities through a shared hunger for sound.
Based in Southern Taiwan.

拚宵夜是因共同的飢餓而產生的連結，
透過一種無國界的語言建立起的共鳴。

THE YELLOW PERIL IS HERE

TAIWAN X USA = Third Culture Country Kid
Loud + Yellow Bellied = a Simpson

RICESTORE RECORDS

Chinese and English Language podcast. A mixed couple (Tom & Ula) living in Taiwan, teach Chinese through the use of Chinglish (Chinese and English) on a variety of topics. Learn Chinese, study methods, Entertainment, news, life, business, hints and tricks to learning Mandarin. Hear a native speaking naturally and at natural pace but with the English translation so you can follow the context of the conversation. Enjoy.

Patchin' myself to this world >'w'<
現在是Bass 的聲音 ㄉㄥㄉㄥㄉㄥ…ㄉㄥㄉㄥㄉㄥ…
Now Playing Bassssss D D D…D D D…

Email: patchin2024@proton.me

Taipei-based Producer Patchin' uses old synth and sampling to craft indie dance inspired by their roots and Taiwanese classic sound. The apostrophe symbolizes a patch cable—connecting nostalgic memories with a reachable future through electronic signals.

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4fN8O...
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/tw/artist/aid...
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/aiden_chen_/
SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/user-329800707
StreetVoice:
https://streetvoice.com/aiden_chen_/
KKBOX:
https://www.kkbox.com/tw/tc/artist/KqHU64J4QwYgljKCG-
amazon music:
https://music.amazon.com.mx/artists/B0BVGT65M8/aiden-chen

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