I hope every one of you had a joyful Christmas holiday and a Happy new year. Lets kick off this year with some music from well loved Taiwanese pop singer/actor Jam Hsiao. His new EP is titled Mild/Wild.
01 . 蕭敬騰 - 無目的地找目的地
02 . 蕭敬騰 - 被丟掉的最後都去了什麽地方
03 . 蕭敬騰 - 我帶著我的皮囊
04 . 蕭敬騰 - 野生
05 . 蕭敬騰 - 白夜
06 . 蕭敬騰 - 在無名指有你的名字
This new effort is a testimony to what Hsiao has done for most of his career mostly. I think it's amazing that he has redone his signature style so many times but the sound hasn't lost relevance in the Chinese music scene. The core style of this album is pop rock, however, many different styles of music are created over top of this core genre. Hsiao has done metal with a pop flare in the past while this time he dapples in love songs that are power ballads as well as dance tracks. Not one song on the album was a let down as he sings with the strong conviction of a seasoned singer. My favorite style from Jam Hsiao has always been his up tempo rock tracks since the bring out the most potential in Jam Hsiao's voice. Mild/Wild doesn't hold out on me. Listeners even get slick production using orchestras and a Jazz rock track that was done so well, you wonder how he made it work.
Jam Hsiao has a barroom raw rasp to this vocals when he gets excited. His raspy quality isn't alway present. when it's not, he sings in a soft tone that still has a powerful undertone. Many rock singers can't be universal like this guy.
Mild/Wild is a good album to get into Jam Hsiao. I would defiantly appreciate the versatility of his sound. Try out his older albums too.
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