Tibet. The Doors. The Blues. Creedence Clearwater Revival. Pink Floyd. Buddhism.
Sounds Like
Touches of the Doors mixed with Tibetan traditional instruments, Buddhist thinking, and the blues sewn together with dreams of being back in Tibet and physical and spiritual freedom.
In terms of ideas, the struggle of the JJI Exile Brothers to highlight Tibetan issues draws parrallels to the struggles of native americans, to the rebel sounds of dub and reggae artists like Bob Marley, and to protest songs writers from Bob Dylan to the Levellers.
You can listen to all the songs on the first JJI Exile Brothers album in
JJI Exile Brothers first album now available on MP3 at:
At last... a brilliant video for a wonderful piece of music: the first ever JJI Exile Brothers video for the song 'If'.
Please embed, forward and distribute to your friends.
A big thanks to Carl Cimini at Wobblimind for the video.
The embed code is here at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhtCbVdko6k&feature=related
Review from 'Outside Magazine'.
Thunder in the Temple: Refugee rockers JJI Exile Brothers give Tibetan youth a new attitude. (By Ben Bleiman).
MIX POLITICAL DISCONTENT with generational unrest, and rock and roll is sure to follow—whether it's Woodstock, New York, circa 1969, or Dharmsala, India, right about now. In Tibetan refugee communities across northern India, the sounds of traditional Himalayan life are mixing with the wailing guitars of the JJI Exile Brothers, three siblings whose incendiary rock provides the soundtrack for a new, less equanimous dissident movement among Tibetan young people.
Like a quarter of the country's 100,000 stateless Tibetans, the brothers—bassist/frontman Jamyang, 28, guitarist Jigme, 26, and drummer Ingsel, 25—were born in India and retain their parents' refugee status. Their music, a mix of Doorsy grooves and Rage Against the Machine–like lyrics, reflects the listlessness and un-Buddhist anger of this lost generation—raised among drugs and AIDS in Dharmsala. "Monks are with the gun/Eagle in the black cloud/Rats are on the run," Jamyang screams in "Thunder in the Temple."
"Our band is a revolution," says Jigme. "Before, Tibetan songs were too poetic. No one understood them. But everyone understands our music." Last year, JJI launched an India-wide tour to promote their self-titled debut, selling out shows and headlining the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday celebration. In May they'll hit the road in India again to promote their second album. Though their stateless status—no passports—pretty much ensures you won't see them at Bonnaroo, downloads of their music are available online. For more details and to listen to all the songs on the first JJI Exile Brothers album check out
Dear fans, thank you for all your support: peace and light from the Exile Brothers team! Let's push on and help the Brothers, and their mum who manages them, to get the JJI Exile Brothers soulful music and positive Tibetan messages out to the world. Respect to all of you working in your own way, in your own part of the world, to make positive change happen!
You guys rock! You def. sound like The Doors a bit. I loved you in Dreaming Lhasa Jigme...I'd love to see you guys in concert some day. Do you ever tour in the USA? ~Melissa
Hi there Jigme, i miss you a lot n it was nice talking to yah over the phone, hows brother jamyang and insel. give my warm regards to them and keep playing music.. love yah always.
Thanks for providing me with such a righteous environment to enjoy chai and momos in. ALSO: thanks for playing some Van Morrison when I needed him. Catch you the next time I'm in McLeod.
ey Wassup?? heard da neww songss on ma pagee?? If not den checkk it outt.. Lyrics in English and Tibetan.. any questions MESSAGE ME..want any of my songs to b on ur I POD or ur MP3 devices, let me knw for a FREE DOWNLOAD..spreadd the wordss to ur Friends and Familys.. and THANK YOU 4 SUPPORTIN A FREE TIBET..
hey exile bros, Your music rocks! and it was a compelling one, i had to add as bookmark on the first go. Neva heard of any tibetan band, who could lend voice for tibet's freedom in such a high scale. i do hope to catch ur show sometime in future. Keep rocking!! Free tibet. Let IF to Real
