Drifting Sound: Echoes Across Tides - Dungi Sapor's UK Tour Electronic Beats Meet Indigenous Sounds

The Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, in partnership with Kakilang—a prominent UK arts organization dedicated to celebrating East and Southeast Asian cultural voices—presents the UK tour of trailblazing Amis Indigenous electronic artist DJ Dungi Sapor. Running from June 19 to 24 under the title Drifting Sound: Echoes Across Tides, the multi-city tour showcases a vibrant fusion of contemporary electronic music and traditional Taiwanese Indigenous heritage.

As Taiwan’s first female Indigenous DJ, Dungi Sapor has garnered widespread acclaim for her unique ability to weave modern electronic beats with ancient chants and traditional rhythms, creating a powerful artistic bridge between past and present. For this UK tour, she is joined on stage by Indigenous dancers Wang Sheng-chin and Lu Chih-chi. Seamlessly blending live vocal invocations, high-energy electronic sets, and traditional choreography, the performances actively engage the audience, offering British music lovers an immersive window into Taiwan’s rich and diverse cultural landscape.

The tour launched on June 19 in Sheffield, where Dungi Sapor delivered a headline performance for the opening night party of the renowned Migration Matters Festival. The momentum carried into Bristol on June 20 with a packed show at the independent music venue The Jam Jar. In a nod to cross-cultural exchange, the Bristol performance collaborated with local non-profit music platform Wildtune, featuring opening sets from Southeast Asian DJs Izzi and TIRTA, creating a dynamic dialogue between diverse Asian electronic music styles.

The tour will culminate with two major events in London. On June 23, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, will host a specialized "listening session" moderated by Dr. Cường Minh Bá Phạm, a music scholar from the University of Birmingham. The session invites participants to analyze contemporary music through the dual lenses of diaspora and Taiwanese Indigenous identities, exploring how sound carries memory and cultural knowledge across borders.

The final tour performance will take place on June 24 at London’s Paper Dress Vintage. Again partnering with Wildtune, the closing event will feature opening sets by Taiwanese-born DJ Auntie Klockwise and the East Asian DJ duo ZEE-2.

This tour offers an incredible platform to introduce British audiences to the depth of Taiwan's contemporary electronic music scene. By harmonizing the modern with the traditional, these performances do more than entertain—they showcase the distinct identity of our Indigenous communities and the pluralistic beauty of Taiwanese culture. Furthermore, the collaborative curation of listening sessions and local opening acts has fostered deep, meaningful interactions between the artists and the UK public.

DJ汝妮英國巡迴演出 電子音樂結合原住民文化嗨翻全場

文化部駐英國代表處文化組與英國致力於呈現東亞及東南亞社群的藝術文化推廣機構Kakilang合作，邀請阿美族原住民電音DJ汝妮（Dungi Sapor）於6月19日至24日在英國進行《流聲漂泊：潮間回響》（Drifting Sound: Echoes Across Tides）巡迴演出3場。

汝妮為臺灣首位女性原住民DJ，創作結合電子音樂與原住民吟唱、古調，致力於尋找連結傳統與當代文化的方法。本次演出更結合原住民舞者王聖欽與盧沚奇，由舞者的吟唱開場，結合電音演出、原住民舞蹈以及現場民眾互動，不僅將炒熱現場氣氛，更透過現代電子音樂與傳統原民文化的結合，讓現場民眾體驗到臺灣文化的多元豐富。

本次巡演首場於6月19日在謝菲爾德（Sheffield）知名的移民文化節慶Migration Matters Festival擔任開幕派對的壓軸演出，6月20日則在布里斯托（Bristol）知名獨立音樂展演空間The Jam Jar演出，均吸引在地民眾踴躍參與。為進一步促進音樂文化交流，6月20日的演出也與布里斯托在地的非營利音樂平臺Wildtune合作，邀請2位東南亞裔DJ Izzi和TIRTA進行開場演出，讓現場民眾不僅能感受東亞電音的魅力，更能體會不同風情的電音演出。

汝妮等人後續將於倫敦地區進行活動，其中6月23日於倫敦大學亞非學院（SOAS）舉辦「音樂欣賞會（listening session）」，由伯明翰大學（University of Birmingham）音樂博士Cường Minh Bá Phạm主持，藉由參與者共同欣賞音樂的方式，由離散族群與臺灣原住民音樂的角度探索當代音樂，引導民眾思考音樂如何在不同脈絡下承載記憶、認同和文化知識；接著6月24日在倫敦Paper Dress Vintage進行演出，該場演出同樣與Wildtune合作，邀請臺灣出身的DJ Auntie Klockwise與東亞DJ組合ZEE-2進行開場演出。

文化部駐英國代表處文化組表示，本次巡演結合電子音樂與原住民文化，不僅能向英國民眾介紹臺灣電子音樂作品，更能藉由現代與傳統的結合，展現原住民文化特色與臺灣文化的多元性。此外，「音樂欣賞會」與開場演出的安排，促進汝妮與參與者的緊密連結與互動，同時更讓聽眾感受臺灣電音作品的魅力與獨特性。