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Sendai Era - Calamansi dreams from the 2023 self-released album Kalayaan.

Sendai Era are a Seattle-based music duo of emcee Era and producer Sendai Mike. They\\u2019ve been making music together since 2013 and released their sophomore full-length Kalayaan in January. \\u201cKalayaan\\u201d is the Tagalog word for \\u201cLiberation,\\u201d which is a feeling the duo tried to capture throughout the album. \\u201cThis album carries the lessons and experiences over the past few years,\\u201d explains the duo. \\u201cForming a myriad of songs that signify a new beginning for us.\\u201d

Our Song of the Day, \\u201cCalamansi dreams,\\u201d features guest vocals from Clarissa Abadesco and uses the economically important citrus hybrid predominantly cultivated in the Philippines, calamansi, as a metaphor for growth through discrimination and getting back to one\'s roots. "We wrote Calamansi dreams during lockdown,\\u201d says Sendai Era of the song. \\u201cIt describes our experiences growing up in the diaspora through the lenses of family, culture, and music.\\u201d

Watch Sendai Era\\u2019s music video for Kalayaan track \\u201cWritten" and read the full post at KEXP.org.

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