Blog: Visitation Rites

I found my way to the Temple of the Triad God by way of Friendship Bracelet 's Ian Paul Roger Nelson. Nelson, who is releasing TG's album NXB on the UUU Tapes imprint, entranced me by declaring that he could only reveal limited information on the artist behind these sounds. His name apparently is Vinh Ngan, and he is half Vietnamese and half Chinese. Many of his tracks feature him speaking a combination of Cantonese, French, and Vietnamese over samples that draw in everything from Opera to R&B. "I Never Told You" is the one track that [...]