Chepang - Swatta (Blue Sky Splatter Color 2xLP)
Swatta" breathes unity, drives hope, happiness and motivation to go forward and have a purpose in life. It brings its sounds from appreciation of life as it comes day by day without thinking too far into the future or past. . It is based on a purpose in life also called “Ikagai”-Ikigai (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept that combines the terms iki, meaning “alive” or “life,” and gai, meaning “benefit” or “worth. ikigai is a state of wellbeing that arises from devotion to activities one enjoys, which also brings a sense of fulfillment.
"Swatta is record where one will find everything from Chepang sonically and collaboratively. The record represents everything we have felt for the entirety of our lives as human beings into a big slab of wax.The main message is about hope and finding happiness in chaos and negativity"
"The artwork represents three poisons that symbolically draws inspiration from the center of Buddhist Bhavachakra artwork, with rooster, snake, and pig, representing greed, ill will, and delusion respectively