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When a genre as formative and globally pervasive as rock & roll takes root outside of its foundational mid-20th century origins, it carries with it a dual identity: one that honors the structural throughlines that make the form recognizable to audiences worldwide, and another that absorbs the specific cultural cadences of the place it calls home for its creation and circulation. For the sound Taxi, that dual identity frames every layer of its existence, never leaning on generic readings of what rock & roll is supposed to be, instead grounding the form in the specific context of the Philippines, a nation whose own relationship to imported and reimagined popular music stretches back generations, with local creative scenes continually refining global genres to speak to experiences that resonate within local communities even as they connect to broader global audiences that recognize the core of the rock & roll form.
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