Deserts? Sing? You can’t be serious, can you? Who in the world would want to be named after piles of sand and dust? But be it a marketing device or simply, Taiwanese singer-songwriter, Ms Deserts Zhang Xuan’s individuality.

I find it hard to deny this 26 year old, talent. Not just another turn of the mill cutesy Taiwanese ‘Ou Xiang Ju’ or T-pop by-product, this leading Chinese music industry alternative musician screams (coincidentally that’s also 1 of her songs: and surprisingly it’s a cheerful, loving piece, one will put on repeat mode) talent in her latest album “qing ai de, wo hai bu zhi dao” which is her second outing.

Hailing from Taipei’s underground pub scene before making it as a recording artiste, this taciturn artiste is not quite your average female singer. With a lighted smoke on the hand which adorns so many bangles of various mismatched kinds, she nonchalantly strums her guitar which looks very much like she was naturally born with it. She reminds me of the yuppie spirit where freedom and carefreeness rein. Expect to be affected by this one-of-a-kind feeling through her sounds. Having said that, don’t expect her sounds and lyrics to make much sense. Her range is either atmospheric or simply acoustic at its best and uncluttered

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If you’re sick of the usual Mando-pop offering in the market, make it a point to check out both her albums at all CD shops and support this unique singing sensation. Recommended tunes from both albums include: the ever-popular catchy ‘Bao Bei in the day’, the intense, emotive ‘Tao Ren Yan De Zi’ along with enduring ‘Scream’ and the cool ‘Wu Juan Tai’ check out the 2 videos of from her 2005 and 2007 offerings; contrasting yet resonating a same feel - the feel of quality music, finally.

 

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