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BIO
Sendai Era is a Seattle based music duo of emcee Era and producer Sendai Mike. Their music combines electronic pop elements with hip hop and aims to highlight the experiences of Asian American artists while focusing on the overlooked stories of immigrant communities
ALBUM
Sendai Era are a Seattle-based music duo of emcee Era and producer Sendai Mike. They’ve been making music together since 2013 and released their sophomore full-length Kalayaan in January. “Kalayaan” is the Tagalog word for “Liberation,” which is a feeling the duo tried to capture throughout the album. “This album carries the lessons and experiences over the past few years,” explains the duo. “Forming a myriad of songs that signify a new beginning for us.”
Our Song of the Day, “Calamansi dreams,” 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,” says Sendai Era of the song. “It describes our experiences growing up in the diaspora through the lenses of family, culture, and music.”
-Jasmine Albertson, KEXP Song of the Day
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2023 ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
In May 2023 Sendai Era performed their recently released album “Kalayaan” to packed out crowd at Madame Lou’s. The show featured artists Nic Masangkay , Rogue Pinay & El Teodoro.
2018 ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
In July 2018 Sendai Era performed their album “Lakas” to a sold out crowd at Crocodile Backbar. The show featured artists Nic Masangkay and Theomatic and was Hosted by Prometheus Brown
BEATROCK MUSIC WEST COAST TOUR 2019
In 2019 Sendai Era joined Bambu De Pistola, Prometheus Brown, Faith Santilla, and other Beatrock artists for a West Coast tour in Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle. Later in the fall of that year, Sendai Era rocked the stage for Beatrock Musics’s 10 year anniversary festival in Los Angeles California.
OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Seattle Art Museum REMIX 2017 At Olympic Sculpture Park
Seattle Asian American Film Festival 2017 Opening night party at Egyptian theater w The Flavr Blue and Navvi and Troy Osaki.
Chinatown International District Block Party 2016 w Akwafina, Kero One, Sean Wasabi
STORY TELLING SERIES
For much of 2019, we wrote and created videos and songs inspired by the stories of people in our community here in the PNW.