[CD] Rootsvibe Band – Tiger Step

CD limited

RootsVibe Band.

About Tai Kim- Vocal

My name is Tai Kim. I am a Korean-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, whose focus over the last 15 years has been on original music and visual arts.

In 2009, I received well-known South Korean reggae artist Kimbanjang’s Korean-language reggae song “Culture Tree”, and have been collaborating with him since that time with our 4 -piece reggae ensemble RootsVibe. Several years later, in 2013, I brought Kimbanjang and another Korean reggae band, Windy City, to Toronto for Canadian Music Week; along with Toronto band House of David Gang we performed a sold-out concert at Lula Lounge. Roots Vibe have been performing in Toronto since 2010. As a visual artist, I have been part of many solo and group exhibitions; in July 2022 I mounted a group exhibition with fellow South Korean artists Seok-yung Kim and Un-Sung Kim entitled “Peace, One Love, One Compassion” at Gallery 1313 in Toronto. RootsVibe performed at this exhibition’s closing show.

My goal with this proposed project is to strengthen my artistic connection with Kimbanjang, and to complete RootsVibe’s Korean-language album “Tiger Step”, which will be released simultaneously in Canada and South Korea and feature collaborations with Kimbanjang. The project will be released by South Korean reggae production company Eastern Standard Sounds.