Documenting Asian American Community Music Ensembles

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Interview Videos

Eric Hung interviewed LASTONE (Beau Canlas) and eyespk (Aaron Canlas) in Crescendo Studios in Falls Church, Virginia on March 11, 2020.  In the first part of the interview, the duo introduce themselves, discuss their earliest memories, talk about their parents’ immigration to the U.S., and their complicated identities.

  • 0:00: LASTONE and eyespk introduce SNRG and themselves
  • 1:33: LASTONE discusses his earliest memories
  • 3:11: eyespk discusses his earliest memories
  • 6:30: The brothers discuss their parents’ immigration experience
  • 9:52: The brothers discuss their album “Never Home,” and their transnational in-between lives
  • 14:48: The brothers discuss their Asian identities
  • 17:06: The brothers discussed their early trips to the Philippines and their decision to move there for several years