“I remember riding the bus home from Philly with Theresa Vu & Derek Kan after doing 3 consecutive shows, feeling kind of worn, and then it hit me then and there… we’re homeward bound. Home:Word Sound. Called Chucky Kim, and it all made sense. This is what our crew is about. While others are busy trying to go to the moon, we’re trying to build a home… Fast forward 2 years: the albums, concerts, hit song, and now the MV by Wong Fu. Home:Word, y’all… Thank you for riding with us this far!” –Taiyo Na

A big THANK YOU goes out to Wong Fu Productions for making such a beautiful and touching music video for our song. A longer and more detailed blog post to come later! For now, please enjoy the video! =)

And for those that haven’t seen the teaser trailer for our “Home:Word” music video, you can peep it below!

Remastered CD + Lyric Booklet | CD + Tshirt packages | iTunes | Amazon

This Home:Word [Deluxe Edition] is completely re-mastered, and oh em gee does it make a difference!!! So we humbly suggest to get the full album instead of just the new songs, because the original Home:Word songs from last year got pimped up real nice! Also, the physical CD this time around comes with a lyric booklet! Now my Mom & Dad will finally know what I’m saying, hehe.

We also have new t-shirts, per request! Just visit out storefront!

So much love for everyone who make this possible. Thank you to all the musicians who blessed this album. Thank you to our friends and families who inspired us to write these songs. And of course, THANK YOU FANS for your immeasurable support, and for allowing us to do what we love. WE LOVE YOU!

Anyways! Needless to say, it was absolutely amazing to reconnect with them and collaborate on a new project. Phil, Wes, and Ted are still the same nerdy guys we knew back in 2006, so naturally, it was a perfect fit! Filming last weekend was full of laughs, hustle, and man tears. We can’t wait for you to see this music video!

But for now, you can peep some photos from the shoot on our Facebook!

Oh and btw, LIKE US ON FACEBOOK and FOLLOW US ON TWITTER for more updates. =)

(Oh and btw folks, we are filming a new music video for “Home:Word” with WONG FU PRODUCTIONS this weekend! Stay tuned for more on that.)

Magnetic North & Taiyo Na Releasing Home:Word [Deluxe Edition]

Asian American supergroup Magnetic North & Taiyo Na will release their new album Home:Word [Deluxe Edition] on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 to all online US retailers. This release will correlate with the release of their album Home:Word [Japan Edition] on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 to all major retailers in Japan.

Home:Word [Deluxe Edition] is a rerelease of their 2010 US album Home:Word. Remastered, resequenced, repackaged with an exclusive lyric booklet and 6 new, additional tracks, the album was inspired by their recent single and album deal with Japanese hip-hop label Goon Trax (Media Factory). The title song “Home:Word” was featured on one of Goon Trax’s popular compilation albums In Ya Mellow Tone 6, released March 2011. Within a week the song shot up to #2 on Japan’s iTunes Hip-Hop charts and became a song of solace for many who were afflicted by the ongoing Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear crisis. Further moved by this course of events, one of their new songs on Home:Word [Deluxe Edition] is “Fukushima.” Released as a music video on September 11, 2011, “Fukushima” is a song dedicated to the victims of the tragedy in Japan as well as others.

Home:Word [Deluxe Edition] is a culmination of 3 years of creative partnership between artists Magnetic North and Taiyo Na. Without devaluing the concert tours, music videos or newfound international success, Magnetic North & Taiyo are proudest of their Holla Benefit Concert Series (2009′s Home for the Holla’Days, 2010′s Home for the Holla’Days II and 2011′s Holla For Japan) which have collectively raised over $30,000 in charity. Collaborating with other like-minded musicians to put on concerts to aid urgent causes have brought their passions for music and social responsibility together in the most fulfilling of ways.

The new songs on Home:Word [Deluxe Edition] feature many of the other artists who have shared the stage with Magnetic North & Taiyo Na at their Holla Benefit Concerts such as singer/songwriters Sam Kang, Cynthia Lin and Ruth Cho, producers Jaron Lum and Chucky Kim and saxophonist Jonathan Lee.

HOME:WORD [Deluxe Edition] Track Listing
1 WE BELONG [ft. Chris Iijima]
2 IT’LL WORK OUT [ft. Sidney Outlaw]
3 CHRIS SPEAKS
4 SUMMERTIME [ft. Conchita Campos]
5 LA LA LA [ft. Ruth Cho]
6 NEW LOVE [ft. Heather Park]
7 I’M HERE
8 COLD [ft. Sam Kang]
9 FUKUSHIMA
10 IN MY CORNER
11 POSTCARDS
12 CHUCK SPEAKS
13 HOME:WORD [ft. Sam Kang]
+ I GOT MY [ft. Jin]
+ HOME:WORD (Acro Jazz Laboratories Remix) [ft. Sam Kang]

HOME:WORD [Deluxe Edition] will be available here in our online store, on iTunes, amazon, and other major retailers.

HOME:WORD [Japan Edition], by Goon Trax is available for preorder now.

SAMPLER MP3 is available for free on bandcamp page!

Dedicated to the victims of any tragedy compounded by not just natural forces but human error and deceit.

Dedicated to those who in the midst of this, find the love and courage necessary to get back up on their feet and rebuild.

Dedicated to love over evil.

Click here for lyrics and a mp3 download of “We Belong”.

Click here for lyrics and a mp3 download of “Postcards [Live]“.

[MP3 Download and Lyrics on our BANDCAMP PAGE]