MONG TONG - Audiotree Live

Is Audiotree sneakily doing a Roadburn preview series?

Shortly after The Body & Dis Fig the high quality live session channel now presents the Taiwanese duo Mong Tong, who haven't been officially announced for this this year's line-up yet by the festival - but it's in their tour dates, where they surely wouldn't just make the appearance up. So I'm pretty confident to share this information here.

MONG TONG - Audiotree Live (Download) (2025)

Since I have already seen them live in Berlin in 2022 I know that watching Jiun Chi (guitar, synth) and Hom Yu (bass), who always perform with traditional blindfolds, is a worthwhile experience. It's of course still cool to have that impression be underlined by this six-track EP.

Their relaxed, but also a little spooky and mysterious mixture of Psychedelic Rock elements, sample-based experimental Electronics, Eastern Asian melodies and cultural referencese is a fascinating anachronistic balancing act between tradition and modernism, resulting in a unique, accessible but not shallow sound. This is an just a beautifully stimulating soundtrack to unwind, presented in an intriguing manner.

Naturally very, very different than that aforementioned Audiotree session, but just as great!