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Songs became characters. A bar became a city. Step inside the Anak Borneo Universe, where animal masks shape everyday life and three musical chapters—LOOP, PAST and SEED—trace a journey through routine, memory and belonging.

Anak Borneo is more than my music project. It is a growing world of songs, characters, places and performances—carrying Borneo into whatever comes next.

From summer in Mechelen to the rivers and mountains of Niah, four short poems trace longing, memories of home, and the quiet ache of meeting and parting. Presented in Mandarin and English, with a little help from the drink.

Behind the drunken cheer of Drunkard’s Song lies a story of helplessness, escape and finding one’s way back. I share how its music, collaborators and ABU visuals shaped Evan Tesat’s journey.

After fourteen years of doing almost everything myself, I reflect on self-reliance, collaboration, and opening ABU to more creative voices.