JJI Exile Brothers

Listen to JJI Exile Brothers on Gakyi. Band members are Jigme, Jamyang and Ingsel. JJI are three young brothers from a simple Tibetan family - one of many that settled in the town of McLeod Ganj after escaping Tibet in 1959 following the brutal invasion of of the Red Chinese. As part of the second generation of refugees born in exile, their music expresses the frustrations of life in exile and the hope that some day our people will be free. In terms of ideas, the struggle of the JJI Exile Brothers to highlight Tibetan issues draws parrallels to the struggles of native americans, to the rebel sounds of dub and reggae artists like Bob Marley, and to protest songs writers from Bob Dylan to the Levellers. Songs of JJIExileBrothers you can listen on Gakyi are: Gyalwa Karmapa's Poem, I Asked Her, Nyantso Tangwe Looshae, Amalala Sheki Dhu, If, Hey Mom, Father, Stand Up, Traditional Song Kara. We Are In Exile, Our Jewel, Melody Prayer and Dream.

Tibetan Songs

JJI Exile Brothers

Listen to JJI Exile Brother songs
  • Gyalwa Karmapa's Poem
  • I Asked Her
  • Nyantso Tangwe Looshae
  • Amalala Sheki Dhu
  • If
  • Hey Mom
  • Father
  • Stand Up
  • Traditional Song Kara
  • We Are In Exile
  • Our Jewel
  • Melody Prayer
  • Dream








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Thunder in the Temple. Refugee rockers JJI Exile Brothers give Tibetan youth a new attitude. - MIX POLITICAL DISCONTENT with generational unrest, and rock and roll is sure to follow whether it's Woodstock, New York, circa 1969, or Dharmsala, India, right about now. In Tibetan refugee communities across northern India, the sounds of traditional Himalayan life are mixing with the wailing guitars of the JJI Exile Brothers, three siblings whose incendiary rock provides the soundtrack for a new, less equanimous dissident movement among Tibetan young people. Like a quarter of the country's 100,000 stateless Tibetans, the brothers—bassist/frontman Jamyang, 28, guitarist Jigme, 26, and drummer Ingsel, 25—were born in India and retain their parents' refugee status. Their music, a mix of Doorsy grooves and Rage Against the Machine–like lyrics, reflects the listlessness and un-Buddhist anger of this lost generation—raised among drugs and AIDS in Dharmsala. "Monks are with the gun/Eagle in the black cloud/Rats are on the run," Jamyang screams in "Thunder in the Temple." "Our band is a revolution," says Jigme. "Before, Tibetan songs were too poetic. No one understood them. But everyone understands our music." Last year, JJI launched an India-wide tour to promote their self-titled debut, selling out shows and headlining the Dalai Lama's 70th birthday celebration. In May they'll hit the road in India again to promote their second album. Though their stateless status—no passports—pretty much ensures you won't see them at Bonnaroo, free downloads of their music are available online. Outside Online, April, 2007