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Note: This article is written by Hsing-Jou Yeh, member of Etat and NML writer, with the calling of publication ALTERing NATIVism -- Sound Cultures in Post-War Taiwan. 2015 is the 20th anniversary for Etat, while they've worked on digitalizing and archiving video tapes and printed documents collected by decades, to construct an on-line archive. This article focuses on the idea of naming "Etat" and the situation of member-gathering during the very beginning. It also features on the connection between Etat and the spirit of "try-out" in the 90s in Taiwan.
