Derck Shepherd – Beautiful Thai
Baby Quiletorio and The Chocolate – Beautiful Thai
ASEAM t-shirts!
We’ve printed a limited run of t-shirts as a fundraiser to cover web-hosting costs for the ASEAM site. If you dig the Archive and want to keep it going, please consider buying a t-shirt from our Big Cartel store or place an order directly at aseam (dot) info (at) gmail (dot) com
As requested we’ve re-printed the Crazy About Records t-shirt from a couple of years ago. This batch is white ink on black rather than silver ink on black. Check them out here
Also available are the Thai Wu-Tang Clan shirts. A flip of the classic W logo, the script is the Thai transliteration of “Wu Tang Clan.” You won’t find these anywhere else. Check them out here
Stickers of the Thai Wu-Tang Clan are here
Rahim Jamil & Ann Liza featuring The Typhoons [Bunga Raya Records BR103]
‘It Took Everyone in the Region by Surprise, Yet the Moken Survived’ – Olivia Wyatt interview in The Irrawaddy Magazine
ASEAM’s own Sam Cartmell recently interviewed filmmaker Olivia Wyatt about her experimental film on Moken culture and music.
Read the interview here: ‘It Took Everyone in the Region by Surprise, Yet the Moken Survived’
Watch the trailer for Sailing A Sinking Sea
Audio from the film:
Coral Crackling
Lemongrass
No Lover To Talk To Anymore
Ung-ang Symphony
UNESCO Collection Week 29: Transcending Borders – The Music of Thailand and Laos
ASEAM co-founder Sam Cartmell wrote a guest blog post for the Smithsonian Folkways UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music to mark the republishing of two Southeast Asian recordings – Thailand: The Music of Chieng Mai and Laos: Traditional Music of the South.
Read the blog post here
The Oriental Funk – Loi Krathong Disco LP
BALI – Musique Originale Recuillie Et Enregistrée Par Jerome Et Patricia Delcourt
ชาลี อินทรวิจิตร “รถไฟ” & ไวพจน์ เพชรสุพรรณ “ไทยน้อย”
UNESCO Cambodia: Folk and Ceremonial Music (UNES08068) & Royal Music (UNES08011)
Smithsonian Folkways is currently re-releasing the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music catalog as custom CD or download. The latest re-releases from Southeast Asia are two excellent albums of Cambodian music.
Cambodia: Folk and Ceremonial Music
Traditional Cambodian ceremonial orchestras may be divided into two groups: those composed of string and wind instruments and those that are primarily percussion ensembles using keyed metallophones, gongs, and xylophones (pinpeat orchestras). This album, recorded between 1966 and 1968, features both. Historically, the pinpeat orchestras, often with several hundred musicians, performed ceremonial music for the Brahmins (the highest ranking caste) or the king. This recording captures the essence of the distinctive musical forms that have survived since the 11th century.
In addition, Master Srey-Yim performs solos on the tro khmer, a three-string bowed instrument, and the sadev, a gourd monochord, in a folk music orchestra. Also heard is the chapey, a two-string lute that is ideal for accompanying vocal improvisations because of its technical possibilities and the effects of attacking the strings in different ways. The album includes music for weddings, boxing matches, and shadow theater.
The roots of Cambodian music trace back to the ninth century and the establishment of the Khmer Empire. Cambodian music was based on systems that originated in the local culture, using instruments indigenous to the Indo-Chinese peninsula like bronze gongs and bamboo xylophones. Contemporary Cambodian orchestras are modest compared to the Khmer Empire era grand ensembles, which sometimes featured hundreds of musicians, but they remain reflective of the musical art form.
This 1971 recording features sacred royal Khmer music performed by ensembles of the Royal Palace orchestra and choir. The liner notes describe the origins of Cambodian (Khmer) music and the important role played by the Royal Palace in its preservation and performance. The liner notes also provide a brief description of each of the compositions.
