Artist : VA
Title : Thai? Dai! (The Heavier Side Of The Luk Thung Underground)
Genre : Funk
Year : 2011
Date : 02/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 14
Label : Finders Keepers
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 47:55 min
Size : 71,10 MB
Tracklist:
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01.sroeng santi - kuen kuen lueng lueng 03:35
02.plearn promdan - ruk kun samong 02:46
03.rung petchburi - pai joi 02:30
04.plearn promdan - ying ting 03:52
05.rung fah puping - pu yai lee santana 03:25
06.petch burapa - kor hua jai bee kuen 03:51
07.sroeng santi - nam mun pang 03:48
08.teungjai bunpraruksa - kanong krung 02:52
09.plearn promdan - kosok tee det 03:42
10.sroeng santi - baa baa buam buam 02:58
11.riem daranoi - jai ten 03:11
12.teungjai bunpraruksa - ngun pad baht 03:17
13.sroeng santi - dub fai kui gun 04:08
14.jaiwai, annie & geerasak - kiug tum 04:00
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47:55 min
It's possibly a misnomer to label music
recorded outside of the USA or Europe
with terms such as 'psyche' or 'surf' as
it is often just a stylistic innovation
based on exposure to foreign records via
the radio or music stores. It doesn't
necessarily chime in with any of the
social shifts or changes that
accompanied the music's development in
the West. Even in America, the concept
of teen culture was relatively new
during the height of these genres
popularity. People who could afford to
take advantage of these new freedoms
often had the financial cushioning to do
so. This factor was amplified in South
East Asia, and the music shouldn't be
considered nationally representative -
it's a more scaled down phenomenon,
relevant to a small cross-section of
society.
By the same token, this wasn't just
bland copycat music to widen a band's
audience, or to entertain expat patrons
in bars or clubs. This was a sincere
desire to experiment and repackage local
sounds without necessarily needing to
make a statement. The musical
information was processed and partially
recast amidst a blend of local music and
arrangements, transposed onto drums,
electric bass, guitar and keyboards.
Although in the mid-70s there was a
wider protest movement in Thailand that
found it's musical outlet in the 'songs
for life' of Caravan and Carabao, the
music collected here was not part of the
same aesthetic, although it's possible
there was some musical overspill.
The styles featured on this compilation
fall somewhere between Luk Thung ('song
of the countryside') and Luk Krung
('song of the city'). Bangkok was a
particular melting pot for the evolution
of these two genres, the former alluding
to musical themes and lyrics aimed at
the wider national population, the
latter looking westwards with a more
urban 'sophisticated' audience in mind.
The tracks here were experimentations or
dice rolling by both little known
groups, as well as established figures
like Plearn Promdan. Some tracks might
represent a specific artist's only foray
into this musical area.
Even within Thailand the majority of
these tunes remain unissued, so it's
with great pleasure that we present this
glimpse of the strange underbelly of
Thai Luk Thung in all its unique,
original and outlandish glory - a small
snapshot of an otherwise forgotten era.
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