Enchanting Songs of Thailand

Podcast
by Thomas Burkhalter

Peter Doolan runs the mp3-blog «monrakplengthai» (Enchanting Songs of Thailand). I reached him via a bad skype connection in Bangkok. Peter collects amazing audio cassettes from Thailand, a country that many travel to, but few only are interested in its music. Enjoy these tracks and a short podcast.

Nam Ta La Sai

Track List

1) Phloen Phromdaen: «Wai Hai Mueai Mue»
2) Phloen Phromdaen: «Sit Num Kap Kru Sao»
3) Phloen Phromdaen: «Koy Yung Mai Por» (from V.A. Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk*)
4) Mitt Mueangmaen: «Phu Ying Rai Muean Fai» (A Woman Vicious Like Fire)(from: V.A. Luk Thung- Classic & Obscure 78s from the Thai Countryside)
5) Dao Bandon: «Mae Jom Kalon» (from V.A. Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk*)
6) Suraphon Sombatcharoen: «Suai Ching Nong» (Truly Beautiful Girl) (from: Luk Thung- Classic & Obscure 78s from the Thai Countryside)
7) Phraiwan Lukphet: «Kham Tuean Khong Phi»
8) Khana Wang Te: «Lam Tat Nam Ma Pla Kin Mot»
9) Nophadon Duangphon «Yaak» (from V.A. Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk*)

* compiled by DJ Maft Sai and Chris Menist

Phraiwan Lukphet
Khana Wang Te

Album by monrakplengthai


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Electone International for Dancing Vol. 1
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Biography

Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an anthropologist/ethnomusicologist, AV-artist, and writer from Bern (Switzerland). He is the founder and director of Norient and the Norient Festival (NF), co-directed AV-performances and documentary films (e.g. «Contradict», Berner Filmpreis 2020 + Al-Jazeera Witness), and is the author and co-editor of several books (e.g., «Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut», Routledge, «The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East», Wesleyan University Press). He teaches regularly at universities, and runs workshops for arts institutions. Since 2022 he produces the Norient Mixtape for Swiss National Radio SRF3. Currently, he is working on his new music duo «Melodies In My Head», and on the podcast series «Long Take: Life as an Artist». Follow him on Instagram, Research Gate, Academia.edu, Bandcamp, Spotify, or Meta.

Published on February 28, 2013

Last updated on October 08, 2020

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