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

Thomas Burkhalter, PhD, is an anthropologist, multidisciplinary artist, and writer from Bern, Switzerland. He is the founder (2002) and director of Norient (winner Special Prize for Music 2025 – Swiss Music Prizes) and the Norient Festival. Currently, Burkhalter's focus lies on his new music/AV duo, Melodies In My Head, and the podcast Long Take: Life as an Artist. He is a co-editor of the 2025 released book Home is Where the Heart Strives (Norient Books). Burkhalter has co-directed documentary films, including Contradict (Berner Filmpreis 2020, Al-Jazeera Witness), and created AV/theatre performances. He is the author and co-editor of several books, such as Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and The Arab Avant Garde: Musical Innovation in the Middle East (Wesleyan University Press).

Published on February 28, 2013

Last updated on October 08, 2020

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