Picked this up on the weekend, it's ace, 'groovy 60s sounds from the land of smile' indeed! It's like finding some old magic dagger that kills vampires (ie- perfect antidote to all this miserable Keane / Razorlight wank). Funnily enough, tracks like Tuangchai Boonparaksa's "Mahn Kao Lah (What Fun)" sound a bit ska-influenced - there's definitely bits of Prince Buster's "Earthquake" leaking through on that one - while Surapon's "Ding Dong" sounds like a mash-up between calypso and"Surfin' Bird". Best of all though is "The Ghost of Catwoman" by The Fox, which is Hammer Horror-style echoey organ and some bloke gurgling over a load of screams and OTT "meee-owwss". Well recommended!
Thai Beat A Go Go Vol 2
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Like the first volume the tracks here are all distinct replicas of popular music from the Occident of the late sixties. Some notable covers include the King's "All Shook Up", Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" and The Beatles' "Lady Madonna". What makes this collection stand out for us though is both the inclusion of a wider range of severely demented production aesthetics and a great deal more songs that, vocally, sound more Thai. The album starts off with a bang to Viparat Piengsuwan's "YoK YoK" with chipper plosive vocals that could only come from Thailand. So cute it'll make you barf. Not skipping a beat we're led into Surapon's "Ding Dong", which sounds like a seriously fucked up deconstruction of the "Surfing Bird". A little later Waipot Petsuwan's "Mia Chaa" throws a monkey wrench into our expectations with a dreamy ellyptical vocal line -- that sounds reminiscent of Mo Lam -- over an otherwise standard garage beat tune, instantly transforming it into a classic. Then, of course, there's some demented production like excessive reverb in the oddest places and a strange Thai version of the Chipmonks that'll have you spitting your lunch out your nose. Highly recommended!
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Like the first volume the tracks here are all distinct replicas of popular music from the Occident of the late sixties. Some notable covers include the King's "All Shook Up", Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus" and The Beatles' "Lady Madonna". What makes this collection stand out for us though is both the inclusion of a wider range of severely demented production aesthetics and a great deal more songs that, vocally, sound more Thai. The album starts off with a bang to Viparat Piengsuwan's "YoK YoK" with chipper plosive vocals that could only come from Thailand. So cute it'll make you barf. Not skipping a beat we're led into Surapon's "Ding Dong", which sounds like a seriously fucked up deconstruction of the "Surfing Bird". A little later Waipot Petsuwan's "Mia Chaa" throws a monkey wrench into our expectations with a dreamy ellyptical vocal line -- that sounds reminiscent of Mo Lam -- over an otherwise standard garage beat tune, instantly transforming it into a classic. Then, of course, there's some demented production like excessive reverb in the oddest places and a strange Thai version of the Chipmonks that'll have you spitting your lunch out your nose. Highly recommended!
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...nice onemartin said:
- vol.2 was better than the first, imho, but i think it's worth getting if you're a really stalwart fan,but as with the vol.2, it's less of the "pop-influenced thai-themed music" and more of thai groups replicating the sound of us/international"60's pop-psych/garage"... but of course with a lot of quirkyness/alien interpretations that you won't find elsewhere...
-so if you'll go for the more "thai"-flavour, i guess Cambodian Rocks or Radio Pnomh Pen would be my 2p, but if you're really bitten by the bug and would love a thai-flavoured garage-beat comp, get it!!
-they're all cool, really...
....and hats off to subliminal sounds for undusting and releasing these gems.... they've got so many other good comps,too...have you heard the moroccan and syrian ones?....incredible stuff!!!
The 60s certainly seems to have been a golden age for south east asian pop. Most of the more recent stuff I've heard from Thailand, Vietnam or Malaysia is pretty dreadful, but there's a lightness of touch and fun sensibility to the 60s records that make them really delightful...