Thai Cover Up
* Sakarin Boonpit: Kotmorn Yoop Yap (All Shook Up) (3.5 mb)
* Suda Chuenbarn: Funky Broadway (4.5 mb)
* Pairote: Tee Makhuea Pok (Your Cheatin’ Heart) (5.0 mb)
From Thai Beat A Go-Go Volume 2 : Subliminal Sounds : subcd13
I was so blown away by the first volume in this series of Thai rock ‘n’ roll (read this) that I immediately rushed to my local record emporium when I found out that a second volume (with a third one on the way!) had been released. As I was unwrapping the shrink wrap on the CD, I was trying to imagine what new sounds were going to be spilling out of my speakers. I also wondered if this volume would be able to meet my sky high expections considering how much I loved the wild psychedelic rock sounds that Subliminal Sounds had collected for the first volume. I mean, I imagine that there’s only so much Thai rock ‘n’ roll from the 60’s to be found and I was worried that they had run out of the good stuff already. Never fear though, this volume is an incredible compilation and quite possibly surpasses the first one.
The amazing Thai Beat A Go Go vol 2, concentrates on exotic female pop and rock vocal numbers, beat, a go-go, psych and some very weird tracks, extreme sensuality and emotions, surreal and groovy, all with a totally otherworldly Thai flavor. Experience the blossoming Bangkok night club scene with the exotic bar and lounge go-go bands! There is a lot of work and effort behind these comps and they have taken a long time to compile. Records with Thai 60s-70s rock/pop a-go-go bands are incredible hard, if not impossible, to find as there is no Thai tradition of saving native artifacts from the 1960s.
(from the website)
So, this time around we’ve got a bunch of cover songs for you. Sakarin Boonpit starts us off with All Shook Up. It’s kind of disorienting to hear the verses sung in Thai with the chorus in English. Next up, Suda Chuenbarn delivers with an incredible version of Funky Broadway. Definitely a wonderfully awkward sort of soul/funk track. And last but not least we’ve got Pairote with an absolutely fascinating version of Your Cheatin’ Heart. Listen carefully at about a minute and forty into the song where things get extremely weird.
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Mr. Njorl said,
April 28, 2005 @ 8:01 am
Thanks for Tai Beat. I have been looking for a few samples since hearing them online @ KFAI.
Sweet.
Mr. Njorl
Maine USA
troy said,
April 28, 2005 @ 12:07 pm
yeah! these are great! i’ve seen this at stores but wasn’t sure if the content was warped enough for purchase. after listening to “your cheating heart” i feel confident that it is. not sure if you know about the increasing volumes of s.e. asian recordings that sublime frequencies are putting out but there’s quite a range there and every release is brilliant. and there’s also the classic cambodian rocks compilations which are also mind-blowingly good. alright!
troy said,
April 28, 2005 @ 12:13 pm
hmmm…links not linking
sublime frequencies
and
cambodian rocks
cb said,
April 28, 2005 @ 10:15 pm
oh yeah.
sublime frequencies is an excellent label. my only real gripe with them is that they provide little to no info about the tracks/music that they’re presenting. Otherwise, they have tons of top notch music.
And the Cambodian Rocks releases are something that I’ve been meaning to check out. They look like they’re full of wild rock ‘n’ roll sounds…
-cb
b-ill said,
April 29, 2005 @ 8:56 am
dammit, man i wish i had broadband, DSL, or anything other than dial-up because ALL of the posts recently would make a KILLER mix disc. you wouldnt believe how long it wanted to take to grab the William Parker songs.
one question: Animal Collective… is that a live album that i could find in a store (sometime soon?) or is it an unofficial boot? unfortunately, they dont seem to like North Carolina very much (and neither do i) so lord knows when i’ll have the chance to catch ‘em. (”Here Comes the Indian”, on vinyl, thru headphones, late night, chilly winds, girlfriend gone, home alone, slightly stoned = terrifying and wonderful)
this is by far one of the best blogs out there. keep up the great work.
b
cb said,
May 2, 2005 @ 10:59 am
b-ill
unfortunately, the animal collective that I posted is not available. That’s really too bad that they don’t play North Carolina…they really put on an incredible show. But shoot me an email - i may be able to help you out.
-cb
ofmirroreye@gmail.com