During the 60's and early 70's, as the war in Vietnam threatened its borders, a new music scene emerged in Cambodia that took Western rock and roll and stood it on its head-creating a sound like no other.
Cambodian musicians crafted this sound from the various rock music styles sweeping across America and England, adding the unique melodies and hypnotic rhythms of their traditional music. The beautiful singing of the renowned female vocalists became the final touch that made this mix so enticing.
As the peasant Khmer Rouge army closed in on the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodian rock and rollers played at rooftop parties while bombs ignited the evening sky.
On April 17, 1975, after taking over the country, the Khmer Rouge began one of the most brutal genocides in history, killing 2 million people - 1/4 of the Cambodian population. Intellectuals, artists and musicians were murdered simply for their status. Only a few miraculously survived to tell their story.
Recorded:
live on March 16, 2003 at the Beta Lounge in San Francisco
In
1967, San Francisco’s Fifty
Foot Hose were certainly one of the innovators of a sound that
took Psychedelia to new heights and was captured on the band’s one
record, Cauldron. They are a totally unique hybrid—on one
hand pulsating bay area acid rock, on the other, fractured electronic
freakery, becoming one whole cohesive being. The sci-fi-ish video
game-like artwork hinted at the sounds within, as did the Limelight
label’s pedigree for truly progressive sounds. Band leader, Cork
Marcheschi, used homemade electronic devices to create crude and
experimental soundscapes and instrumental compositions that were
sprinkled throughout the album.
Often starting shows with a
swelling rumble that exploded into the first song, they soon
developed a rabid following on the SF scene, though there was the
occasional totally wrong gig, like when a very-pregnant Nancy had to
perform at a Catholic Girls’ school! Still, the group wowed the
crowds, performing with greats like Chuck
Berry and Fairport
Convention.
Hi there & thanks for the add. I LOVE the pre-KR cambodian rock and pop music (WAY better than the saccharine pap so commonly heard in SE Asia these days: classic Cambodian R&R ROCKED!!). I also love the blend of the modern with the traditional aspects. I vote for a resurgence! (alongside the classical arts as well of course; I always attend classical dance performance whenever I visit). May Cambodia have the bright future it so deserves!
You don't have to spend $ to support Cambodian Club. Just simple Five Ways to Help us out to spread the word... One to two, two to three, three could be to a thousand and someday we're all will be in ONE to help our children and our children's children from the hell on earth...
2- Spread the word!!! Tell as many people as you know and do something to help the children who urgently need help!
3- Read up about the situation from other sources (see links section) so that you can help inform other people
4- Askmusicians on MySpace to put a nonprofit in their top friends... imagine the MySpace traffic and new friends requests that nonprofit would receive!
Dear Friend, Give thousand chances to ur enemy to become ur friend, But don't give a single chance to ur friend to become ur enemy" I t's ' World Best Friends Week' send this to all Ur good friends . Even me, if I am one of them. See how many u get back. If u gets more than 3 u r really, a lovable person...... ..
thank you for making this page. i am sorry to be so ignorant of my own culture but can someone tell me what is the meaning behind song arom pai path. what does that mean?
