Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music Vol. 1

by Various Artists

Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music Vol. 1 cover art

Excavates an incredibly rare, vibrant era of Southeast Asian pop music recorded just prior to the devastating cultural erasure of the Khmer Rouge regime. Recovered from surviving cassette tapes, the compilation highlights a brilliant, deeply psychedelic hybridization of traditional Cambodian folk melodies with imported 1960s garage rock and soul. It stands as a haunting, joyous preservation of a lost musical golden age.

Genres

  • Cambodian Pop
  • Psychedelic Pop

Tracklist

  1. Blue Basket
  2. Sat Tee Touy (Look at the Owl)
  3. [unknown]
  4. [unknown]
  5. Don't Let My Girlfriend Tickle Me
  6. [unknown instrumental]
  7. [unknown]
  8. Srey No (Lady Named No)
  9. [unknown instrumental]
  10. Two Wives Are Twice the Problem
  11. [unknown]
  12. [unknown]
  13. Blue Basket (instrumental version)
  14. [unknown]
  15. [unknown]
  16. [unknown]
  17. She Doesn’t Need Your Money
  18. [unknown]
  19. [unknown]
  20. Birds Are Singing but My Lover Won’t Return