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v/a - thai? dai! - finders keepers - cd

Genre: World - Misc - Thai

1. Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng - Sroeng Santi
2. Ruk Kun Samong - Plearn Promdan
3. Pai Joi - Rung Petchburi
4. Ying Ting - Plearn Promdan
5. Pu Yai Lee Santana - Rung Fah Pupin
6. Kor Hua Jai Bee Kuen - Petch Burapa
7. Nam Mun Pang - Sroeng Santi
8. Kanong Krung - Teungjai Bunpraruksa
9. Kosok Tee Det - Plearn Promdan
10. Baa Baa Buam Buam - Sroeng Santi
11. Jai Ten - Riem Daranoi
12. Ngun Pad Baht - Teungjai Bunpraruksa
13. Dub Fai Kui Gun - Sroeng Santi
14. Klug Tum La - Jalwal, Annie & Geerasak

The follow up to the label’s fastest selling and most sought after 45, the jaw dropping doppelganger Sab-Jam from Sukothai psych rocker Sroeng Santi - a dysfunctional slice of outside punk funk complete with bottles and bells breakdown – Thai? Dai! presents 14 slabs of the heaviest Thai funk and psych rockers ever committed to disc. TIP!

The styles featured on this compilation fall somewhere between Luk Thung (‘song of the countryside’) and Luk Krung (‘song of the city’). Bangkok was a particular melting pot for the evolution of these two genres, the former alluding to musical themes and lyrics aimed at the wider national population, the latter looking westwards with a more urban ‘sophisticated’ audience in mind. The tracks here were experimentations or dice rolling by both little known groups, as well as established figures like Plearn Promdan.

* Finders Keepers Records break new ground yet again with another forward thinking compilation of accidental-world music. Expect the unexpected.

* Officially licensed. Even within Thailand the majority of these tunes remain unissued, so it’s with great pleasure that FK present this glimpse of the strange underbelly of Thai Luk Thung in all its unique, original and outlandish glory - a small snapshot of an otherwise forgotten era gloriously remastered from the original sources with full cooperation from the original label, Sound Of Siam, Co. Ltd.