tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17106553778201214222024-03-16T03:04:22.425-07:00saobao esan / ซาวด์เบ้าท์อีสาน A collection of music from Esan (Luk thung, Molam...).Welcome to ซาวด์เบ้าท์อีสาน (saobao Esan). "Saobao" is a Thai anglicism "sound about" it's also the nickname given to portable tape cassette players in Thailand. This blog is aimed to share and document the amazing Esan culture through it's rich musical heritage. Molam (หมอลำ) and luk thung (ลูกทุ่ง) of course and also all kinds of music from northeastern Thailand in traditional or modern forms, usually from my personal collection of tape cassettes. บักสีดาฟังลำ!SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-62966015960896583782020-04-01T06:41:00.001-07:002020-04-02T03:20:25.805-07:00"SOME CALL IT THAI FUNK" an Esan compilation of popular western songs IN ENGLISH !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Strange days indeed, locked at home, empty streets and busy hospitals...</div>
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I recently took the time to have a look at my huge collection of Esan music and I compiled ALL the popular western songs covered in English by some famous Esan singers involved in Esan "rock", luk thung and molam during the production of tape cassettes (roughly a period of 30 years).</div>
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On top of that I included a rare live recording of the most popular English song in Esan.</div>
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I don't think I forgot any songs but if I find more I'll update this post. </div>
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As far as I know this compilation is the most accurate western point of view on the "<a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-7-what-funk-edouard-degay-delpeuch.html" target="_blank">mind blowing</a>" influence of English language songs on Esan popular music. I omitted the songs in Central Thai or Esan languages performed by Esan singers featuring 2 or 3 words in English (<a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_A%20CULTURAL%20SCAM%21" target="_blank">Even though I previously mentioned some</a>).</div>
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I did not take the time to include the song tittles or the original performers but you won't have any troubles finding by yourself...</div>
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<b>I invite those who did not read it yet to have a look at the <a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_A%20CULTURAL%20SCAM%21" target="_blank">important document I published recently</a> on the same subject.</b></div>
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NOTE: The photos illustrating this post have really been taken at various places in Thailand, by some American soldiers during the late 60's. They of course reflect in NO WAY the kind of entertainments or music Esan people enjoyed at that time... They were listening to molam and they still do!<br />
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<b>NOTE (2): Additional information about this post can be found in the comment section.</b></div>
SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-58869233977042706772020-01-10T07:24:00.001-08:002020-01-10T07:24:04.278-08:00FREE TAPES GIVEAWAY PART 4 ! Music from all around Southeast Asia (Laos,Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia...). All kinds of music.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Music is meant to be shared!</div>
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As I am currently making some room in my tapes
collection,</div>
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I will share about 200 tapes I recently digitalised.</div>
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During the next few days, I will post here 4 lots of
about 50 tapes each.</div>
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ALL IS FREE OF COURSE except the shipping.</div>
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(It should be around 10 to 20€ depending where
you live.)</div>
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<span class="st">Up for grab:</span><br />
LOT 1: Chinese and Indian tapes, all kinds of music: Popular,
religious, traditional...
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LOT 2: Esan and Thai tapes (mostly molam and luk thung).<br />
LOT 3: Thai tapes (all kinds: luk thung, pleng lae, traditional
music, local genres from all around Thailand...).<br />
LOT 4: Music from all around Southeast Asia (Laos,Thailand,
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia...). All kinds of music.<br />
<br />
During the next few days, I'll post those lots of tapes at random times, the first
person to email me (use the contact box on the right) will win the
lot (don't forget to add your address to calculate the shipping
costs).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>TODAY, LOT 4: </b></span><b>Music from all around Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand,
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia...). All kinds of music.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good luck! </span>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-1458616605165577062020-01-08T12:05:00.000-08:002020-01-08T12:05:17.764-08:00FREE TAPES GIVEAWAY PART 3 ! Thai tapes (all kinds: luk thung, pleng lae, traditional music, local genres from all around Thailand...).<div align="CENTER">
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Music is meant to be shared!</div>
<div align="CENTER">
As I am currently making some room in my tapes
collection,</div>
<div align="CENTER">
I will share about 200 tapes I recently digitalised.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
During the next few days, I will post here 4 lots of
about 50 tapes each.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
ALL IS FREE OF COURSE except the shipping.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
(It should be around 10 to 20€ depending where
you live.)</div>
<br />
<span class="st">Up for grab:</span><br />
LOT 1: Chinese and Indian tapes, all kinds of music: Popular,
religious, traditional...
<br />
LOT 2: Esan and Thai tapes (mostly molam and luk thung).<br />
LOT 3: Thai tapes (all kinds: luk thung, pleng lae, traditional
music, local genres from all around Thailand...).<br />
LOT 4: Music from all around Southeast Asia (Laos,Thailand,
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia...). All kinds of music.<br />
<br />
During the next few days, I'll post those lots of tapes at random times, the first
person to email me (use the contact box on the right) will win the
lot (don't forget to add your address to calculate the shipping
costs).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>TODAY, LOT 3:</b></span><b>Thai tapes (all kinds: luk thung, pleng lae, traditional
music, local genres from all around Thailand...)<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good luck! </span>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-82600380280948660062020-01-06T03:41:00.000-08:002020-01-06T04:26:10.340-08:00FREE TAPES GIVEAWAY PART 2 ! molam, luk thung, music from Esan and Thailand<div style="text-align: center;">
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Music is meant to be shared!</div>
<div align="CENTER">
As I am currently making some room in my tapes
collection,</div>
<div align="CENTER">
I will share about 200 tapes I recently digitalised.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
During the next few days, I will post here 4 lots of
about 50 tapes each.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
ALL IS FREE OF COURSE except the shipping.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
(It should be around 10 to 20€ depending where
you live.)</div>
<br />
<span class="st">Up for grab:</span><br />
LOT 1: Chinese and Indian tapes, all kinds of music: Popular,
religious, traditional...
<br />
LOT 2: Esan and Thai tapes (mostly molam and luk thung).<br />
LOT 3: Thai tapes (all kinds: luk thung, pleng lae, traditional
music, local genres from all around Thailand...).<br />
LOT 4: Music from all around Southeast Asia (Laos,Thailand,
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia...). All kinds of music.<br />
<br />
During the next few days, I'll post those lots of tapes at random times, the first
person to email me (use the contact box on the right) will win the
lot (don't forget to add your address to calculate the shipping
costs).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>TODAY, LOT 2: </b></span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Esan and Thai tapes (mostly molam and luk thung).</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good luck! </span>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-23153497972926371682020-01-04T08:53:00.000-08:002020-01-06T04:26:39.206-08:00FREE TAPES GIVEAWAY PART 1 ! Chinese and Indian tapes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div align="CENTER">
Music is meant to be shared!</div>
<div align="CENTER">
As I am currently making some room in my tapes
collection,</div>
<div align="CENTER">
I will share about 200 tapes I recently digitalised.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
During the next few days, I will post here 4 lots of
about 50 tapes each.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
ALL IS FREE OF COURSE except the shipping.</div>
<div align="CENTER">
(It should be around 10 to 20€ depending where
you live.)</div>
<br />
<span class="st">Up for grab:</span><br />
LOT 1: Chinese and Indian tapes, all kinds of music: Popular,
religious, traditional...
<br />
LOT 2: Esan and Thai tapes (mostly molam and luk thung).<br />
LOT 3: Thai tapes (all kinds: luk thung, pleng lae, traditional
music, local genres from all around Thailand...).<br />
LOT 4: Music from all around Southeast Asia (Laos,Thailand,
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia...). All kinds of music.<br />
<br />
During the next few days, I'll post those lots of tapes at random times, the first
person to email me (use the contact box on the right) will win the
lot (don't forget to add your address to calculate the shipping
costs).<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>TODAY, LOT 1:<br />Chinese and Indian tapes, all
kinds of music: Popular, religious, traditional... </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Good luck! </span>
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<br />SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-68716591226368687012019-09-04T05:44:00.000-07:002020-01-03T19:53:44.995-08:00MOLAM, A CULTURAL SCAM!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">SUMMARY</span></b></span></div>
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In this series documenting the MOLAM culture of the Esan people (Northeastern Thailand) and the international scam selling "an fake idea of it" to tourists. I describe how some people from Australia, Japan, France,Thailand and USA... manage their filthy business without any kind of respect and with very little clue about THE MOST IMPORTANT POPULAR MUSIC SCENE IN HISTORY!</div>
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Many album covers and photos from my personal archives as well as some fun videos illustrate and document each parts... None of the "self claimed specialists" of course ever showed any photos they took at molam concerts in Esan as they generally DON'T attend any!<br />
Those scammers also never promoted <a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_LIVE%20MUSIC">live Esan music</a> and never <a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_BUY%20ESAN%20MUSIC%21">supported Esan musicians in any way! </a>It's purely a business and there is no time for respect in such business. As you will notice, I don't have much respect for such people while I deeply respect Esan people and their amazing cultural Heritage!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">ประเพณี ศิลปะ วัฒนธรรม มรดก อีสาน</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Traditions, arts, cultures, Esan heritage!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-1-introduction-molam-cultural-scam.html">PART 1:INTRODUCTION, MOLAM, A CULTURAL SCAM!</a></span></b><br />
This introduction feature for the first time a description of the molam scene. Nothing here is anywhere close to anything that spread in western medias during the last 10 years...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-2-genesis-holiday-in-cambodia.html">PART 2: THE GENESIS "HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA" </a></span></b><br />
How could a simple tourist despoiled the musical culture of the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide, started a business selling and performing this music... An inspiring business.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-3-rats-in-japan-em-records.html">PART 3: R.A.T.S IN JAPAN "EM records"</a></span></b><br />
A duo of Japanese tourists offer their very own revisionist point of view on Esan music.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-4-misanthrope-dj-maft-sai.html">PART 4 PART 4: THE MISANTHROPE: "Dj MAFT SAI"</a></span></b><br />
How could a man with no clue about Thai culture and music and no links with Esan people at all created an international scam business... And pretends to be the specialist of Esan music! <br />
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<a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-5-back-stabbing-at-zoo-peter-doolan.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: large;">PART 5: BACK STABBING AT THE ZOO "peter doolan"</span></b></a><br />
From blogger to human zoo promoter... How could some random amateur musicians became a tourist attraction. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part6-ctrl-c-translate-ctrl-v-james.html">PART 6: CTRL C / TRANSLATE / CTRL V: "james leonard mitchell"</a></span></b><br />
A pioneering description of a pioneering university teacher selling a pioneering book...<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-7-what-funk-edouard-degay-delpeuch.html">PART 7: WHAT THE FUNK? "edouard degay delpeuch"</a></span></b><br />
A self claimed "ethnomusicologist" offer "mindblowing" descriptions of his friends scamming business... Partner in crimes or fooled idiot?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>VOCABULARY:</u></span></b></div>
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<b>R.A.T.S</b>: As there are many respectable westerners who documented music, I avoid any confusions and use the acronym for "Researchers on Asian Traditional Sound" to describe the self claimed specialists I mention here.</div>
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<b>TOURISTA</b>: As many surrealist terms such as "INSTRUMENTAL MOLAM" are used by scammers to describe the fake Esan music they produce, I suggest to call the distinctive "music" genre they sell TOURISTA. Tourista is the french word for "Traveler's diarrhea". As it basically smells like it, looks like it and sounds like it... As it's the kind of troubles tourists easily get in Thailand it's a perfect description and a good way to avoid confusion between molam and some simple minded crap for tourists!</div>
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<b>Feel free to message me if you have any questions on the subject.</b></div>
SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-80125650234928334302019-09-02T09:11:00.000-07:002020-03-27T08:36:05.031-07:00PART 7: WHAT THE FUNK? "edouard degay delpeuch"<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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Esan on parade</div>
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If peter doolan always failed to show
up with any Thai friends at the few concerts I met him, he came with
his "special" friend to the last show we attended together. That guy
introduced himself as <a href="https://i1.rgstatic.net/ii/profile.image/342744200433666-1458727993845_Q512/Edouard_Degay_Delpeuch.jpg" target="_blank">edouard degay delpeuch</a>, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST...
Who never wrote anything about music at that time... And not much during the following 5 years.<br />
That guy explained me that he was in Thailand to do some researches and
for that purpose was spending some time with some "specialists" named
maft sai and peter doolan... As you probably read the previous posts
you are sure laughing already about that poor little french guy wasting his time...</div>
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I never heard of that "ethno musico..." anymore after that concert and totally forgot about him until he showed up right next to me at
a concert and asked me some questions (he did not hide that he was
spying my private life online and that he knew some of my involvements
in the molam scene). I politely answered that I was busy but he kept asking questions on his own. I simply ignored him and he finally got the
message and disappeared.</div>
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I never heard of that guy anymore for years and totally forgot about him. Well that was until I received an email from
<a href="https://ehess.academia.edu/EdouardDegayDelpeuch">academia.edu</a> (a website that stocks scholar publications). In that
email, I could see that edouard degay delpeuch wasen't pretending to
be an ethnomusicologist but was also writing surrealist papers to
try to prove it: <i><b>“Masters of ceremony: a Wai Khru ritual from Phetchabun
Province (Thailand)”.</b></i></div>
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Some Esan parade music bands like there are hundreds in Thailand.</div>
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If it's in fact after reading that paper
that I found out that peter doolan was involved in "khun narin tourist trap", I was particularly surprised to see someone actually able
to get payed to publish on “Provence university press” some
documents (<a href="https://www.academia.edu/26551159/The_Mindblowing_career_of_Khun_Narin_Sin_Phin_Prayuk_Thai_musicians_and_World_Music_perspectives_in_front_of_new_media_revolution">there is even a second one!</a>) not only promoting a filthy tourist scam
with no links with local culture but also clearly stating how useless
his own publication was! “<i><b>wai khru”, has already raised the interest
of several studies</b></i>”... (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&channel=trow&q=wai+khru+pdf">Many exemples here</a>). Funny to see the product sold by doolan is here showed in it's natural environment... (well almost).</div>
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A young "muay Thai" during a wai khru<br />
Central Thai puppeteers demonstrate a wai khru for tourists<br />
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If edouard degay delpeuch could have
describe the wai khru performed by his friends from the tourista band
“paradise Bangkok international molam band” (just kidding... maft sai have no clue about such thing) or one of the many wai
khru performed in France (maybe some less than 50km away from his house!) by Southeast Asian artists and performers, he
traveled all the way to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phetchabun_Province">Petchabun</a> to describe something he saw only
performed by amateur musicians of 1 unique group... Worst of all, some musicians
used in human zoo organized as a tourist entertainment (while Thailand have a huge amount of amazing cultural events).<br />
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"Association du Ballet Classique Khmer"</div>
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One of many well detailed wai khru performed in France</div>
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(looks like some little girls could teach mister edouard...) </div>
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Strange that such a expert did not take
the obvious chance he had to describe (like I do in this ongoing serie of
documents) how could some filthy R.A.T.S built a retarded business
scam on the amazing musical culture of Esan people and sell the most
simple kind of amateur Esan music as something incredible (edouard degay delpeuch even says "MINDBLOWING")! He was really lucky to be in the middle of the building of a human zoo, he could have been the first scholar to describe such process in action! It's incredibly stupid that he did not even notice that... And really disgusting that he ends up actively involved in promoting it using the French citizen's taxes and the reputation of French universities!</div>
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Just before edouard degay delpeuch came
back to France, he probably realised that he had done strictly nothing worth
getting some governement's cash, his only option was to follow doolan
and to randomly choose a subject... the khun narin electric phin
band.</div>
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If I won't waist my time describing the
usual romanced “copy/paste” exercise consisting of writing a 17
(half sized) pages of a text based on 19 pre-exisiting texts (15 of those
being written by foreign researchers who also based their work on
copy/pasting texts by fellow researchers who also based their work on
copy/pasting (it goes on and on and on...)! If you can't consider the original source as accurate as you can't trace it, it's impossible to consider the work of edouard degay delpeuch as "serious enough to be published". (most studdies feature a large amount of non experienced descriptions, those usually lead to create "serious" documents you can't rely on).</div>
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I'll just correct some stupid affirmations and send you to read the paper I wrote on
peter doolan wich describe pretty well the khun narin electric phin
band scam.</div>
<i><b>The “tribute to master” ceremony, also known as “wai khru”:</b> </i><br />
<i>Definition of "ceremony" (from an online dictionary):<br />1 a formal religious or public occasion, typically one <u>celebrating a particular event or anniversary</u>.<b> </b>2 the ritual observances and procedures performed at <u>grand and formal occasions</u>.</i><br />
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The wai khru is a ritual practice happening before every single performance of performing artists and many kind of activities related to the transmission of a knowledge by a teacher (school kids, boxers, painters... perform the wai kru in different ways). If bigger wai khru can happen during important events, the wai khru performed by amateur musicians is in NO WAY a "ceremony" on it's own. Vocabulary should not be such a major issue for a self claimed "ethnomusicologist" specialist of "world music" (what an ugly word!).</div>
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In the case of music and performing arts, the wai khru is a "ritual path" from the status of person to the status of "performer". During the wai khru, the musicians "pay respect to the teacher" and ask some powerful divinities for protection and strength, Those often include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesha">Ganesha </a>and <a href="https://www.lersi.net/">Lersi "hermit"</a> (2 important figures associated with performing arts you see on the photos). The wai khru performed by musicians can be seen in many forms and sizes, it's part of many other rituals performed before concerts (those are not documented or illustrated by any foreign studdies I guess).</div>
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I'm talking here about very basic knowledge on the subject that anyone can access as the subject as been described many times.<br />
<b><i>"The observed situation is offered is a case, not as an example"</i></b> (translated from french)... Sure it's an example, the only kind of (amateur) performance edouard degay delpeuch have been able to miserably document in Thailand! Edouard degay delpeuch could no compare what he saw to anything as he did not document else similar or different.<br />
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Mindblowing festivities and monk ordination.</div>
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obviously Edouard degay delpeuch is a filthy liar.</div>
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If it's "<i><b>mindblowing</b></i>", it's worth showing! </div>
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you can compare <a href="https://journals.openedition.org/moussons/docannexe/image/4169/img-7-small580.jpg">HERE</a> for an ethnomusicologist </div>
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"<i><b>mindblowing</b></i>" version<i><b></b></i></div>
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<i><b>"mindblowing festivities"</b></i>, <i><b>"monk ordination". </b></i>Edouard degay delpeuch talks here about <b><i>"observed situation" </i></b>he obviously forget to document! Hard to trust him on this without any photos! Only one <a href="https://journals.openedition.org/moussons/docannexe/image/4169/img-7-small580.jpg">very bad picture showing the top of the head of 10 people</a>... <i><b>"mindblowing festivities"</b></i>... Seriously? It doesn't take much to impress that guy, weird as anyoby visiting Thailand can really live some "mindblowing" moments...<br />
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More " mindblowin festivities" (sorry to focus on Esan, honestly</div>
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there are some beautiful events all around the country)</div>
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The only document found during researches (a business card)</div>
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On this <b>only document</b> found in Thailand by edouard degay delpeuch, that expert describes a phin, one of the most iconic instrument from Esan, as a kind of <i><b>"<a href="https://littlelaosontheprairie.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/laoinstruments2.jpg?resize=400%2C305">Lao luth</a>"</b></i>.* If Petchabun is not technically in Esan** and if the musicians he describes are "of Lao origins". Those people, like the Esan people of Lao origins have Esan culture, listen to Esan music and eat Esan food, it's indeed vrery close to the Lao culture but anyone who been to both places long enough (and all the Lao and Esan people) will confirm that it's very different!<br />
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Central Thai / Sino-Thai / khmer-Esan</div>
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It's particularly interesting to see edouard degay delpeuch clearly remove every traces of Esan identity in his description of khun narin eletric phin bands while the documents used and listed at the end of his paper are often about Esan music! If the phin is clearly one of the most important symbol of Esan music (<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81bJVnHCsRL._SX425_.jpg">not Lao</a>), the music performed by the khun narin eletric phin bands is most of the time excerpts from themes from Esan songs (not from Laos). I have no clue why the duo doolan/degay delpeuch both try to eradicate any traces of Esan culture from the product made out of the music of khun narin eletric phin while it sure looks like it and sounds like it and like nothing else! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-WS6TtZ3A-lyf2VhsDfYmYIpo3HIqI_VWDhwfyQuhPZ4mvSCCGV1UTRsgld6ywKfJOnczkRcDLGUqLjD_Fd1HqodZIBl4vv1qs2UpdeI6509DbCchTwEe4EfPyynE_D8R998B6JZXOn1/s1600/molam-peter-doolan.jpg">In <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">this document promoting their business it's different</span></span></a>... Though equally stupid.<br />
*Quoted from doolan (about Waiphot Phetsuphan from central Thailand): <b><i>"a full isan music combo... that means electric phin
shredding, classic northeastern bass & liberal use of cowbell."</i></b><br />
<b><i>** </i></b>Many communities in central or northern parts of Thailand call themselves Esan (never Lao as far as I could see). Some villages even have the inscription "Esan" written on walls at some places such as temples. <br />
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hong and nak heads from 2 different phin.</div>
Note that edouard degay delpeuch describes the phin on the picture he shows as having a "nak head" (<span lang="th">นาค) </span>ornament while it's fact a "hong head" (หงส์) swan in Thai. If you can't blame that guys for the copy/pasted wrong information (well you should, he get payed a lot for that... You pay taxes? Now you know where it goes!), you can't blame me for showing that everything he says himself is often pure fantasy!</div>
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Ganesha on the left, Lersi on the right</div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><b><i>"But the 20th century* is marked by the emergence of recording and mechanical reproduction, directly competing with the master and the machine in the field of transmission"</i>. </b>(translated from french).</span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">This is supposed to be the central part of his paper, explaining the role of the teacher since "recorded music replaced them". </span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">It's totally surrealists that </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">edouard degay delpeuch is talking here about amateur musicians performing part time in an informal band playing loops of borrowed themes from 4 or 5 famous songs (which they can of course practice to play themselves or with little help from friends) and literally apply that example to the whole Thai (Esan) professional music. </span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Every single professional Esan (and Thai) musicians playing traditional music or orther forms such as luk thung and molam has been learning from a teacher and in most recent cases (last 40 years), been in a propper school to learn his job!</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Studdents of the Mahawitalai Natasin Khon Kaen practice the role of teacher</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">by transmitting their knowledge to younger studdents</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">The Thai government promoted the development of "mahawitalai natasin" (school of dramatic arts) all around the country during the 70's. Such development of professional teaching takes a major part in the preservation and transmission of local and national musical culture and is also an important part of the development of the Esan identity (it applys to other parts of the country at a lower level).</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">The Mahawitalai Natasin Nakhon Rachassima Pong lang studdents ensemble</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">If a musician can't read a musical score, he CAN'T play in any molam troupe for exemple (all the professional Thai musical ensembles also need a teacher). It's not only stupid to make a general case of the lowest performing level of music from Esan (sold as "mindblowing psychedelic rock" to tourists) but it's also insulting for all the professional Esan musicians and their teachers (but obviously </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">edouard degay delpeuch never met any of them!).</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Many exemples in professional Esan music (luk thung and molam) clearly show the major importance of the relationship between the teacher and his apprentices. </span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Some early 21st century tapes (on Topline Diamond records)</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Noknoi </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Uraiphon solo</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Noknoi </span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Uraiphon and members of Siang Esan </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Lookprey </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Uraiphon solo</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Maitai </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Uraiphon solo</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Maitai and lookprey </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Uraiphon on duo</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Maitai and Lookprey who learned with Noknoi Uraiphon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">are now both successful band leaders!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Obviously Esan teachers never stopped to do a very good job!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">(Siang Esan kids on stage)</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">The luk thung beloved legend Noknoi Uraiphon still give her name to many of the singers who grew up practicing under her teaching in the Siang Esan (It used to be a very common practice in the lukthung scene). It's usual to see some of her very young family members getting their first practice of the stage during holidays (including babies!).</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Banyen Rakkaen and her daughter / Angkhang Khunchai and her daughter</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Many famous molam teach their knowlege to the younger generation, a practice that starts at home with their own kids! In Esan, the transmission of the cultural heritage is something serious.</span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Stop talking about teachers, mindblowing music </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">and other things you have no clue about</span></span> </div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">A young talented Esan kid<i><br /></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">*There was no real diffusion of recorded music in Thai rural areas before the 60's. At this time, only some teachers, temples and some wealthy people owned a radio... It really starts to spread at homes in the 70's...That's a very little part of the 20th century left!</span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Can you imagine, waiting all day long at the house of the teacher or at the temple to ear 2 or 3 times in a day the song you are looking for? It doesn't make sense at all!</span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">It's only during the 80's with the development of tape cassettes that it became possible to imagine people practicing on their own (some mid 80's tapes, usually by the composer Soraphet Pinyo, feature some instrumental versions to practice singing). I believe that </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">edouard degay delpeuch read a common fact about young molam learning to sing by listening to tapes during the 80's and as he had no ideas about what he could write about for his "work" simply applied that fact to an amateur instrumental band.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Probably the biggest molam wai khru ever performed.</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">It features many of the most important living personalities of the lam ruang to klon, lam klon and lam sing scenes (khru) as well as many young mo lam and no khaen. </span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><i><b>"The wai khru is performed apart from the festivities, directly on the "sound system"* itself, generally subtracted from the general attention"</b></i>. (translated from french)</span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">This little sentence is not innocent at all, it shows the evidence that </span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">edouard degay delpeuch is an expert, an important person who can access some special well kept practices while in fact nobody would even notice it or care (he insist using both "</span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><i><b>apart from "</b></i>and<i><b> </b></i></span></span></span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><i><b>"subtracted from"</b></i></span></span>). The wai khru is nothing hidden, it's just performed before the performance. I attended many wai khru including some showed to the audience (for pedagogical purpose) or directly on the stage, as an introduction to the show or as part of the show itself. As the whole experience of </span></span>edouard degay delpeuch on Thai music is limited to observing an amateur music band, his point of view is very limited! (hilarious to see <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">edouard degay delpeuch describing one of the 2 small wai khru he ever attended as being <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325648262/figure/fig6/AS:635223456899082@1528460482853/figure-fig6_Q320.jpg"><b><i>"Spectacular"</i></b></a>...). </span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">*"<b>sound system</b>" stands obviously here as one more "reggae" reference and describes the loudspeakers and amp on a trolley. It have strictly of course no links with reggae, it's directly inspired by the trolley used by the C</span></span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">hinese</span></span> parade bands to carry their drums. </span></span><br />
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">An exemple of wai khru performed on stage at the beguining of a lam ruang to klon performance</span></span></div>
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<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">(note that the right photo is the part hidden by 2 the panels on the top left)</span></span></div>
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I could keep going but it's far more than obvious that this guy is fooling people. </div>
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The leaders of 2 of the biggest molam troupes perform the wai khru together.</div>
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I also invite you to see the photos
illustrating this paragraph, they show a few samples of the many
variations of wai khru. As described, some of those wai khru happened during some particularly important events and all look pretty different.<br />
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"klong yao Esan": Another kind of parade band playing in a professional way.</div>
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about 20 trained musicians (same set up as for khun narin +<br />
a long drums " klong yao" section and about 100 perfectly synchronised dancers.<br />
SUCH BAND COULD NOT EASILY GET FOOLED BY HUMAN ZOO PROMOTERS </div>
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NOTE: In the document (I did not read)
named: <b><i>“The Mindblowing career of Khun Narin Sin Phin Prayuk : Thai
musicians and World Music perspectives in front of new media
revolution”</i></b> edouard degay delpeuch sure gives a point of view very
very far from mine and I really doubt he mention how could some
amateur music was taken out of it's cultural context to become the product I described as a modern human zoo in a previous post. I like the recurring use of the white neo-colonilalist term “world music”*.</div>
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Since I met
him about 5 years ago, the “ethonomusicologist” edouard degay
delpeuch pretty much published nothing else I noticed but those 2 papers promoting the business of his friend.<br />
If you are curious about the "teacher/apprentice" relationship in Thai music, the movie "<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306359/">monrak transistor</a>" is a good introduction. <br />
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*NOTE: Additional documents on the "world music"
racist concept.</div>
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<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2012/mar/22/world-music-outdated-offensive" target="_blank">“The term 'world music' is outdated and offensive”</a> (The Guardian)</div>
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<a href="http://music.ucsc.edu/sites/default/files/brennan-world-music.pdf" target="_blank">“World Music Does Not Exist”</a>
(Timothy Brennan)<br />
<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p043j94q/p043jgg4" target="_blank">”this is not world music, this is our music!”</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGzvjR6X_Xk" target="_blank">Baloji</a>)<br />
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"<a href="http://www.theses.fr/s105989" target="_blank">Thai funk: Study of WORLD MUSIC blah blah blah</a>"</div>
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Thesis project (published?) obviously focucing </div>
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on the surrealist "Thai funk" sold by maft sai...</div>
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If edouard degay delpeuch obviously
talk about things he have very little clue about, I will now talk and
comment about a document I did not read as I doubt it ever been published... So sad, it would have been hilarious for sure!<br />
I just demonstrated that edouard degay
delpeuch have apparently no interest for what he talks about and how he can bring discredit on the amazing Esan cultural and musical heritage by using extreme superlatives to describe microscopic events (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5uxVcf_yJY">while it's</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOUyK_9XnlQ">very easy</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpKG6QYtGNU">to show real</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnFQTh37tGI">amazing events</a>).<br />
An "expert"describing and promoting such little things as "mindblowing" or "spectacular" leaves no doubt on the idea that you could not find anything much interesting around.<br />
I also detailed his intentional cultural spoliation and the promotion of his friend's human zoo using the reputation of french universities. I will now talk about his surrealist thesis subject:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"Thai funk: study of world music </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>at the time of local questioning"</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"> edouard degay delpeuch</span> </i></b></span></div>
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In fact, I will focus on what obviously inspired edouard degay delpeuch for his thesis subject as it seems like this joke will never get published.<br />
As I mentioned before, edouard degay delpeuch based his researches on Thai music on 2 people I describe as FILTHY SCAMMERS. I just described the links with doolan and this thesis seems to focus on maft sai and his "thai funk" compilations.<br />
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"Thai funk" and other western dominant influences have been constantly sticked to Thai and especially Esan popular music since the beginning of the compilation business.<br />
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some clueless compilations for tourists</div>
"Thai funk", "dancehall", "groove", "soul", "jazz"... If you read such descriptions, there is no possible doubt: Esan (and Thai) music is deeply influenced by black American music, even better, (if you remove the word "jazz") influenced by some particularly low quality black American music (personal point of view)!<br />
Of course, none of those people describing such obviously "huge influences" have any kind of clue about Thai music and of course did not live in Thailand during the time when such influences could have appeared (you can only be influenced by the music you are actually exposed to).<br />
The self claimed expert on the subject: maft sai clearly stated: <b><i>"I didn’t know anything about Thai music when I moved back to Bangkok".</i></b><br />
If I did not live in Thailand during that period of time either, I collected lots of music and attended many concerts. As I have many friends deeply into music I could also share points of view with them.<br />
I actually lived with some people who grew up there and who could spot some traces from some hit songs in some of the luk thung and molam I was listening to all day long. Quite often, things I never noticed myself : Some themes borrowed from songs that had some big success in Thailand, songs from India, China, Japan and sometimes of course Occident...<br />
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Globally, the main influence in Thai music is Thai music! Many songs "answer" previous success or copy some elements, Thai and Lao traditional and classical music are also often "sampled" in luk thung songs and modern lam... </div>
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Indeed it can happen to find some stuff copied from western music but it's by far not what anyone with a clueon the subject would notice first (no like on "Khmer rock" where it's obvious). </div>
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From my experience, Thai people have no kind of interest for "black music" and basically are usually obsessed by white skin. TV, advertising, fashion and cinema clearly promote such concept and there is (as far as I know) only 1 man of African origins on Thai soap operas (I did not notice any forms of racism and only a ew African people in Thailand). The only famous "black man" is the Thai-American golf champion Tiger Woods. I saw very very few tapes of Michael Jackson and Bob Marley (something like 10 tapes out of a million) while they had a real "international" fame. I never heard any of those "Thai funk", "dancehall", "groove", "soul", "jazz" played anywhere during my 5 years in Thailand (I did not spend much time at westerners places).<br />
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Generosity and sincerity...<br />
Music is an international language. </div>
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Obviously, the people behind such compilations have their own musical culture and just put random words they know to describe the music they want to sell (They obviously never waste their time at Thai concerts or cultural events).<br />
There is so much amazing music from Africa and from the descendants of the horrible human slavery, I have no interest for funk or reggae.<br />
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The most surrealist example comes from maft sai and is the main subject of the university thesis of mister edouard degay delpeuch: THAI FUNK!<br />
If maft sai is seen by music tourists as THE molam specialist, he is also behind a unique concept: Thai funk and even better: LUK THUNG, THE ROOTS OF THAI FUNK, a serie of compilations by the man with <b><i>no clue about thai music</i></b>.<br />
I heard a lot of things about music in Thailand but I never ever heard anything about "Thai funk". If I look at the shitty covers of those tourist compilations, I can read the word "Esan" on the "volume two" and on <b>"<i>luk thung! the roots of thai funk</i>"</b> most of the singers pictured are Esan luk thung, I own several albums from those singers so I know about their music a little: Thepphon Phetubon, Dao Bandon, Soraphet Pinyo, Saksayam Phetchompu and Sanai Omwong (who is not Esan but of Lao origins). On the small picture I have I can't read the labels from the 7'vinyl pictures but there is a for sure a majority of Esan music in those too!<br />
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Thepphon Phetubon, Dao Bandon, Soraphet Pinyo, Saksayam Phetchompu and Sanai Omwong</div>
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If I have strictly no interest for "funk" I must admit that I don't see the relationship between Thepphon Phetubon, Dao Bandon, Soraphet Pinyo... and funk. If luk thung (Esan) is one of the dominant form of popular music in Thailand and if it had really been the "roots of Thai funk" I am sure that I would have seen some tapes by some famous Esan singers with the word "funk" written on the covers, I would have heard some of the most influent singers, songwriters and composers of Esan music mention "funk" in interviews (including those on that <b><i>"roots of thai funk</i>"</b> record cover), I would have seen Thai books and foreign books on Asian popular music mention such music scene that seems to have been important enough to produce 3 compilations for tourists... NOTHING.<br />
Honestly, except from the legendary maft sai who "<b><i>didn’t know anything about Thai music" </i></b>I NEVER HEARD OF THAI FUNK! Hilarious to see that edouard degay delpeuch was going to write his thesis on something that doesn't exist! I really have no clue about what's in the mind of that man? <br />
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By the way, during the late 60's and 70's, some documents state that there was a pretty "anti-American" feeling in Esan (described is Esan literature and documented by foreign scholars). It's mentioned that the US army (based in Esan cites such as Udon Thani) spread alarming information about the fast development of rebellious communist groups in Esan (declassified US secret service will later prove it was in fact a tiny minority). At the same time, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/laotians-killed-50-years-bombing-campaign-181121000620903.html">US troops were heavily bombing the extremely dangerous Laotian </a>farmers to protect the world against their <a href="http://www.khaosodenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/46395275_2281926832091647_561867522878472192_n-696x509.jpg">buffaloes and bamboo sticks</a>...<br />
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If such paranoid US propaganda in Esan was a way to justify the development of US military bases in the region (the closest place to China they could access), the investments helped the creation of roads and airports (used at first by soldiers) and the money given by Americans to the Thai government clearly helped the modernization and opening up of Esan. Thai government that feared a communist development invested some of the American funds in the promotion of the Esan identity as part of the Thai identity. Such development can be seen in the growing of an Esan themed cinema as well as some major identitarian evolutions such as the creation of term luk thung Esan!<br />
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Some of the many Esan themed albums tittles:</div>
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"Esan our home" (early 70's) Angkhanang Khunchai</div>
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"local (cultures and traditions) from Esan (mid 80's) <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Duanphen Amnuayphon</span></span></div>
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"Esan heritage" (late 90's) Banyen Rakkaen</div>
Unlike the Marshall plan in France that developed a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8CM5vawvYM">strong interest for American music</a>, The American Investments in Thailand incidentally ended up "supporting" the growing of Esan culture.<br />
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One out of hundreds of examples of <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_chansons_de_Johnny_Hallyday_adapt%C3%A9es_d%27une_chanson_%C3%A9trang%C3%A8re">adapted songs in France</a></div>
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johnny hallyday "Hey Joe"</div>
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If taking for granted all the western references and the vocabulary strangely sticked to Thai and Esan music. Esan music would have many American songs covered (like it happened in Europe). Many forms like hard rock or hip hop performed by locals would be widely spread (like those are in Europe) and teenagers would listen to such music and not molam. In Thailand, such copies of foreign music mostly target the Sino-Thai community of Bangkok.<br />
I personally made some experiences, when I heard of the death of some famous western superstars, I asked some friends "did you see that David Bowie died?" everybody asked me "who?" I ended up showing some photos, still no answer, I finally showed the "Bowie bolt" portrait and 1 friend said he saw that on a t-shirt. When Lou Reed died, same story... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2HPctjQZTw">I can't stand it anymore!</a> (ok, that one was easy). Last but not least, when Gorge Michael died... Remember that I affirmed in the first post that molam was the biggest cultural gay community in the world... Nobody I asked had a clue about him. It's not a lack of culture, Esan people have their own culture and they are more than happy about it.<br />
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An hilarious parody of superman</div>
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Most of the time if you read what EM records and maft sai say they always mention reggae as their main musical reference (roots, dancehall, sound system...). The influences attributed by such people does not relate to Esan music but to their own minimal knowledge. I personally consider reggae as one of the poorest form of music while many people consider it as something pretty boring... Some love it.<br />
a famous french joke even says <i>"Do you know what a rasta says when he stops smoking pot? What's that stupid music"</i>.<br />
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Joey Boy (quoted by j.mitchell)</div>
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Another concept constantly spread by clueless specialists is the idea of an highly Americanised Esan music. There is no doubt that such concept comes from the "Cambodian scam" I previously mentioned. If I actually don't understand how could such idea came to the mind of "specialist". I personally studied the subject pretty well... I mean the fact that Esan people always protected their music from any western cultural invasion... not the supposed Americanisation of Esan music. <br />
It's interesting to note the very important western influence on Esan music, when I mean WEST, I mean a few kilometers west, in Bangkok and central Thailand.<br />
Pretty much all the exterior influences in Esan music have been first filtered by central Thailand.<br />
A well known example is the southern Thai /Malay theatrical performance called likey (or dikey) which had been adapted in central Thailand before it arrived in Esan where it gave it's theatrical visual aspect to Esan story telling lam ruang to klon.<br />
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Michael... Lamsing!</div>
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Many westernised forms of Thai music exist, in Bangkok and central Thailand (they spread in Esan too but with almost no links with molam or luk thung esan). Some forms like brass bands spread since the early 20th century because of the interest of the royal Thai family for western culture. Many other "urban" forms of occidentalised music (mostly targeting the Sino-Thai community of Bangkok) developed during the last century: Luk krung, literally "half child" clearly describe a form mixing occidental and Thai music, string (from guitar strings), shadow music (from the band the shadows), phleng phua chiwit (a kind of rebellious "rock" in old bikers outfit)... If some westerners sometimes find and insist on some western influences in Esan music, such influences pretty often come from those Thai westernised forms more that actual western music.<br />
It's interesting to note that none of those specialists who describe such influences almost ever mention influences of places like India or China which are obviously the biggest influences in a part of the world that used to be described as "Indochina" (check all the Indian and Chinese influences in your own culture, it's already amazing 10000km away so imagine next door). "Specialists" also never mention any Islamic influences while it's particularly important in central Thai culture (which then spread in Esan).<br />
Thai luk thung experts usually describe the main western influences behind luk thung as from the 30's: Cuban superstar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Cugat">Xavier Cugat</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EI3jX_t6DE">cha cha cha...</a>) and the Parisian (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQUFkz2vS70">French Caibbean</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biguine">biguine</a>. Such influences evolved and became the structure of the orchestras you can see during the main molam and luk thung
concerts: 12 musicians featuring 2 or 3 percussionists
(western and electronic drums, congas...), a large brass section (2
saxophones, trumpet, trombone...) 1 or 2 sets of synthesisers, 1 bass and
2 guitars (often tuned as phin). Sometimes some Esan instruments such as
khaen, saw fiddle or pong lang are added. Such ensembles vary from one
band to another (and can slightly vary from one concert to another). I
could be wrong but I think such ensemble never been described by any
westernershile it's the dominant form in Esan popular music for about 40 years. <br />
Unlike the clueless information you can read everywhere, people like maft sai or peter doolan never helped Esan music to be played in Europe or USA. Many of the most famous Esan singers happen to sing all around the world and it was already the case 20 years ago! <br />
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"lom pat thung. lom pat thung!" (The big wind is coming)</div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=MAI+WAENTHIP">Mai Waenthip's song</a> covered during a fair promoting</div>
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Thai tourism in Oslo (Norway,2018)</div>
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It really feels like a village in Esan! </div>
Laos, Cambodia, Korea, Japan and also France, Sweden, Netherlands or USA. Such concerts happen during cultural events or are organised by migrants. If there is some Lao and Esan people where you live, there are some luk thung and molam concerts!<br />
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<span id="goog_2006139159"></span><span id="goog_2006139160"></span> "PEOPLE FROM OUR HOME, </div>
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PEOPLE FROM THE SAME VILLAGE..."</div>
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Pai Phongsathorn singing "Khon baan diow khan"</div>
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not in Yasothon but in Amsterdam! (Netherlands 2011) </div>
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During the late 70's Esan music faced competition against some "modern cultures" spread by movies and television. Esan historians describe molam troupes "tricking" the young audience attending temple fairs (where they could watch movies or dance at mobile disco or either attend molam) by playing some foreign music as an introduction to their shows to grab the attention of the younger audience expecting something "trendy". Such practice (probably started with the fake cover of "Marina" by Benjamin) was still common in the early 21th century (though it lost it's original intentions). I could observe it a few times: The dancers enter the stage and some international success (such as lambada) is performed in an instrumental well modified version.<br />
For the same purpose of "grabbing teenagers attention" some lam recorded during the early 80's feature an intro "stolen" from western international hits which then switch for some heavy lam as soon as the lyrics starts. It's often noticed by westerners though it remains a very minor fact (less than 0.1% of the lam recorded during the 80's): Kraftwerk (das model, Germany), Boney M (rasputin, Euro-Caribbean), Kaoma (lambada, Brasil, France), Izhar Cohen & The Alpha Beta (A-Ba-Ni-Bi*, Israel). It's pretty hard to call such "borrowed elements" and American influence and if The Shadows (Apache, England) also been "sampled" (over 25 years after it came out) it have to be seen as an influence from the Thai "shadow music" more than from a direct influence from England.<br />
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Some "stolen" exotic intros </div>
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*A-Ba-Ni-Bi is an unusual example of a "western" song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXVpeoR3Gp8">that had been covered</a> by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvU4qIwCySs">many Thai singers</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWmChW_-eww">in various Thai</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5PkovfMHc">languages versions</a>). The most famous Esan version is by Noknoi Uraiphon (Siang Esan).(ok, Israel is not really "western" but for most Thai people the west is seen as a global thing "prathet farang": western countries).<br />
While Esan faced foreign cultural "concurrence", the Esan music scene always answered in fun or tricky ways to keep the teenagers concerned about their culture. The best example is "rock" on the covers of the <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/*ROCK">"rock Esan" albums</a>, you always see the word "rock" (sometimes many times). There is an effort to make the covers looks like something "not usual" but once you listen to that "rock", It's not only not rock but also "very Esan". Only the name and an idea of how it should look is used while the music is sure of a new kind and sure made to target younger audience but not at all what could have been expected (it even often cover some verypopular luk thung and molam hits).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Toy Mouakdaeng) Rock Esan</span></div>
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This example is of major interest, it shows how Esan music plays with cultural Invasion. The video was recorded at the hard rock cafe in Bangkok and you can see how they took some serious care about each details. It's pretty amusing .<br />
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Hard rock cafe</div>
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a "hard rock" band is getting ready to play</div>
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An Esan Marylin enters and interrupt the musicians</div>
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"hey hey, can you play molam please"</div>
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the musicians show their faces... They are Esan.</div>
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"sorry <i>Phi</i>*, we are a rock band, we play rock, you know, rock"</div>
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<i>*the term Phi (used to call older persons in a polite way)</i></div>
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<i>seems to be used to show that asking for something</i></div>
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<i>out of fashion like molam might come from someone old</i></div>
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the band plays a little to show what "rock is"</div>
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but Marylin insist and ask</div>
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"I would like lam toei<i> </i>deuh kha deuh*"</div>
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<i>*deuh and kha are the same polite words, deuh is Esa</i><br />
<i>and Kha is Thai. Used 3 times shows that she really politely insist.</i></div>
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and then it goes!<br />
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Not much to add as it's quite obvious: Western modern music genres are
named and portrayed. It's full of inside jokes making fun of western
musical cliches and self mockery. Other "rock" songs are not usually fun like this one but usually <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJtSKMBclOU">very Esan oriented</a>. </div>
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The oldest exemple of western cover by an Esan singer I know is particularly interesting. In 1960, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYjIw6VmvE">Marina</a>" (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_(Rocco_Granata_song)">Rocco Granat</a>) is a huge international success <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWs1e8cgkYg">covered in many countries</a>. In Thailand,<br />
<a href="https://www.isangate.com/new/images/artist/benjamin_03.jpg">Benjamin</a> gives his very own version...<br />
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"Marina, Marina, Marina..." Benjamin </div>
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Just like the Toy Mouakdaeng exemple, Benjamin makes fun of the foreign cultural invasion. If it starts like a cover to grab the young people's attention, the effort is stopped by the audience "NO, NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT" and replaced by something way more Thai introduced by laughs...</div>
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During all my time in Thailand, I've almost never been exposed to western music (maybe 1mn per week while walking in the street). My molam friends never listened to non Esan music in front of me and I only saw 2 western songs covered during molam concerts. If I have been asked about my favourite singers and talked a lot about music, it was only about molam and Esan music.<br />
I once been asked by the neighbor of a friend when I was in his village "why I was listening to molam and not linkin park". Likin Park and Justin Bieber is pretty much all I could often (visually) notice as having some interest from some young Thai. As this video shows, Linkin Park is the only foreign band performing Esan music!<br />
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LIKIN PARK!</div>
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I think I said it all on the subject, Ok, Dao Bandon wears a cowboy hat and said "America" in 1 song, Ok, hongthong Dao'Udon says "hot dog' and "jeans" in a song and Yenjit porntawi have an album named "I love you" Ok some singers pose on the covers of some 80's tapes wearing western sports brands (but they do it as a copy of Japanese fashion). All those examples don't make Esan music as Americanised as some people would like you to believe.<br />
To consider that some cultural forms have some influence on another culture, you must see an interest about such forms. It's clearly not the case here.<br />
People like "maft sai" never tried to have a pertinent point about anything, he just noticed that journalists would take any crap he would say as facts and that they have better things to do than wasting 2 minutes checking for information.<br />
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Yenjit porntawi </div>
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"I LOVE YOU" </div>
This was the last post on what I consider "the biggest cultural scam", as you could notice I am not particullarly friendly with the people mentioned and deeply in love with Esan culture and music. I still don't understand how such disrepectful buiness could have spread that well. I won't mention smaller scammers and tricky people involved in that business at a lower level. If you ask, <a href="https://www.baanlaesuan.com/app/uploads/2017/02/molambus.jpg">NO, nobody in Esan sits on the roof of a bus to watch a silly Dj</a> and basically nobody in the molam scene seems to care about any foreign point of view on the way they should live their wonderful culture (and that of course include mine!). </div>
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I belive that a different point of view was more than necessary, now it exist. It won't stop neo-colonialism, it won't stop any filthy business on the culture of "so called" poor people but it exist.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All
the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only
show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or
exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-Everything
you read here is part of my personal researches and not some
copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from
my work, you should contact me first. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-The documents I
quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are
fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only
discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those
frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or
absence of reaction) following my publications will show their
positions.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>All the people mentioned in this serie of
documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add
more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b></span></div>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-57826424034130831542019-09-01T08:31:00.000-07:002019-09-04T05:47:07.130-07:00PART 6: CTRL C / TRANSLATE / CTRL V: "james leonard mitchell"<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Have you seen mister</div>
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james leonard mitchell?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Luk Thung:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Culture and Politics of Thailand's Most Popular Music"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.newmandala.org/wp-content/uploads/cache/2018/11/Photo-Dr-James-Mitchell-MU-Ethnomusicology-Asia/86817995.jpg"><span style="font-size: large;">JAMES LEONARD MITCHELL</span></a> </span></div>
In that expensive book (twice the price of any books in thai by the same publisher Silkworm Books) made mostly from pre-existing documents <a href="http://independent.academia.edu/JamesMitchell95" target="_blank">distributed for free</a> (the parts never published as "pdf" used to be on Mitchell's website and can still be found by copy/pasting excerpts from the book in google) and already payed by universities (fraudulently promoted on the back cover as "fully updated" while mitchell just added a few things to blow up the pages amount). Mitchell offers contents mostly from translated and re-written documents
from existing interviews and books such as "<a href="https://www.academia.edu/30754739/Review_Article_Waeng_Phalangwan_-A_Lao-Isan_perspective_on_Thai_Lukthung">luk thung Esan</a>" in what he
himself calls <b><i>"a pioneering book"</i></b>*. If james leonard mitchell thinks that "<a href="http://oknation.nationtv.tv/blog/home/blog_data/448/11448/images/booklooktong.gif">luk thung Esan</a>" book is an essential document for westerners, why not supporting a translation
to be distributed? If some of you actually find the subject interesting, I can
manage a translation deal! (It should not cost more than 200 or 300$ for the rights and translation).<br />
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LUK THUNG ESAN</div>
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*NOTE: Such self claimed <b><i>"pioneering book"</i></b>, Finally published in Thailand (as Mitchell explained that no western publishers were interested) is only available in English... So strange as such dazzling book (it glows in the dark by itself!) could for sure give Thai people a new illuminating point of view on their own musical culture (+/-100$ for a translation). Well, I'm of course joking here but you can imagine that if that book haven't been translated in Thai (by the Thai publisher) while it's main potential target should obviously be THAI PEOPLE... It probably mean that "CTRL C / TRANSLATE / CTRL V" is in NO WAY a <b><i>"pioneering"</i></b> point of view but an easy way to fool some people who have a very limited clue on the subject... Such trick would of course not work with Thai people... <br />
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The work of james leonard mitchell is generally made out of pre-existing interviews which he "performs" again using the pre-existing documents as "personal knowledge". It's interesting to note that in such interviews mitchell proudly details how he can "trick" some people he pretends not usually talkative with nosy foreigners...<br />
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In "Luk Thung: The Culture and Politics of Thailand's Most Popular Music", Mitchell describes how he obtained some time with Soraphet Pinyo by promising to help him to write and translate some songs in English (to be later performed by a foreign singer), mitchell even add: <i><b>"Soraphet expected to gain from our relationship"</b></i>... While mitchell asked Soraphet Pinyo to give lots of time to answer questions he already answered and to provide documents to fill the pages of a "paper" he would get payed for and later a book he would sell! I doubt anyone would feel weird to "give back" as Soraphet never offered himself as "volunteer".<br />
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Well, the deal was simple, you spend a few hours translating and you get a few days of Soraphet's* time... Can't complain much!<br />
*Soraphet Pinyo is a famous Esan songwriter (he is behind some major evolution in early hybrid forms of lukthung/molam in the mid 80's) and had some real fame as a luk thung singer (during the late 70's and 80's).<br />
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3 of the most important albums composed by Soraphet Pinyo</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87gUzvHI0Yo">Sompot Duangsompong</a> / <i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VolVCJVMlbs">Jintara Poonlarb</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNqocsKfnZ8">Phimpha Phonsiri</a></span></span></span></span></b></i> </div>
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If when the songs were translated mitchell decided to use those as part of his book (getting payed for the help given... BRILLIANT), it's interesting to note that he could not find 5mn of his precious time to send a little email to his fellow foreign teachers from Khon Kaen or to post on any foreigners forums (like there are quite few in Thailand) just to say: "my friend wrote some Esan songs in English, he have a recording studio, I would like to know if anyone would be interested to be part in a fun project during his spare time". It would sure have made Soraphet very happy and would not have cost anything to mitchell... That's just the way I see things... If you knew how nice Esan people can be, maybe you'd think the same. <br />
Maybe I spent too much time with Esan people and got intoxicated by concepts like generosity, sincerity or other things money can't buy...</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJJapsLOx7A" target="_blank">Soraphet Pinyo</a> tapes: solo and duo with Nongnut Duancheewan</div>
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In "Luk Thung: The Culture and Politics of Thailand's Most Popular Music" mitchell spends most of his time giving details of the fact he have no interest about what he talks about and that everything he describes comes from previous publications and not from anything experienced he also shows how he's deeply (not) inside the music scene he describes:<br />
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-First of all the tittle mention <i><b>"Thailand's Most Popular Music"</b></i>. I already described and insisted on the fact I consider molam to be the most impressive popular music scene in the world. In terms of bands size, amount of concerts performed, amount of hours of concerts performed, size of audiences... Only someone who never attended any molam and luk thung concerts could pretend such silly thing!</div>
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Khon Kaen molam troupe Prathom Baanteungsin:<br />
Fasai and Poo singing pleng luk thung <br />
Rest in peace my dear Poo.</div>
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- Appart for the introduction*, at no moments in his books james leonard mitchell mention ever have attended any kind of concert or cultural event in Thailand. Mitchell lives in Khon Kaen, one of the world's most important province in music history (sure the province with the most people getting a salary form performing in concerts). I attended many concerts of all kinds in Khon Kaen (of couse including luk thung) as well as many cultural events (such cultural events where university teachers or lecturers pretending to be specialists in local culture should attend). I have never ever met james leonard mitchell!<br />
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Luk thung superstar <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYroUoyfDGE&list=PLmsjI5YvS9SNO02efizT8MD0r6wAg0iDo">Ying Lee</a> sure </div>
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knows how to set a stage on fire!</div>
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*In the introduction, mitchell describes a "minor concert" he attended in a temple, the usual ethno-musico tourist superlatives are used to describe small things. It really looks like that 2011 evening was the first (last?) time mitchell attended a concert in his life. As an "expert" mitchell comments the choice of the singer with a childish "<i><b>we approved of his taste in music</b></i>".<br />
Funny that he describes the main singer Mangpor Chonticha as "in her late 20's" (the 22 years old singer would have appreciated!) It's the 8th line of the book and unverified information are already popping around!<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEwzMJL4dcw">Mangpor Chonticha</a> is described as "<b><i>among the most exiting and experienced performers</i></b>"... "<b><i>experienced</i></b>" like 22 years old singer can be and "<i><b>exiting</b></i>"... like a first concert without mum and dad! James leonard mitchell (obviously very impressed) describes a concert that happened "<b><i>on a huge stage</i></b>" and is "<b><i>performed by highly professional...</i></b>". If I never saw Mangpor Chonticha singing (I honestly never even noticed her). I really doubt such free concert happened on such a huge stage... No proofs of what mitchell talks about anyway as there is strictly no photos of such incredible event even if mitchell described himself as "<i><b>about to take a photo</b></i>".<br />
The most recent video of Mangpor in concert that popped on youtube (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8LcyV2P5e0">August 31st 2019</a>) shows that james leonard mitchell can be VERY EASILY IMPRESSED by Thailand's "<b><i>most exiting and experienced performers</i></b>"!<br />
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LIVE IN KHON KAEN<br />
-The <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-star-to-tone-down-act-after-pms-tirade" target="_blank">sulfurous</a> luk thung teenager <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfzbZsRg4ko" target="_blank">Lamyai Haithongkham</a><br />
-Audience at a concert<br />
-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK0vIoUf7w0" target="_blank">Somrak Khamsing</a>, first olympic gold medal in Thai history, a symbol of Esan identity.<br />
(<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3L0EAbmWP0" target="_blank">here performing luk thung</a>)<br />
Lots of "culture" and "politics" here but no "mitchell" around!</div>
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- None of the badly printed amateur photos of concerts in his book are ever credited to him but to an English man named Peter Garrity (not even someone Thai, weird to only know 1 guy with a camera in the whole luk thung scene). Any foreigner who would have any interest for luk thung concerts (like a university researcher payed to work on the subject) would, with no doubt, take photos at concerts (and actually attend concerts) as luk thung shows are particularly "visual", even if luk thung remains a very small kind of concerts compared to molam.<br />
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- Like peter doolan, mitchell over use "name spreading" in his book, of
course leading to nowhere, just to stand as a specialist.<br />
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A random photo of an unknown support act singer...</div>
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- The photos published in the book don't give any ideas of what luk thung is or looks like while it would be worth the effort as luk thung concerts sure don't look like western concerts... <br />
The cover photo is particularly bland (it could be any kind of shows) and the inside photos just show "Asian people with a microphone" or close up photos of dancers. Hard to get any idea of what's going on.</div>
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young luk thung school kids, just before a show.</div>
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- The additional documents pictured in the book such as album covers or magazine pages belongs to Soraphet Phinyo who is interviewed in the book (I can't remember seeing those credited to Soraphet) and some tape covers are credited to peter doolan (monrak pleng Thai, khun narin electric phin band human zoo) who finally sees his knowledge about... scanning documents recognized! I though people doing researches about music always end up with tons of documents and music albums... Obviously not james leonard mitchell!<br />
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- At no moment mitchell mentions any Thai people he knows attending any luk thung concerts even better the chapter that describes <a href="https://www.academia.edu/1216920/Kon_baan_diaokan_or_were_from_the_same_village-star_fan_interaction_in_Thai_lukthung" target="_blank">the relationshp between fans and luk thung singers</a> focus on (obviously) the only person who actually attend luk thung concert that mitchell knows:<br />
An English man in his 50's (Peter Garrity) who mostly attends seated free luk thung shows (organized by TV channels or during cultural events).<br />
As Peter Garrity* is the only foreigner I know who regularly attends luk thung concerts** and as he don't speak Thai he is obviously not a very good exemple of luk thung fans who could be roughly portrayed as: 20 to 40 years old Thai women, standing during concerts and activelly particippating (dancing, visually cheering...). Obviously mitchell never met such people...<br />
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*As far as I know P.Garrity is totally honest and really into luk thung, he often attends concerts with his wife. I think he would himself confirm that he have very little interest for any other kinds of Thai musical performances though.<br />
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**I didn't attend luk thung concerts too often as I consider those way to small compared to molam (still I saw many but nothing compared to P.Garrity).</div>
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GMM Grammy / Fan TV concert, Bangkok 2014<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLGaiAwPzM" target="_blank">Khaothip Tidadin</a> welcommed by her fan club<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bREp0BIgMz0&list=PLoQxS8hTwzK9C019rK2mTGyfBLgNvHCMD" target="_blank">Takantan Cholada</a> reciving flowers and gifts from her fans<br />
Fan club <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-G-kM9pUs" target="_blank">Pai Phongsathorn</a> and their led signs</div>
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- In this video promoting his book (the youtube page don't mentions james leonard mitchell but the little profile photo looks obviously like him and every videos promote his "knowledge"), mitchell strangely shows he have no clue about luk thung as the background music is actually a 50's molam recording (it's as related as if you put the rolling stones to describe hip hop). A picture in this clip even show Ratree Sriwilai performing mola while the other photos mostly show people holding microphones or with trophies that nobody watching could have a clue about.<br />
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The description says:<br />
<i><b>"In this pioneering book, ethnomusicologist James Mitchell traces the history of luk thung"</b></i>... Looks like mitchell forget to mention the books and others studies used to write most of his <i><b>"pioneering"</b></i> book...<br />
<b><i>"This book also includes links to many of these songs online so that readers can hear for themselves" </i></b>TOTALLY USELESS! Unless you like to type lines like "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZFfiu1ospc" <a href="https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2014/07/headache-1451488318.jpg?resize=480:*" target="_blank">for hours and go back and forth</a>!<br />
I can tell that his PDF "professional" documents never featured any links (way easier to use on a pdf...) or even Thai alphabets which could both help to understand what mitchell talks about as well as helping readers to access knowledge (he use similar tricks as doolan I mentioned before to stand as the only person having the knowledge! While in fact his clue is limited to translations). A link to a shop to buy luk thung online would have been helpful too I guess (weird to be a specialist of some music you don't want people to access or listen)...<br />
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12 years old Dr James Mitchell school project<br />
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On this other clip modestly named "Musical Traditions of Thailand-Dr James Mitchell"<br />
The UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR describes Thai music like a 12 years old lazy student would do, offering a condensed version of wikipedia style approximate descriptions. Many major forms of Thai music are simply ignored here.<br />
As usual, only white people are credited for their "work"!<br />
Peter Garrity is thanked for his photos while in fact most of those come
from wikipedia (seriously!) or other Thai sources (showing that mitchell never saw
by himself any of the things he talks about!). Of course, there are no
samples of the music "described" and strictly no links in the description
to access such knowledge mitchell pretends to have. <br />
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No mention of the superb hybrid luk thung/molam* track used in the clip: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66qi5dBkHrg" target="_blank">"sansanee ni cham" by Nongnut Duangcheewan</a>... Written By Soraphet Pinyo (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mVwGttTlk" target="_blank">who also performed his own version</a>).Yes, I actually listen to the music I talk about and I also include a link <b><i>"so that readers can hear for themselves"</i></b> as mitchell would say...<br />
Even if the description is short, it contains quite a few wrong information and show that mitchell did not even took the time to check his copy/pasted text (on the same image 2 phonetic versions of the word "molam/morlam" are used).<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkoyj3WN_g4">Poppy Prajiap</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzwBqJlPKR4">Wieng Narumon </a>and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYW6KtA09Jo">Jintara Fahsai</a></div>
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* For those who are interested, such modern form of lam is named <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYoa_-mcRk" target="_blank">lam doen Kalasin prayuk</a>: To be as clear as possible, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiXNyTiZxAg" target="_blank">lam doen</a> is the genre and in that case it's performed in the style of the Kalasin province. The term prayuk "applied" describes here an hybrid form of lam (mixed with luk thung), lam doen Kalasin prayuk has been quite popular during the late 80's at the beginning of the development of hybrid forms of lam but by far not as popular as the version from the dominant molam province: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV6bCW4Dma0" target="_blank">lam doen Khon Kaen prayuk</a>. Such forms are still often performed during concerts and quite popular among molam fans. See? It's not difficult to explain things you know about! It contain examples, a selection of music to listen (a traditional version, the mentioned version, a more popular variant and a version by the songwritter himself). If mitchell pretends to be the author of a <i><b>"pioneering book"</b></i>, I affirm and show that he is a tricky liar who have strictly no interest for the music he makes money from!<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49Hlrvib5UY">Luk rhung superstar</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFdR_kYrAL0">Tai Orathai</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkPdU9DvG5M">in concert</a></div>
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No need to get any deeper I guess... Just like with the little "quiz" I invited maft sai to answer, james leonard mitchell is welcome if he want to prove me wrong...<br />
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<a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-7-what-funk-edouard-degay-delpeuch.html"><span style="font-size: large;">PART 7:</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-7-what-funk-edouard-degay-delpeuch.html"><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT THE FUNK? </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-7-what-funk-edouard-degay-delpeuch.html"><span style="font-size: large;">"edouard degay delpeuch"</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All
the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only
show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or
exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-Everything
you read here is part of my personal researches and not some
copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from
my work, you should contact me first. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-The documents I
quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are
fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only
discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those
frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or
absence of reaction) following my publications will show their
positions.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>All the people mentioned in this serie of
documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add
more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b></span></div>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-54773399042097247052019-08-31T07:40:00.000-07:002019-12-02T20:13:38.147-08:00PART 5: BACK STABBING AT THE ZOO "peter doolan"<div style="text-align: justify;">
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CONGRATULATIONS!</div>
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peter doolan enters the list of </div>
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the top tourist scammers in Thailand<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Enchanting songs of Thailand" </span></div>
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I met peter doolan a few times when I first came in Thailand. At this time, I was actively reading his monrakplengthai.blogspot.com blog about Thai music and I believed what that guy was writing...<br />
If the guy was the kind of "been there / done that" who gives very short answers to the most interesting questions, I started to doubt and checked the answers he was giving me about Thai music as most of the time those were simply wrong (At first I though it was intentional)...<br />
As my collection of Esan and Thai tapes was growing pretty fast, I could notice that his blog was seriously filled with wrong information showing that he had very little clue about what he was talking about (copy/pasting random informations from google is not a form of knowledge).<span style="color: red;"> </span><br />
Obviously doolan bought some random tapes in lots a few times and got more when he was going to run out (around 400
albums if the information he gave me were right which is very little for a
"specialist" who spent 5 years in Thailand). His goal was just to gain some credibility as a Thai music expert... <br />
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No more tapes around after I left this amazing shop. </div>
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SUPPORT HONEST BUSINESS!</div>
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With doolan, I attended a few concerts and cultural events, if he never showed up with friends or met anyone he knew at any of the concerts we attended, by the last time I met him I already had quite a few friends among the most hard core molam fans... None of them knew doolan.<br />
All that doolan gave me is the opportunity to discover the experience of feeling particularly ashamed in front of Thai people, he even did that twice:<br />
First, when I invited him to attend a likey performance he simply refused to pay 3$ at the entrance, explaining that he could watch just as well from the outside. The show wasn't started yet and all the audience was staring at the 2 white gatecrashers. As I left him and payed he finally followed (if he did not pay, some people would have come to pay for him and the situation would have been even more embarrassing). I can understand doolan refused to give 3$ to a Buddhist temple but nobody forced him to enter!<br />
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Chinese gniew and central Thai Likey performances. In the middle,</div>
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a unique photo featuring performers of both genres </div>
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The second experience wasn't much nicer. Doolan informed me that there was a <a href="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u2PzXu96g0g/maxresdefault.jpg">gniew performance</a> (the amazing Chinese "popular opera") at a governmental place. No worries about doolan as it was free! It was quite unique as it wasn't performed like usual but as a puppet theatre. As I was sitting at the first row to document the performance, doolan took a sit next to me (right in front of the puppeteers and musicians). He then simply took a nap during almost all the 30mn show... Once again, nobody forced him to come and to show such image of westerners during cultural events!<br />
I did no repeat such experiences with that guy and never found myself again in such embarrassing situation...<br />
If peter doolan
was escaping my questions on Thai culture and if he was giving me many
unrequested information about all his little scamming friends, I was
still wondering what was wrong with that guy as he was not obviously
making profit on Esan (or Thai) musicians... He was in Thailand since 5 years and nobody I know ever mentioned his existence! I never found any traces of doolan in any kind of musical scenes I know in Thailand and honestly, It took me a little time to find out what was going on!<br />
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-A luk thung singer paying respect to the audience in a very polite way (Siang Esan)</div>
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-Chinese ngiew puppets</div>
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-peter doolan sleeping without any kind of respect right in front of the puppets performance.</div>
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MONRAK PLENG THAI<br />
The style doolan often use in his blog and on the filthy promotion of his tourist scam "khun narin electric phin band" is named by the Christians (who know a lot about lies and manipulation) <b>lying by omission </b>(funny that they consider it a deadly sin). Doolan constantly omit everything that would not serve his purpose. In his blog, doolan is usually affirmative, even if it's right the opposite of the facts. The plan is to never loose his (self made) status of expert. If doolan's clue is quite limited on Thai music, he sure knows that almost nobody able to read English could prove him wrong... ALMOST!<br />
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Over 5000 vintage Thai tapes... </div>
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At places like this, you can randomly build</div>
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a collection of Thai music bigger than doolan's collection</div>
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in half a day, for just 300$ and pretend to be an expert... </div>
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(no more Esan music after I left though)</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">In this post <a href="https://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/search?q=onuma+singsiri%3A+sao+isan+ro+rak+">about Onuma Singsiri</a> for example, doolan who don't know the name of the guest singer (it sure can happen as many guest remain non credited) simply removed the track without any mention of it... This post is particularly interesting as once doolan finally got the information he re-posted the same exact tape with the missing track and evidences of his links with fellow scammers. </span></div>
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Doolan also often omit to show some parts of the tape covers which are full of precious information and remove "ghost tracks".<br />
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NOTE: As doolan share music using a very low bit-rate, downloading the same music from youtube is a better source, as most of the music he shares is already available online... He of course never mentioned such thing and avoid any links to youtube but as he post the names in Thai alphabet, you can check by yourself.</div>
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<b>THE BEST WAY TO KNOW ABOUT MUSIC IS TO LISTEN TO IT!</b></div>
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60 Pornsak Songsaeng tapes from my collection. Pornsak is the singer</div>
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who performed the largest amount of lam genres, including some particularly obscure.<br />
Pornsak Songsaeng is also probably the singer (in the whole history of music) who released the largest amount of albums on the same record company (Siang Siam).<br />
Those are major facts people like peter doolan sure have no clue about as they are not written anywhere but here!</div>
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<b><u>This following demonstration is in 3 parts: </u></b></div>
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-Some examples showing doolan's knowledge and interest for Thai music and culture.</div>
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(through his blog monrak pleng Thai).</div>
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-Peter doolan and his human zoo project.</div>
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(khun narin electric phin band) </div>
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- And last but not least: Backstabbing is not a crime!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/search?q=sathit" target="_blank">Sathit Thongchan </a></span><br />
This example makes it really obvious that peter doolan never really been searching for music in Thailand. <br />
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Here, peter doolan explains that after this tape (Sathit's 2nd album as mentioned on the cover) Sathit started to wear sunglasses on his album cover pictures. Not a very interesting information except of course if you compare to other album covers or if you are optician! I own about 35/40 Sathit tapes and show 15 as example here.</div>
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If peter doolan never saw any of those covers regularly popping in shops or cases of second hand tapes at markets or either on youtube... He obviously saw only a very very few Thai tapes! (I don't even talk about buying or listening... just seeing).</div>
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15 Sathit tapes (including 2 with regular glasses) recorded during a period of over 20 years<br />
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Note the usual "name spreading" that leads to basically nowhere <a href="https://www.google.fr/search?source=hp&ei=47BaXcrGBfLVz7sP3t6ImAI&q=Jenpop+Jobkrabuanwan&oq=Jenpop+Jobkrabuanwan&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1102.1102..1716...0.0..0.159.278.1j2......0....2j1..gws-wiz.....0.Cz29R5-UMoc&ved=0ahUKEwiKxNSskY_kAhXy6nMBHV4vAiMQ4dUDCAU&uact=5" target="_blank">(especially when written in phonetic)</a>. It's used by doolan to make it even more obvious that he is an expert who not only knows everything but also everybody. Note also the total lack of external links to focus on the fact that only doolan knows. Here, doolan names Jenpop Jobkrabuanwan and describes him as a "luk thung historian". As far as I know doolan never met <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-SqId_3TEc" target="_blank">Jenpop</a> which is incredible as doolan was in Thailand during the time when the house of Jenpop was simply hosting... A (now closed)<b> </b>museum of luk thung!<b> </b>(a very easy to find information that was even in those silly tourist guide books). The house of Jenpop is also hosting Jenpop's own radio station<b> </b>(Siang Silapin "the artist sound" 105.25FM if you are in Bangkok). Siang Silapin is playing all kinds of retro luk thung which would have also be a reason to pay a visit, especially for someone who pretends to be a foreign expert on the subject! It would have been interesting also not to intentionally avoid such major information for his readers! <br />
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my first month in Thailand... Lucky that music is a universal language.</div>
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-Jenpop live on the radio</div>
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--Jenpop guest on stage during a luk thung event<br />
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Doolan also mentions 3 times the name Tongchan (name of the
composer and his eponymous record company "Tongchan Promotion") but don't seem to realise
that Sathit Tongchan got his name from Khamkoeng Tongchan who was his singing teacher. A precious information as such practice used to be a
classic in the "teacher/apprentice" relationship in luk thung culture
(maybe doolan did not even know). You can understand how deep is the meaning of using the name of the one who has been your teacher...</div>
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If you add the fact that Sathit is known to have been singing one of the top 10 most popular (and most covered) Esan song in history "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxO9YhhEhdc">leave the girl from Nong Khai</a>", you get one of those posts where doolan stands as an expert while he in fact said nothing!.</div>
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Paying respect to Sathit Thongchan</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/2011/05/monruedi-phromchak-khoi-rak-chak.html" target="_blank">Monruedi Phromchak </a></span><br />
Here peter doolan shows his total lack of clue on Esan musical culture, he also shows that like ostriches, what he doesn't see right in front of his eyes doesn't exist!<br />
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Here peter doolan describes lam Phu Tai:</div>
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<b><i>"a unique style of lam"</i></b> like pretty much every lam genres...</div>
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<b><i>"associated with the Phu Tai ethnic group"</i></b> Obviously... still, no information and no explanations on the subject or any link to know more about that ethnic group... THE MOST INFLUENTIAL GROUP IN ESAN CULTURE! (lots of links on the right side of this page).<br />
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Pech Phu Din pong lang ensemble (Kalasin) in traditional Phu Tai clothes</div>
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backing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgGtNXxySqg" target="_blank">lam Phu Tai</a> and traditional dances</div>
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<b><i>"which can be pretty difficult to find in commercial recordings" </i></b>This is where it gets interesting and once again ignored! The Phu Tai group have a huge cultural influence in molam and Esan cultre as well as some influence in Laos and Northwest Vietnam (this alone should already let you guess that you can sure find some of their music).<br />
In the molam community, wearing the "sua Phu Tai" (the traditional Phu Tai shirt) is a very popular sign of identity, even for non Phu Tai people... Even for me! </div>
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Dancer wearing a sua Phu Tai from Nakhon Phanom province</div>
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Lam Phu Tai performer</div>
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Dancer wearing a sua Phu Tai from Klasin province</div>
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(Silapin Phu Tai) </div>
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The name "Phu Tai" is the most commonly used by singers and musicians in ALL THAI MUSIC.<br />
It shows the pride and the particular influence of the Phu Tai people in Esan arts.</div>
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Phornphan Phetphutai (performing lam doen), Num Phutai (a pong lang album by the legendary composer), Sao Phutai (performing Lae), Yadtphan Khonphutai (Phu Tai themed album)<br />
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One of the biggest molam troupe in history is named Silapin Phu Tai "the Phu Thai artists". Silapin Phu Tai performs traditional Phu Tai dances, their musicians, mo lam and fans proudly wear the "sua Phu Tai" and they perform some lam Phu Tai at every concerts...<br />
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Dancers paying respect to the audience (Silapin Phu Tai)</div>
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<b><i>"which can be pretty difficult to find in commercial recordings". </i></b>Seriously? Lam Phu Tai is by VERY FAR the most commonly available local form of lam in Thai commercial recordings (of course the opposite of what peter doolan pretends). It includes many albums by Monruedi Phromchak (the most notorious lam Phu Tai performer, I previously posted 2 of her early gorgeous albums) as well as many other Esan and Lao tapes, CD's, VCD's (including full lam Phu Thai albums by legendary singers like Angkhanang Khunchai and Chabaprai Namwai). I also own some less usual "sing Phu Tai" and some "rock Phu Tai". Nothing surprising here if you know how influencial is the Phu Tai group... </div>
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Full lam Phu Tai tapes and CD's by Monruedi </div>
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(I have many more of her albums featuring lam Phu Tai and other genres).</div>
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MORE PHU TAI ALBUMS:</div>
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<u>1st row:</u> lam Phu Tai Cd (from Laos). lam Phu Tai performed by superstar Chabaprai Namwai,</div>
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lam Phu Tai performed by superstar Angkhanang Khunchai,</div>
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2 modernized lam Phu Tai tapes from the 90's and late 80's.</div>
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<u>2nd row:</u> 2 unusual kinds of "sing Phu Tai" tapes, some rock Phu Tai</div>
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and 2 dontri phun muang tapes featuring some music for Phu Tai dances and photos of:</div>
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woman in sua Phu Tai Sakhon Nakhon and dancers in sua Phu Tai Kalasin</div>
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I can add more if requested... </div>
<a href="https://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/2012/10/waiphot-phetsuphan-la-buat-20-pi-thong.html" target="_blank"><br /></a>
<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/2012/10/waiphot-phetsuphan-la-buat-20-pi-thong.html" target="_blank">Waiphot Phetsuphan</a></span><br />
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Oh, Waiphot. There is a lot to say about the man: The oldest luk thung legend still in activity, most famous lae singer, Probably the (non Esan) Thai singer who recorded the biggest amount of albums in history... The tapes of Waiphot are some of the easiest to find in Thailand and it's not a surprise if he is the most represented singer on peter doolan's blog "monrak pleng thai". Surprisingly it seems like (once again) doolan have very little clue about what he talks about...</div>
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If quite a few of the central Thai luk thung legends who performed in the 60's, 70's and 80's often showed respect for Esan people and produced some songs and albums clearly targeting Esan audience (use of Esan language, Esan music instruments, Esan themed lyrics and even some attempts to perform lam!). None of them ever did it on the level of Waiphot. <br />
Suraphon Sombatcharoen (the king of luk thung) was already conscious in the 60's that the most passionate music lovers in Thailand were the Esan people, he performed quite a few songs about Esan featuring full Esan music and even some in approximate Esan language.<br />
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Suraphon Sombatcharoen<br />
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Molam attemps by luk thung Thai gods*:</div>
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Sayan Sanya (lam toei) and<br />
Yodrak Salakjai on duo (lam doen prayuk)<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(sorry about the defaced picture) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">*they both have their statues in temples! </span></div>
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Waiphot comes from Suphanburi (central Thailand), he is married to an Esan woman and seems to have a real interest for Esan culture and music. I wasn't surprised to see him leading a <a href="http://floodlist.com/asia/thailand-sakon-nakhon-roi-et-floods-july-2017" target="_blank">charity concert for the victims of the floods in Esan (2017)</a>.*<br />
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-Prayers for the victims.</div>
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-Oups, I've been spotted.<br />
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*As usual, if this flood had been a major event that once again showed
the generosity of Thai people and the solidarity of Thai musicians (luk
thung, lae, ram wong, likey and of course molam been involved in
charity concerts) none of the R.A.T.S and scammers mentioned here showed
any kind of interest or support while Esan music is often their main
source of income!</div>
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<i><b>any fan of vintage thai music ought to know the word ton chabap... meaning "original"</b></i>. I only met one western luk thung fan during 5 years in Thailand, I doubt he have any interest for <b><i>vintage thai music</i></b> and he obviously speaks very little Thai so I have no clue about who doolan talks about here (himself I guess!).</div>
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<b><i>but the biggest surprise of all? i don't mind in the least. that's
because on this time the new sounds come courtesy of a full isan music combo... that means electric phin
shredding, classic northeastern bass & liberal use of cowbell. as
far as i knew waiphot had never performed in this style, so enjoy this
rare look into his classic lae tracks, isan-ified!</i></b></div>
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HA HA HA SERIOUSLY?</div>
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If I mentioned that Waiphot is the Thai singer who recorded the biggest amount of albums clearly targeting Esan audience, it means MANY! It's not <b><i>the biggest surprise of all</i></b> As clueless doolan pretends... (While the most represented singer on doolan's blog is Waiphot..). </div>
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Obviously Waiphot likes to show his interest for Esan music! </div>
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2 tapes and a mp3 compilation CD</div>
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far as i knew waiphot had never performed in this style. </i></b>As<b><i> </i></b>far as I KNOW doolan once again<b><i> </i></b>affirm things with no links with reality!<b><i> </i></b>Waiphot<b><i> </i></b>performed quite a few songs clearly influenced by Esan music since the early days of his successful career. During the 70's one of his very first homage to Esan music shows a particularly interesting point of view as his song "sound of the khaen" is an historical document showing the major influence of Esan music in the birth of luk thung (a fact still contested at this time by some central Thai people). It's not innocent if the intro of "sound of the khaen" starts with the musical phrase of lam toei just like the first hybrid Thai / Esan song ever recorded, a ram wong performed by Benjamin named "ram toei" (a play with the names ram wong and lam toei that features the same intro). In the Benjamin song, it starts with <span style="font-size: small;">"accordion sound"*</span> while on his version, Waiphot replace it by a khaen**. Benjamin has been a major singer and composer of the early luk thung scene. I know I enter here in historical explanations (I guess those are mentioned in Thai major studies) but it helps understanding the deep interest and respect Waiphot have for Esan music.<br />
*Accordion sound (played or simulated on electric organ) and khaen are both diatonic instruments. It's a common "trick" of Esan composers to use an accordion on the intros of some ram wong and early luk thung recordings to replace the khaen used in lam. At this time a khaen (seen as Lao culture) would not have been tolerated by some potential racist audience from Bangkok. Here it's obvious that Benjamin tries to get something as close as possible to a khaen as all the song feature some loops of accordion drone on the background similar to hat a khaen could do.<br />
**It's easy to understand the statement Waiphot made here on the importance of Esan in the origins of luk thung.<br />
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BENJAMIN COMPILATION TAPES:</div>
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One of the very first tape re edition </div>
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an early 21th century compilation</div>
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an other early re edition featuring the vinyl cover of ram toei<br />
(of course, no Benjamin music on doolan's blog)</div>
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If Waiphot performed many other Esan themed songs with various styles of backing bands including some very close to what you ear in the tape doolan posted, he also released lots of full Esan style albums like the tapes I just showed and more collaborations with Esan singers than any other Thai singer ever:<br />
Some really great lae with my beloved Phimpha Phonsiri, some beautiful and really surprising lam ruang to klon with Hongthong Dao'Udon and Num Phutai and a few collaborations with his good friend Oyjai Den Esan including some heavy and fun ram wong and luk thung Esan albums and some really entertaining and unusual lam toei (all those tapes featuring full Esan music). Doolan is really a clown! </div>
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Waiphot albums with Esan friends:</div>
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Phimpha Phonsiri, Hongthong Dao'Udon and Oyjai Den Esan</div>
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Even if I met him a few times, I start to doubt that peter doolan ever been to Thailand!</div>
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<b><i>so enjoy this
rare look into his classic lae tracks, isan-ified! </i></b>VERY RARE INDEED!</div>
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Waiphot Phetsuphan: "sound of the khaen"</div>
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one of the early Esan themed song by Waiphot featuring</div>
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a full Esan band and an homage to Benjamin</div>
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I was going to get deeper into doolan's monrakplengthai.blogspot.com blog but it's obviously not necessary (but could be funny). So let's go to the zoo... THE HUMAN ZOO! <br />
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<b>KHUN NARIN ELECTRIC PHIN BAND... </b></div>
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Peter doolan' very own TOURISTA band! </div>
The concept of human zoo dates back from the 19th century, it can be described as a theatralized simulation of the life of some "exotic" populations to entertain some Occidental audiences looking for a bit of exoticism.<br />
If the first examples of the genre were showing caged humans later they replaced the fences by a little salary (as some anarchists were claiming for human rights). In those zoos were performed cultural practices such as ritual dances, funeral songs or anything the zookeeper would find entertaining (performed out of the original context and purpose... Just for money). It's interesting to note that human zoos have inspired the modern zoos where cages are now bigger and somehow simulate the natural environment of the animals.<br />
If mister doolan strangely NEVER mentioned it on his blog (he actually never told me about it either, even if at this time I was still talking to him online), peter doolan is clearly behind a modern human zoo project called khun narin electric phin band!<br />
It's obvious that peter doolan is not very proud of that product he created. If he oftem mentioned in a friendly way his fellow scammer friends, doolan never said word about khun narin electric phin band on his blog monrakplengthai.blogspot.com<br />
khun narin electric phin band is not even in the links list while you can find the fellow scammers I mentioned previously!<br />
NOTE: doolan can't affort to show he sells amateur music on his blog as he may know some Thai people who would find it really weird and stupid.<br />
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Let's see what khun narin electric phin band is and how peter doolan turned those honest amateur musicians into a stupid tourist attraction.</div>
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Khun narin electric phin band is an informal group of villagers (amateur musicians) performing dontri hae "parade music". Such groups of musicians are present everywhere in Esan and where large Esan communities are living in other parts of the country.<br />
Quite a few hundred Esan style dontri hae bands exist in Thailand, their purpose is to perform "background music" during processions and parades (monk ordination, merit making, cultural events...). Such groups exist in different forms, the most basic like khun narin electric phin band perform lines borrowed from various popular songs. Sometimes just 4 or 5 lines played again and again in loops. Such music is made to inform the people that the procession is passing by and to entertain the people on their way to the temple (to walk 2 hours under an heavy sun you need some music!).<br />
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3 Esan parade bands similar to khun narin electric phin band</div>
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Doolan did not need to go as far as Petchabun*</div>
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Those bands are actually from Bangkok!<br />
(*Bangkok/Petchabun: 340km) </div>
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More elaborated dontri hae bands perform some dontri phun muang "local music" (traditional music or musical themes from various forms of lam and popular luk thung). Such bands are backing bands for groups of dancers that can be pretty big (up to 100 dancers, sometimes more). Those trained dancers wear traditional clothes and perform traditional and modernized dances.</div>
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Dontri hae groups of modest form can be classified for exemple as "siang phin" (phin sound: small or medium ensemble leaded by a phin), phin prayuk or phin sing (modernized phin: small or medium ensemble leaded by a phin). Such groups generally walk while playing and some speakers are carried on a trolley. Sometimes the musicians are playing at the back of a pick up or a truck named rot hae (parade vehicle).<br />
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Another very similar Esan parade band from Ayutthaya (central Thailand)</div>
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as a marching band and on a pick up</div>
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Bigger and more elaborated ensembles are often run by schools or are of a professional level, they often feature over a dozen musicians: Klong yao Esan (leaded by a group of long drums known as "klong yao") or, during big events, pong lang (the usual neo-traditional Esan instrumental music ensemble) performing on a mobile platform.</div>
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Klong yao Esan ensembles sometimes perform on a stage but only during contests, those contest feature choreography made by the musicians and their instruments. </div>
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Pong lang, most of the time, perform on stage as backing bands for traditional dances or singers.</div>
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Smaller bands like khun narin electric phin band don't perform on stage as they are not made to back dancers or singers. Their performances happen during religious and traditional ceremonies, they are never the main attraction or the reason why people come.</div>
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In Esan, there is stricly no instrumental bands performing concerts where people would pay to access. No instrumental groups are the main attraction of any events and their performances is generally not announced and their names not mentioned on any poster or promotional document (like the majority of the Thai tapes featuring instrumental music have no musicians credited). It's concidered a collective practice and nothing surprising or incredible.</div>
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There are hundreds of bands like khun narin electric phin band and nobody exept the people surrounding their village know them.<br />
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Klong yao prayuk Thep Phanom</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2014: A SPICY ODYSSEY...</b></span></div>
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One day, an american guy found by accident a video of the khun narin electric phin band on youtube and posted it on his blog, a random guy in pyjamas saw that video and instantly belived that this "amazing music" sold to tourists could make him rich. Nobody in Esan ever became rich from being in such band as it's a part time activity which any musician could do to earn some extra cash performing what is considered in Esan as very basic kind of music (even some 10 years old kids often play in bands like khun narin electric phin band).</div>
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So, the guy run to the first Thai restaurant nearby (hilarious but true) to ask for help to deal for his new business (lucky they were not Chinese like often in Europe). Well, apparently the restaurant staff was not very helpful as free translating servants so the guy look around on google and find... peter doolan! At this time, doolan who spent 5 years in Thailand did not get much fame from his self made status of specialist yet.</div>
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Funny that doolan jumped on the opportunity to get into such stupid project and became the guy who turned a local group of amateur parade musicians into a human zoo. (without him it would never have happened).</div>
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If in Cambodia dengue fever have it's own cover band named Cambodia space project. In Thailand, doolan copy his friend maft sai and his shitty paradise Bangkok international molam band with his own tourist trap: khun narin electric phin band!</div>
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Within minutes doolan changed their name! and removed: </div>
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-The marching band and the trolley that carry the speakers.</div>
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-The purpose of such parade band (playing lines of music during parades).</div>
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-The intention (being the backing music that entertain villagers on their way to the temple).</div>
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-The context (no more religioous or traditional events)<br />
-The environment (no more villagers, no more temples...) <br />
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People on their way to the temple:</div>
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parades and processions in Esan</div>
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Doolan is behind the production of an album and puts the musicians in a new environment, a stage to entertain some tourists who pay an expensive ticket and who actually believe that what they see is:</div>
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-Being performed in it's original form<br />
-Some kind of traditional music<br />
-The kind of music locals value as being important in their culture<br />
-The kind of music locals actually listen at home</div>
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-The kind of real local music people like to go to see in concert</div>
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-Musicians recognized for their talent.<br />
-Musicians known outside of their village <br />
-"<i><b>the unique Isan sound</b></i>" and "<b><i>contemporary interpretation of traditional Isan music</i></b>"(advertisement for one of their "concerts").<br />
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Parade music on wheels:</div>
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A band similar to khun narin (here with phin tuned guitar)</div>
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A pong lang studdents ensemble on a truck</div>
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Loudspeakers on a parade vehicle (musicians here are replaced by a mp3 player).</div>
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In fact nobody in Esan (or related parts of Thailand) ever payed to go to see such "concerts" and I never heard any of my friends who attend molam concert listening to instrumental music at any moment. It's not badly considered or anything wrong, parade music just serves a purpose in
a traditional and religious context. (I have seen and documented such bands during
parades and processions many times). If you tell any of my friends that you payed 20$ to see such concerts, they might laugh at you for half an hour!<br />
It's because it serves a purpose in a traditional context that the transformation of such practice into a product sold as being representative of Esan culture* and of a particularly important musical interest... in fact for the only purpose of producing some ca$h that the product sold by peter doolan and his colleagues have all the characteristics of a <a href="https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/film-2/kayan-rings/">modern human zoo!</a> Such zoos are not something from the past or some fantasies , <a href="https://www.escapingny.com/home/humanzoo">they still exist </a>in many "poor countries" (I ever read some scary <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57558c333c44d8fceeb7802f/1520119608870-9LOV5CEJA1YDLORLS30N/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kHXInfOv5OdtH4tKHzZWqip7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z5QPOohDIaIeljMHgDF5CVlOqpeNLcJ80NK65_fV7S1UR9JSqeuoL72jULFk7Dn2uTK6T1YNX51OCRrMAgLUXTtoaB7cXlC74RGNr1M0KekWQ/IMG_1771.jpg?format=500w">hilltribe</a> sex tourism stories happening at some of those places).<br />
*doolan himself never described such music as being from Esan which is really weird as khun narin electric phin band have all the characteristics of Esan style parade bands and hile it's been sold as "<i><b>the unique Isan sound</b></i>". <br />
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It's hilarious to note that during some "concerts" of khun narin electric phin band organized for tourists in Thailand, people had to pay a lot more to see amateur musicians playing 1h than what Esan people actually pay to see the world's biggest bands performing amazing shows during up to 9h30mn!</div>
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If peter doolan could try to defend himself pretending he was just "helping" such philanthropic project, that human zoo would never have been possible without his involvement and if you wonder why I take so much efforts talking about peter doolan it's not just because this guy tried to back stab his fellow zookeepers as well as the khun narin electric phin band musicians but because peter doolan actually tried to get my help to backstab those people!<br />
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doolan backstabbing his new friends<br />
(I could have send this screenshot to those khun narin folks...<br />
Not sure doolan would still fool people nowadays!).</div>
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On the 24th of september 2014 doolan contacted me via facebook to ask for my help to contact the manager of what he called "a crazy parade band" as he wanted start his own business of Esan parade music for tourists! <br />
If at this time doolan never mentioned me the existence (or his involvement) in the khun narin electric phin band. I was for sure not going to give him any kind of help to get some profit on Esan musicians and I was very surprised that doolan did not even had any friends in Khon Kaen (which is THE major music province in Esan!).<br />
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I remembered that facebook conversation when I stared to work on this document about R.A.T.S and other tourists scammers so I saved a screen shot of it and checked the date to see if it happened before or after khun narin electric phin ban...</div>
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As a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khun_Narin" target="_blank">matter of facts</a> the khun narin electric phin band first album came out on "Innovative Leisure" (which is a funny name for an "innovative" human zoo project) just 1 month before doolan tried to destroy the project for his own profit!</div>
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Basically, with my help, doolan could have done his filthy trick within a week and 1 month later, a CD's would have been for sale... If you watch that video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisZ3NUbYzY" target="_blank">I posted here a while ago</a>, you can understand that in front of those kids named "khana Rung Thawi" and their fun automated skeletons the khun narin electric phin band had strictly no chance to survive at an "international" level!<br />
NOTE; as previously mentioned, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisZ3NUbYzY" target="_blank">the video I posted</a> starts with the theme from a song from the Esan band <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJtSKMBclOU" target="_blank">Rock Salaeng (one of the most famous "rock" Esan song).</a> Like I mentioned before, such parade bands usually plays line borrowed from popular tunes.</div>
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As it says in the conversation, doolan's plan was not to produce a new CD but just to buy the rights (probably around 100$ as doolan knew already). Such tiny investment for doolan who just started to learn to promote a CD as he was answering interviews** about khun narin electric phin band just had to contact the people who commented the khun narin* CD with a copy of his own product and a video of those dancing skeletons and no more khun narin!<br />
<b>Doolan have been welcomed by those people at their houses, he's been eating the rice they grow, he gained their trust! The first thing he did after that was trying to fool them and trying to take advantage of what he learned next to them to kill the hope he gave them. For that, he tried to use me and, as I wasen't going to help him he had no other options and his plans miserably failed! </b><br />
Funny that I could get in touch with any Esan musicians (including some I don't even know) within a few hours like anybody involved in the scene could! (If that clueless maft sai guy could, anyone can!).<br />
<b>As doolan's plans failed, he kept talking to those khun narin guys, he toured with them, made profit on their work (same goes to his human zoo colleagues who could have been also very surprised if doolan opened his business)... R.A.T.S LIKE DOOLAN DESERVE NO RESPECT! </b></div>
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No more cages or chains</div>
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at modern human zoos... </div>
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*khun narin electric phin band musicians did not ask to get
involved in such thing but sure could not refuse some cash even is most
of the profit is of course not for them.</div>
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**Indeed, doolan who has never been playing any music answered interviews for the promotion of the CD's of khun narin electric phin band just like if the guy who carry the guitars of the rolling stones would explain how they made their new album!<br />
In such interviews where the music of khun narin electric phin band is often described as a "Psychedelic Rock Band" doolan never mention the fact such music is Esan (even if the band is not technically located in Esan) or that this music such band play is purely covers of lines borrowed from famous songs... Unlike that maft sai idiot, doolan never call his product "instrumental molam" and avoid to mention his beloved mentor. It's interesting that if doolan was clearly involved in the production of a human zoo, he also let some pretty weird description of his amateur musicians band spread online like for this silly event promoting the tourista music scene in Bangkok!<br />
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An event where tourista bands are described as "<i><b>the unique Isan sound</b></i>" and "<b><i>contemporary interpretation of traditional Isan music</i></b>" which is totally surrealist! Still this event is historical as it's the very first (and only) tourista music festival ever! <br />
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Peter doolan* also forget to mention that such music gets very little interest outside of it's context and that nobody in Thailand would ever pay to see such band on a stage! A very little interest shared by doolan who did not show much love for "parade music" on his blog, even if he could have collected some CD's in Thailand for just 1$!<br />
*Funny to note that Thai people usually call the first crockroach they see in a house Peter... END OF THE STORY!</div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part6-ctrl-c-translate-ctrl-v-james.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>PART 6: </b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part6-ctrl-c-translate-ctrl-v-james.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>CTRL C / TRANSLATE / CTRL V: </b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/09/part6-ctrl-c-translate-ctrl-v-james.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"james leonard mitchell"</b></span></a></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All
the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only
show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or
exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-Everything
you read here is part of my personal researches and not some
copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from
my work, you should contact me first. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-The documents I
quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are
fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only
discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those
frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or
absence of reaction) following my publications will show their
positions.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>All the people mentioned in this serie of
documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add
more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b></span></div>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-87714621696485742922019-08-30T06:23:00.000-07:002019-09-01T08:37:07.924-07:00PART 4: THE MISANTHROPE: "Dj MAFT SAI"<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: purple;">“You can fool some people some times </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: purple;">but you can't fool all the people all the time” </span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: purple;">Bob Marley...</span></b></span></div>
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If there is a filthy scammer that really makes me want to vomit
it's with no doubt mister maft sai (zudrangma records, the paradise Bangkok molam
international band, studio lam”, “toomturn molam group”). Mythomaniac liar, megalomaniac, pretentious idiot, clueless
specialist... mini cymbals player and DJ...<br />
<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/04/live-music-in-bangkok-esan-clubs-review.html">In Esan music, the only DJ's are the people who run a radio shows, nobody into molam would ever go to watch a guy putting records on a turntable, they would find it miserable and ridiculous! When Esan people want to party, they expect a nice place with some great LIVE Esan music!</a><br />
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Dj's from the popular radios ESAN 98fm and LUK THUNG RAK THAI</div>
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Introducing a free luk thung concert they organized<br />
with the Esan anthem "people from the same village"<br />
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If there is one interesting thing about that maft sai guy, it's
his talent to make reputed international medias such as Agence
France Presse (France) Arte Television (France/ Germany), The BBC
(England) and quite a few others medias of lower importance not only
listen to him but also pay him as “molam specialist” and spread
advertisement for his products... Even if he knows almost nothing on the subject.</div>
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Today, I'll take a look at some documents such as ads for
his products on facebook and an (<b><i>highlighted</i></b>) interview for a book named “A geek
in Thailand” from 2016 (all maft sai interviews pretty much all tell like the same story where, of course, he is the hero!).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"molam" sign on a concert stage</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Obviously maft sai have a very blur idea of molam...</span></td></tr>
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If I attended a few hundred musical performances of all kinds
during over 5 years in Thailand, I also spent a lot of time buying
lots of music from Esan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia... I made lots of friends and
talked to some of the most involved people in the molam scene. Eating
together, visiting them in there villages, sharing points of view,
talking about music... During that time I strictly never talked to
maft sai, never met him, never saw him at any molam concert or
cultural events of any kind (I saw his incredible Dj's talents and
his shitty band during a silly teenagers event as I like to know what
I talk about...).<br />
I NEVER heard or read his name or his crap businesses mentioned by anyone in the molam scene. It's not such a surprise as
what this guy talk about have very very little to do with molam.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Molam fans in Bangkok. Thousands as usual.</td></tr>
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If you read or listen to what that maft sai guy pretends he is the
super hero who discovered some lost molam and share it to the
Bangkok population and the world (pretty much like those dengue fever guys... without the genocide). If in an early interview maft sai
explains that he first heard of molam (understand the potential profit)
through some Japanese friends he met in Australia, in another interview, he explained being totally clueless about Thai music but later he opted for a more epic version
of his odyssey...like the one we enjoy today!<br />
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<i><b> "inexplicably linked areas":</b></i></div>
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CD's and tapes from the legendary </div>
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RACHABUTE STEREO music shop and record company<br />
that produced a huge amount of all kinds of live recordings<br />
and some studio albums.</div>
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(Ubon Rtachathani)<i><b></b></i></div>
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<i><b>MR MOLAM dj Maft Sai spends most of his time promoting old Thai music, in particular molam, through three inexplicably linked areas: a music label that reissues molam hits, his experimental molam band, The Paradise International molam Band and Studio Lam, a bar that plays and host regular molam events.</b></i></div>
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Wow <b><i>MR MOLAM!</i></b> That's surrealist! As I just mentioned, I have never heard or seen that jerk anywhere close to a molam concert. I don't say he never attended any, it's actually possible that he did long time ago, once or twice, if he did, he obviously did not like it!<br />
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I invite maft sai to prove me wrong if he wants, I offer him to answer 10 simple questions that anyone attending molam concerts could answer. As I am fair, I'll ask the same questions to a 10 years old kid into molam. If maft sai wins, I give him 1000$, if he fails he will have to give 1000$ that will go to support educational projects related to molam in Esan... In front of a little kid, and even if he loves money, maft sai for sure knows he have ZERO chances but you can contact him if you want...</div>
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<i><b>dj Maft Sai spends most of his time promoting old Thai music, in particular molam</b></i></div>
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I have never seen maft sai promoting molam or any kind of Thai music while concerts happen everyday in Bangkok and while what he sells is available at many places for a tiny fraction of his crazy prices. Maft sai only promote himself and his products. It's easy to check on his facebook pages for exemple...<br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In another interview published by "kaosod English" maft sai confessed: <b><i>"</i></b></span></span></span></span><b><i>Back then second hand vinyl was really cheap. So I bought as much
of it"</i></b>... To sell those as "super rare music" to tourists (who can't read Thai) sometimes over 150$ for an Lp he got for 10$, the kind you can buy on Cd <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/04/records-shopping-in-bangkok-part-1.html">for 3$ in Bangkok</a> or <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/05/luk-thung-and-molam-online-records.html">6$ online</a>. I don't call it <i><b>"</b><b>promoting old Thai music"</b></i>...</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dao Bandon and Angkhanang Khunchai with P.Chalatnoi:100 songs compilations on MP3 CD's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">sold in 2018 at BIG C supermarkets in Bangkok for +/- 1.66$ each (49฿)</span></div>
<i><b>his experimental* molam band, the paradise Bangkok international molam band**</b></i><br />
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If I never heard of experimental molam, I also never heard of any "molam band" without any mo lam in it<i><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></b></i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">a</span></span>s molam is a form of <b><span style="color: red;">"vocal tradition"</span></b>! If dengue fever indeed covered "Khmer rock", <i><b>the paradise Bangkok international molam Band</b><b><i><b> </b></i></b></i>in fact covers kids practicing Esan instruments, well, a very basic version of it. Advanced kids usually join more elaborated musical ensembles such as pong lang or klong yao Esan.<i><b> </b></i><br />
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*I particularly like maft sai's naive teenager expressions such as <b><i>"the more commercial luk thung and mor lam artists"</i></b>
(kaosod English interview) to describe the 99% of the Esan music he
have no clue about (which can be seen for free in concert and available
at very decent price or just free online).<br />
I also like his usual <b><i>"more experimental molam"</i></b> that describe the silly cover band where he plays... MINI CYMBALS like a 5 years old kid! <br />
<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: purple;"><i><b>** </b></i>As<i><b> </b></i><i><b><i><b>the paradise Bangkok international molam band </b></i></b></i>have no<i><b><i><b> </b></i></b></i>kind of links with molam and as instrumental molam doesn't exist, I suggest to call this distinctive "music" genre</span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveler%27s_diarrhea" target="_blank">TOURISTA</a><span style="color: purple;">, the french word for "Traveler's diarrhea". As it basically smells like it, looks like it and sounds like it. As it's the kind of troubles tourists easily get in Thailand it's a perfect description and a good way to avoid confusion between molam and some crap for tourists!</span></span><br />
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It's interesting to note that maft sai plays "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_(instrument)" target="_blank">ching</a>" which is basically the most simple instrument played in Southeast Asia, an instrument that any 5 years old kids could play. He is the only "band leader" in the world playing such simple instrument<i><b>.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>When I moved back to Thailand I started listening properly, and was more open-minded. I had no expectations but when I found it, it was wow, especially he 1970s experimental music, when each band was trying to get its signature sound and rhythm. </b></i><br />
As mentioned in the previous post the short form of lam phloen played during the 70's was relatively standardised (compared to the many lam later performed) but it sure can sound pretty incredible for someone having reggae and house music as only cultural references (I still never heard of experimental molam). During the 70's the 2 dominant kinds of molam troupes were performing "storytelling lam": "lam phloen ruang" and "lam ruang to klon" all the singers re-edited by maft sai or scamming colleges performed such storytelling lam as main activity (it's of course never mentioned by any scammers while it's the dominant historical forms).<br />
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molam legends wearing stage costumes:</div>
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P.Chalatnoi (lam ruang to klon)</div>
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<i><b>People were generally negative about it and asked me why I was into taxi driver music</b></i><br />
What kind of people are you talking about maft sai (your family? your friends? Not random people in the street I guess... It's nice to be surrounded by fellow racist people).<br />
Bangkok have about 1/3 of Esan people in it's population, obviously maft sai did not meet any of them at that time!<br />
If maft sai never had a positive word about Esan people I could notice, he use the same style to look down on Esan people as some racists politicians would to talk about migrants. There is nothing innocent in this sentence about <b><i>"taxi driver music"</i></b>. Maft sai use a 3rd person to show a point of view "people" here is a figure of style that is used in many of his interviews it's similar to some populists and neo-nazi propaganda found for example in France during the 90's. Repeated often, it becomes a "fact" while maft sai keeps a distance "people say". Marine Le Pen (french national front) often used "the honest french citizens" of "the people who give us their trust". In a famous racist incident J.Chirac who was the french president at the time use "the french worker" complains "the noise and the smell" from African migrants, (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh2otDHTo68">it even became a famous anti racist song</a>).<br />
Such technique of propaganda works smoothly and many press articles and web pages end up describing molam as <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"music for taxi drivers", "music for poor people"or even “music for prostitutes”. Such propaganda also put maft sai in a superior position of "the man able to find some good thing in uncivilised culture and able to give a civilised experimental version of it". At no moment maft sai gave a counter point or mentioned anything nice about the people listening to molam or performing it (while he makes all his money on the retarded crap he pretends to be molam). </span></span><br />
<i><b>We should do a party that showcased all this great music. wasn't a business plan...</b></i><br />
Ha ha ha, not a business plan, seriously? <i><b><br /></b></i><br />
<i><b>First party was in 2009. It had very title promotion. About 200 people turned up...</b></i><br />
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200 people? WOW that guy is a genius!</div>
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Thousands of molam fans in Bangkok <span style="font-size: small;">for a regular concert</span>.</div>
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Molam concerts needs very little promotion to bring</div>
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most concerts pretty well by itself, there are only a few posters in the streets.</div>
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<i><b>I started wanting to see these artists play live, so I went to Isan to knock on some doors and ask them to come to the capital to play. Some of the artists were difficult<br />to get hold of. Many had retired or gone back to the rice fields, Some thought I was joking: "You're going to pay me to come down to Bangkok?”.</b></i><br />
<i><b>How did molam veterans take to performing in Bangkok? After I booked one of the artists, Angkanang Kunchai, a huge star from the 1970s, and showed her at the venue...</b><b><br /></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Banyen Rakkaen, Dao Bandon, Chawiwan Damnoen, Angkhanang Khunchai, P.chalatnoi</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">and Yenjit Porntawi. All performing free concerts in Bangkok!</span></span></div>
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here, I must admit that "<b><i>Mr MOLAM</i></b>" (as this crap interview says) really did something incredible! Bringing to Bangkok "molam veterans" who could not even believe someone would pay them to sing in Bangkok... If he forget to mention that tickets were sold for more than a day of the salary of a worker, he also obviously forget to mention that every singers (plus or less)</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> in</span></span> activity can be booked by phone within minutes and could sing at your home or any other place if you want <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntXJJwEk1NA" target="_blank">(but this hero was brave enough to go to the rice fields!)</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ex members of the Phet Phin Thong band: Noppadorn Duangporn (R.I.P), </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Noknoi Uraiporn, Tonsai Taptanon and Wisset Waynika.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Also seen in Bangkok for FREE (exept for </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">N.Duangporn met in his hometown)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Well, I was kidding saying he did something incredible... The truth is radically different as usual. Many veteran molam are national artists, it mean they have been honored by the Royal Family of Thailand and receive an income from the government as they are important parts of the Thai cultural heritage. In return they teach younger generations and often perform during cultural events and festivities. They can of course be seen on stage in Bangkok... Not for a day of salary: FOR FREE and performing like they want! As you an see on my photos I could see all of them and many more (everybody can) without the help of the heroic maft sai! </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Banyen Rakkaen, Dao Bandon, Chawiwan Damnoen... All of them (featured in tourist scam CD's)...</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Non Esan lukthung legends:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Waipod Pethsuphan and </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kwanjit Sriprajan</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">who often perform free concerts in Bangkok.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">According to mister gossip, maft sai got in troubles with the highly respected Kwanjit Sriprajan as he tried to make her sing Pleng Lae against her will (I have never seen a concert promoter doing such thing anywhere else in the world). </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Kwanjit could confirm if necessary (I never asked her but I can).</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">What I know is that this disrespectful clash signed the end of the "</span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">lucrative </span></span></span></span>veteran mini concerts tourist trap" which as been replaced by "</span></span></span></span>The Paradise International molam Band"... Less troubles, more cash and maft sai and his cymbals IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STAGE!<br />
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personality of maft sai as it shows the "ching" cymbals he plays<br />
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<i><b>Maft Sai spends most of his time promoting old Thai music</b></i><br />
Maft sai only promote what brings him DIRECT PROFIT. When I saw 15mn of one of his lame concerts and his ridiculous "Dj set" he did not even promote the free event (where he got payed to "perform"), instead he promoted some crap Dj at his bar at the same moment. I did not notice maft sai ever promoting any "old thai music" concerts I attended in any way. Of course I never saw him at any of those concerts of singers he pretends to "likes a lot"... <b><i><br /></i></b><br />
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Puy Roungtiwa... Homage to maft sai</div>
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and his legendary "ching" cymbals?</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">About the beginning of his "kids at practice" cover band: <b><i>and the older isan guys, a 75-year-old khaen player and a mid-60s phin player. There's also Chris on percussion.</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If I mentioned the total lack or respect maft sai have for Esan people, this example is particularly dehumanised as the 2 musicians from Esan (who bring a large part of his income) are simply described here like slaves used to be described in cotton fields in USA! State, age, ethnicity and function... Giving them a name seems totally unnecessary while his idiot English friend playing "poum poum" is named! (I of course have never seen that "chris menist" guy at any molam concert ever).</span></span><br />
<b><i>when we first started, it was very hard and there were arguments. </i></b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They had the same kind of troubles in cotton fields I guess...</span></span><br />
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<b><i>What's next? We want to do 21st century molam, so we're focusing on more reinterpretation projects and remixes, We want to do dub and reggae versions and also some electronic remixes. A lot of the time we're working with molam musicians and they're poor. When they're struggling to find food for the family, they're not thinking creatively. They get a gig and they have to do what is asked of them to get paid. This is a platform for them. All entrance fees for the nights go to the musicians, so at least they have a platform to be creative and they get to keep all the sales of the vinyl records.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">SON OF A B... this part is extremely RUDE! maft sai seems totally </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">uninhibited and free to express himself at the end of this interview.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b>We want to do 21st century molam </b></i>so, how should it looks like? Not sure maft sai even knows? </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b>21st century molam</b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">looks like: <i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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FIG1: A notorious liar and his cymbals (toy version) </div>
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FIG2: A notorious liar and his cymbals pretending to be the leader of a "21st century molam band" standing in the middle of a stage dressed like a beggar.</div>
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FIG3: Wirapong Wongsin, leader of a contemporary molam troupe (founded in 2004). He is standing in the middle of a stage surrounded by his dancers. You don't see his 12 musicians as they stand behind the decorative elements on the back just like in other molam troupes.</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Or maybe some more "American influenced" superman style phin...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Sure that kids could teach maft sai a things or two... About respect first...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">By the way there are many kids like him in Esan!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(I can post 100 videos like that if requested!) </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Next time, a BABY if you want!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<i><b>I always Dreamt of forming a more experimental molam band. </b></i><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">REALLY? Why not doing it then? Weird idea from someone who obviously have no respect for Esan people and no clue about molam.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">“It took me four years to paint like Raphael,</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">but a lifetime to paint like a child.”</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pablo Picasso</span> </span></span></span></b></span></div>
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It took 15 minutes of the precious time of maft sai to learn to play mini cymbals, his musical experiments never got any deeper... </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In the "kaosod English" interview maft sai clearly confessed: <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I didn’t know anything about Thai music</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">when I moved back to
Bangkok"</span></div>
At least now there is something maft sai said which I agree about! What about now? Still, nothing, right?<br />
How can you dream of things you have no clue about?<br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Actually playing "ching" in a molam band can be real fun...</span></span></span></span></div>
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
Pablo Picasso<br />
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
Pablo Picasso<br />
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/pablo_picasso_385182</div>
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i><b><i>We want to do dub and reggae versions and also some electronic remixes </i></b></i></b>When I say maft sai only have very limited cultural references...<b><i><b><i><br /></i></b></i></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i><b><i>molam musicians and they're poor. </i></b></i></b>INDEED! YOU CAN SCAM TOURISTS, YOU CAN LIE FOR MONEY BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY RIGHTS TO HAVE NO RESPECT FOR PEOPLE!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Some beloved mo lam (like there are many), receiving over a year of the salary of a Thai teacher</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">given by fans during a concert!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i><b><i>When they're struggling to find food for the family, they're not thinking creatively</i></b></i></b></span></span> ARE YOU SERIOUS OR UNDER THE EFFECT OF DRUGS? It really sounds creepy. How could someone publish such humiliating propaganda in a book?</span></span>
<a href="https://thaifoodmaster.com/thai_food/origin/issan" target="_blank">Esan people are very serious about food</a>, I have always seen many dishes on the table for each meals shared with friends in their villages: Various kinds of vegetable salads (som tam, soup normai...), soup (gaeng saep...) Grilled fish or meat (or both), other meats, fish or insects based salads (laarb, koi...), some fish or insects based dippings (nam prick) some preserved and fermented fish or pork (pla som, nehm...), fresh herbs and leaves, fresh vegetables sticky rice... Delicious, strong well balanced flavours and extremely spicy! In Esan villages, most people are farmers and of course self sufficient for most of the ingredients they use...<br />
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7am, breakfast with 6 friends in Bueng Khan</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><i><b><i>They get a gig and they have to do what is asked of them to get paid. </i></b></i></b>BACK TO THE COTTON FIELDS AGAIN BOSS?<b><i><b><i><br /></i></b></i></b></span></span><br />
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August 2018, While all kinds of Thai singers and bands organised concerts in Bangkok and all around the country to help the victims of an <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44935495">historical tragedy in Laos</a>, no traces of the involvement of maft sai or his band... If the molam scene always been generous and involved in philanthropic actions, maft sai never showed any kind of <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">compassion for anything bringing no direct profit.</span></span></div>
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<b><i>All entrance fees for the nights go to the musicians*, so at least
they have a platform to be creative and they get to keep all the sales of
the vinyl records. </i></b>I don't know who he talks about but as they seem to always get some "vinyl records pressed" by maft sai the messiah, they should not be hard to be found, please check and tell me as I did not see any of those records on maft sai's website.<br />
I guess those vinyls are not "sold out" as this "sold out" 9$ pirate CDr Of "early molam" is still on the "zudrangma" website...<br />
I posted real early commercial molam recordings <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=KHAMPUN+FUNGSUK" target="_blank">HERE</a> and obviously maft sai have no clue at all about how such "early recordings"sounds like as it have nothing to do with this CDr (9$ is 2/3 of a worker's daily salary in Thailand).<br />
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*As I never saw any live molam promoted as "performing at studio lam" I guess he talks about his other employees "toomturn molam group" and as usual, nothing about molam at all. <br />
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During his incredible philanthropic activities, maft sai did not find any time to give any attention to that musician and his gorgeous double neck electric phin who was often playing for spare coins at the sky train station entrance (<b><i>a platform to be creative</i></b>), about 30 or 40m from the entrance of the "studio lame"<b><i>... </i></b>Impossible that maft sai did not notice him... That guy was not bad at all (an amateur would not carry such instrument).<br />
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<b><i>toomturn molam group</i></b><br />
Last but not least the second "instrumental molam band" of maft sai<b><i>. </i></b>That product<b><i> </i></b>has been fully created by maft sai, he is credited here as<b><i> EXCLUSIVE PRODUCER</i></b>... A producer who apparently never found the time to produce any records for his prodigious musicians!<br />
Those are just here have cheap musicians employed at his bar. and of course have no kind of link with molam<b><i>. </i></b>It's interesting to see that the promotion of that product pushes the limits of absurdity to another step...<br />
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If the description is very stupid it's still quite entertaining: We got some <b><i>acoustic instrumental early molam</i></b>...<br />
Well, well, well pretending to be an experimental super hero of molam to foreign people who have no clue on the subject seems easy but pretending that this music is <b><i>acoustic</i></b> is very stupid or the guy don't know the meaning of "<b><i>acoustic</i></b>".<br />
Once again we got the "instrumental molam joke" but this time it's "<b><i>early molam</i></b>". you can search on youtube and see if that joke have anything to do with <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=KHAMPUN+FUNGSUK" target="_blank">early molam recordings</a><br />
<b><i>A space that allow them to develop their musical future.</i></b>.. That maft sai is such a generous guy! Sadly the development seems very very slow as nothing came out yet except over priced mini concerts for tourists at his shitty place. NO TRACE OF ANY ALBUM RELEASE...<br />
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LIVE ON TV</div>
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Moddaeng Jiraporn in concert</div>
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I really wonder how could some professional journalists from well known medias<b><i> </i></b>such as Agence
France Presse (France) Arte Television (France/ Germany), The BBC
(England) can get fooled by any clowns without any difficulties and how they can spend the money they often get from citizen's taxes to sponsor their holidays in Thailand. Where did those journalists spent their nights... not at concerts for sure! They did not even check the local tv channels at their hotels, they would have see lots of molam there! They obviously did not even take 1mn to do some basic researches on the subject like copy/paste the word "หมอลำ" (molam in Thai) that you can find on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_lam" target="_blank">wikipedia</a> into simple search engines like <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B3&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYgYenw4vkAhVDjuYKHW63DqgQ_AUIEigC&biw=1366&bih=654" target="_blank">google images</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B3" target="_blank">youtube</a>... Within 1 minute, you get thousands of videos and photos not relating at all to maft sai... But all about molam! Such medias covers culture and also wars, politics, human rights... SERIOUSLY???<br />
You are free to google those names to see their interviews of maft sai and they are free to give their point of view here if they have any kind of answers to give about how they could believe, pay and promote such fraud! <br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><b>Note: A ticket for "contemporary molam" concert in Bangkok cost </b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><b>+/- 4.33$</b></span></b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b> (</b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><b>140</b></span><span style="color: purple;"><b>฿</b></span>) for a 5h concert performed by a band of 200 to 300 members. Comparing it to the </b></span><b><span style="color: purple;"><b>"The Paradise Bangkok international molam band" would make such concert ticket price around 0.014$. If you payed more... YOU GOT SCAMMED!</b></span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: purple;"><b>For example, on the advertising for the "toomturn" product, the price is 200</b></span></b><b><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><b><span style="color: purple;"><b>฿ (6$) so I guess for this price they should have played around 14285h to have a price you could compare to a molam concert!</b></span></b></span></b></span></b><br />
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<b><a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-5-back-stabbing-at-zoo-peter-doolan.html"><span style="font-size: large;">PART 5: </span></a></b></div>
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<b><a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-5-back-stabbing-at-zoo-peter-doolan.html"><span style="font-size: large;">BACK STABBING AT THE ZOO</span></a></b></div>
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<b><a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-5-back-stabbing-at-zoo-peter-doolan.html"><span style="font-size: large;">"peter doolan"</span></a></b></div>
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<b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></div>
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<b>-All
the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only
show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or
exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></div>
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<b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></div>
<b>-Everything
you read here is part of my personal researches and not some
copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from
my work, you should contact me first. </b><br />
<b>-The documents I
quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are
fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only
discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those
frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or
absence of reaction) following my publications will show their
positions.</b><br />
<b>All the people mentioned in this serie of
documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add
more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><b> </b></span><i><i><b><br /></b></i></i></b></div>
SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-63437039050993104362019-08-29T06:13:00.000-07:002019-09-01T08:37:25.782-07:00PART 3: R.A.T.S IN JAPAN "EM records"<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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Molam dream team: Angkhanang Kunchai, P.Chalatnoi,</div>
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Banyen Rakkaen and Chawiwan Damnoen</div>
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Here we are in Thailand... Almost!</div>
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Let's start with some Japanese R.A.T.S*...</div>
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Two Japanese guys named <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJT_MKA3i04" target="_blank">keiichi utsuki and shinsuke takagi </a>buy some Esan
music during their holidays in Thailand, it's interesting to note that Thai music in general have it's
little audience in Japan and that young Esan luk thung singers
(Yin Lee, Moddaeng Jiraporn, Lamyai Haithongkham...) have a few hard core Japanese fans (not those 2 R.A.T.S of course). It's not a miracle to
find Esan Cd's in Japan or to have Esan singers performing during
tourism fairs, cultural events and private shows in restaurants. No doubt that the
R.A.T.S mentioned today have very little interest for such
concerts...<br />
*Not all the Japanese people are R.A.T.S and not all R.A.T.S are Japanse of course... just those 2!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Weird Japanese cover of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKDwsFbq1_c" target="_blank">Ying Lee</a> song</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">which have been one of the biggest hit in the history of Thai music</span> </div>
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So those guys starts to listen to Esan
music and invest in <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/05/luk-thung-and-molam-online-records.html" target="_blank">some of those 3$ Cd's</a> you can find <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_BUY%20ESAN%20MUSIC%21" target="_blank">everywhere </a> and start
a <a href="http://soi48.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> about those. As they know a guy from Thailand they met in Australia (who confess having NO clue about Thai music) and as they notice the cash made by dengue fever and various
“exotic” compilations, they start so sell re-editions (mostly shortened versions of those 3$ Cd's). They sale on EM records.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">those 2 R.A.T.S under the name "soi 48" teamed with dengue fever</td></tr>
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If I basically I have no problem with
jerks tricking tourists I am more concerned by all the lies and the
revisionism practiced by those R.A.T.S when it comes to Esan
music and culture which I deeply respect.<br />
If I of course never saw keiichi utsuki and shinsuke takagi
attending any concerts in Thailand (even if I saw quite a few of the
singers they make money from in concerts). I also never heard anybody
involved in the molam scene mention their existence.<br />
It's so strange
that all those passionate <span lang="en">philanthropists pretending
to be specialists in Esan music are always totally unknown by the
people who make it, perform it and listen to it right now... </span><br />
<span lang="en"><span lang="en">Strange </span>also to
always see such R.A.T.S talking about Esan music as something from
the past while I had no problems demonstrating that it's THE MOST
IMPRESSIVE POPULAR MUSIC SCENE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY... Right now! </span><br />
<span lang="en"><span lang="en">Surprising</span> to see keiichi utsuki and shinsuke takagi pretend that the music they sell as being THE holly grail is actually the easiest Esan music you can find in Thailand. If it wasn't the case they would never have "found" it: Vinyl records has been re-edited as tapes as soon as tape players started to spread (to sell tape players, you need music so you use back catalog...). Then when Cd's arrived sold as Cd's again (to sell Cd players...). Then MP3 Cd's and usb formats... It's not "hard to find music" but "back catalog music" like Elvis or the Beatles in Occident... Go to any music shops I listed on this blog and name those singers and,seller will understand and point you some CD's... EASY!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">molam Silaphin Phutai paying respect to His Majesty The King Of Thailand</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en">I
will use some</span><i><b><span lang="en"> highlighted</span><span lang="en"> </span><span lang="en">excerpts</span></b><span lang="en"> </span></i><span lang="en">from the promotion made by EM records to describe the lies they create sell their
products online. For full access to those texts, just copy/paste
those in any search engine.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en">Let's see the kind of
common crap spread by those neo-colonialists R.A.T.S... If it features
the usual lack of respect and benevolent attitude you can expect from
such people “supporting indigenous populations in their efforts to
access civilization”. It also contain some particularly rotten
revisionist crap about the identity of an Esan singer...</span></div>
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<span lang="en">EM records focus on
selling 3 kinds of Esan music: </span>
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<span lang="en"><b>Luk thung: </b></span><span lang="en">Songs which can simply described as “popular music" songs. </span></div>
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<span lang="en"><b>Lam phloen:</b></span><span lang="en"> A modern form of lam that started during the late 50's. Those EM records R.A.T.S don't seem to have much clue about the subject and the
fact lam phloen is originally a form of story telling (lam phloen ruang) performed all night long that used to be distributed in tapes sets of up to 4 hours (and then on VCd's and now on usb formats).</span><br />
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<span lang="en">Some full sets (here about 3 hours each) of lam phloen recordings</span></div>
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<span lang="en">I
personally see lam phloen ruang as one of the main revolutions in the development of Esan music. The shorter “song” format of lam
phloen sold by the narrow minded</span><span lang="en"> keiichi utsuki and shinsuke takagi is somehow stereotyped* as it was recorded
during a short period of time, by a few singers and a very few songwriters during an era when the music sales in Esan were
relatively limited (the equipment to play vinyl recors wasen't cheap, people would prefer to buy a radio) and when there wasn't many forms of lam commonly sold: Mostly lam phloen and lam klon were produced on vinyl before the beginning of
tape cassettes (lam klon being way to "intellectual" for those idiots
they simply ignore it). </span><br />
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<span lang="en">Lam phloen Sao Noy Phet Baan Pheng </span><br />
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<span lang="en"><b>Lam phaen:</b></span><span lang="en">
A new form of lam targeting teenagers that came out with the
development of tape cassettes during the early 80's. The
development of those tape cassettes is with no possible doubt a
major event in the history of Esan music, it's the starting point of modernization of local forms of lam and the creative explosion that
started many hybrid lam forms. Surprisingly and for not particular reasons, those R.A.T.S wants you to believe Esan music stopped to exist during the early 80's... </span><br />
<span lang="en">When it gets
too creative it can give headache to simple minded people. Those self claimed specialists seems
to totally ignore 99% of the existing molam!</span><br />
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<span lang="en">RADIO CASSETTE PLAYERS</span></div>
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<span lang="en">Portability and diffusion of the music</span></div>
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<span lang="en"> in Thailand during the 80's</span></div>
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<span lang="en">*It's interesting to
read the EM records R.A.T.S point of view on the subject: <b><i>“an era before the cassette era devolved, for lesser talents, into a production line of sound-alikes.”</i></b> Is exactly the opposite of my point of view (not only mine as far as I can see)...<br />How could a better diffusion to a larger audience, better roads and equipment to tour and produce music, promotion on television, many new singers (including all those who will become today's superstars), lots of new distinctive forms of hybrid lam, more song writers and producers who learned their job as successful singers during the 70's and who will produce some the most popular songs in the history of Esan music (Dao Bandon, Soraphet Pinyo, Kamkoeng Thongchan...). all those people working with a larger amount of record companies... How could this end up sound producing <b><i>“sound-alike / lesser talents”</i></b>... Facts or fiction? Coming from geniuses having reggae as main cultural reference the words<i><b> “sound-alike”</b></i> and </span><span lang="en"><span lang="en"><b><i>"lesser talents”</i></b></span> sound hilarious! </span><br />
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A few tapes by Hongthong Dao'Udon, Banyen Rakkaen, Dao Bandon and Angkhanang Kunchai...<br />
<i><b>"for lesser talents, into a production line of sound-alikes"</b></i><br />
Stupid contradiction is obviously never a problem for tourist scammers...</div>
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Note that (according to what EM records pretends) all the great singers (sold as "from the 70's) keiichi utsuki and shinsuke takagi make profit from seems to have lost all their talent as soon as tapes arrived as they never include any songs recorded after their "golden era" in their compilations. Same goes for the musicians, songwriters, composers and producers... DAMN TAPE CASSETTES! So much talent wasted... (You'll see in next post that many of those singers still perform on stage and record songs...). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Somjit Bothong is still very popular over 30 years after his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsECWC_6omI">first hit single written by Dao Bandon</a></td></tr>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en">EM RECORDS
PROMOTIONAL PROPAGANDA:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<u><span lang="en">DAO BANDON:</span></u></div>
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<i><b>Essential Dao Bandon</b></i>
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HA HA HA! Wow, a Dao Bandon “<b><i>essential</i></b>” compilation! What do
we have here? “<b><i>Man on a Water Buffalo</i></b>” is a 12 tracks
compilation simply made out of 2 existing compilation of 70's songs
by Dao Bandon (sold by the great Krung Thai record company). Those 2
CD's are sold 3$ each and both contain 18 songs. Basically you pay
30$ for 1/3 of the music you could get for 6$ WHAT A BARGAIN! And
such a deep research work from EM records! If they proudly claim a
<i><b>First ever world release by the artist outside of Thailand</b></i>
they forget to mention that 99% of the music created in the world never had
any international release and that the music of Dao Bandon is available internationally for free on youtube (the number 1 distributor of Esan
music for about 15 years) and <a href="https://www.ethaicd.com/list.php?keyword=Dao+Baandon&imageField.x=0&imageField.y=0" target="_blank">for sale at online shops</a> like I mentioned previously. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few tapes featuring Dao Bandon and friends</td></tr>
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<i><b>For reasons unknowable, certain places in certain eras become
hotbeds of music, fertile in their growth and flowering of musical
talent. Thailand in the 1970s was such a place... </b></i>That's
strictly not what Esan people who have been listening to Esan music
all their life think as pretty much all the most popular Esan songs have been
produced between 1985 and 1995 (during the tape cassette "creative
explosion").
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Let's get back to Dao Bandon and this “<b><i>essential</i></b>” compilation. Dao
bandon has been singing since the mid 70's, an ongoing career of
45 years that could certainly not be resumed with 12 songs from his early recordings as Dao
Bandon released between 70 and 100 albums, he still performs live and
write new songs so it's interesting to see some "music experts" considering over 40 years of an ongoing career as non existing! This
compilation doesn't feature interesting documents like his own cover of the most famous song he
ever wrote for <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=HONEY+SRI+ESAN">Honey Sri Esan</a> (Dao Bandon is one of the most famous songwriters from Esan). Not any duo songs from his numerous
collaboration records with famous Esan singers (Angkhanang Kunchai,
Theppon Phetubon, Saksiam Phetchompu...), not even 1 song on duo with
the queen of lam phloen: Phimchai Phetphalanchai while they released
MANY albums together! How can those R.A.T.S pretend to have any kind
of interest for the music of Dao Bandon if they consider 99% of it as non
existing?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9 of the tapes featuring Dao Bandon and Phimchai Phetphalanchai</td></tr>
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<u>KHWANTA FASAWANG:</u></div>
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It sounds like mythomaniac delirium...</div>
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<i><b>The best of Khwanta Fasawang.
</b></i>Well, well, well... What do we have here? 8 songs compiled
from 2 lam phaen tapes WHAT A BEST OF! If I can understand those <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">R.A.T.S
are more interested in money than music they could at least ask for
help from people who have a clue on the subject... I know Khwanta is
not that famous but she could have deserved some efforts. I really
like her voice (even if on her lam phaen recordings the production
hides some of her talent). It's stupid and dishonest to show Khwanta
Fasawang as just performing lam phaen as she in fact performed all
kind of lam such as lam phloen, lam long, lam yao, lam doen prayuk... Once
again the largest part of the career of the “product”is totally
ignored...Funny to note that the cover they use for their product is the cover of an album featuring not only lam phaen but also</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> lam yao... Hard to ignore it exist then.</span></span><br />
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Some Khwanta Fasawang tapes featuring:<br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">lam phaen, lam phloen, lam long, lam yao, lam doen prayuk</span></span></div>
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span>
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<i><b>queen of the cassette era.</b></i>
I have a huge collection of Esan music, of course it contains a large
panorama of the few tapes released by Khwanta Fasawang. If for once
those EM records <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">R.A.T.S
could have claim to sell something less common than they usually do,
they keep going with their mythomaniac crap. Khwanta Fasawang did
not have such a huge career (if she did I would have 30 to 50 of her
tapes and it's by far not the case!). If the friends I asked did not
know her they sure all know all the <b><i>queens of the cassette era</i></b> who
are (in no particular order) Duanphen Amnuayphon, </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jintara Poonlarb</span></span>
and Siriphon Ampaipong. Even If they obviously have no kind of
interest for their work those R.A.T.S could at least have some respect for some of the most beloved
Esan singers.</span></span></div>
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<i><b>"queens of the cassette era"</b></i></div>
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a few of my tapes by Esan superstars:<br />
<i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Duanphen Amnuayphon, </span></span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Siriphon Ampaipong and</span></span></b></i> </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jintara Poonlarb</span></span></span></span></b></i></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Those
3 superstars all released well over 50 albums since their beginnings
in the mid 80's, they are famous for performing luk thung as well as
many lam genres, they are curently signed on major record companies, their
songs are covered by the world's biggest bands and played on Esan
music TV channels everyday. Many Esan teenagers know their early
sucess perfectly and can sing their biggest hits (recent or old). Those 3 singers can bring large audiences to their concerts
all year long and they still often release top selling albums... Ask their names to anyone in Esan and people will instantly start singing!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's easier to talk about things you have a clue about!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Esan superstars in concert:</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Duanphen Amnuayphon, </span></span></b></i><i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Siriphon Ampaipong and</span></span></b></i> </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Jintara Poonlarb</span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jintara Poonlarb "Tao Ngoy"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">(a few official videos of this song are available</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">on youtube, this one got 121 million views!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Esan kids "Tao Ngoy"</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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Esan university studdents on fire... <span style="font-size: small;">"Tao Ngoy"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">and other Esan hits!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">เดอเดอ!</span></div>
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></b></i><br />
<i><b>electronics has parallels with
Jamaican Dancehall, and this music</b></i> I find it great that those
2 <span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">R.A.T.S
can</span></span> finally find opportunities to talk about their only
musical reference though nobody listening to molam have any kind of
interest for such thing...Why do they Sell Esan music and not reggae?</div>
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<i><b>This is living music, and very
fine music at that. Queen Khwanta, Sister Fasawang*. She can't be
denied.</b></i> ??? I don't understand what those guys<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
talk about but I know lots of living music from Esan that performs
concerts all years long... </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i><b>can't be
denied...</b></i>did I mention the constant revisionism those guy are expert in?<i><b><br /></b></i></span></span></div>
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* Another reggae reference.</div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Last example from EM records... I could keep going on and on but it would
get boring and honestly I now want to vomit... <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">The large majority of the molam troupes feature some very popular transvestite comedians. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title=""><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If
I previously mentioned that molam is the largest gay cultural
community in the world, it's not a “detail from history” like revisionists could say. Gay men and transgender ladies (know in
Thailand as “kratoey”) are the HEART AND SOUL of molam: Singers,
dancers, comedians, hard core fans, people supporting and sponsoring bands. At
every modern molam concerts singers thanks the “kratoey”
community! Of course, none of the foreign “experts” ever mentioned that major historical fact! The promotion of the compilation of some
Sonthaya Kalasin songs by those EM records
guys </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">really made me feel sick...</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Young Sonthaya Kalasin covered by flower garlands </span></span></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">SONTHAYA
KALASIN</span></span></u></div>
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<i><b>Sonthaya Kalasin was the male
lead singer in in the molam</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">...
Sure...WAS</span></span></div>
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<i><b>male molam lower vocal range</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">...
“lower vocal range” How surprising...</span></span></div>
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<i><b>but more than a document, "Grade
A Guy" is grade A music</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">...
Bunch of R.A.T.S!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">If </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">keiichi utsuki and shinsuke takagi obviously spent some time on <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2+%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AC%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%8C&client=firefox-b-d&channel=trow&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifrfOp15bkAhUmIbcAHdfNBvgQ_AUIESgB&biw=1366&bih=654" target="_blank">google</a> to get some information about Sonthaya Kalasin they strangely omited the most
important part of the life of someone they strangely call </span></span><i><b>"Grade
A Guy"</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Sonthaya is kratoey, from the first generation of Thai transgenders
who could access surgery to physically become the woman they always
been. Sonthaya is a symbol for the community and if you type her name
in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7mBYFoQcWU" target="_blank">google or youtube</a> you'll find interviews where she talk about her life, as a
woman and as a molam! Many of my friends are kratoey, if their
life is not always easy, in the molam community they find a real space of freedom,
a family! I really doubt any of them would be happy to be called </span></span><i><b>"Grade
A Guy"</b></i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">! Those R.A.T.S can come and try...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sonthaya Kalasin:</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 30 mn </span></span></span></span>interview </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">featuring 2 lam </span></span></span></span>on Channel 3 </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">(in gorgeous traditional Phu Tai Kalasin clothes)</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In
the same mood, I still wonder why "</span></span><i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Grade
</span></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">A</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
R.A.T.S" making profit on Esan music often promote their over
priced products using pejorative and racists clichés to describe the
molam community: "music for poor people", "music for taxi drivers", I
could even read “music for prostitutes” on a french website... </span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In next part we'll
see how maft sai (“zudrangma records”, the paradise Bangkok molam
international band”, “studio lam”, “toomturn molam group”...)
use some pretty old school references for his discriminating propaganda. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It's
interesting to end up this post with the only 2 recent photos used by EM
records on the covers of some their products* those are pretty much
on the same mood as the racists crap from their friends and leave no doubts on the image they want to spread
about Esan people!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">*I seriously guess that book those </span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">R.A.T.S</span></span> published "<b><i>trip to Isan</i></b>" is a pure fiction novel, kind of "heroic fantasy"... </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RACIST CLICHE:<br />
prostitutes and moto taxis...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-4-misanthrope-dj-maft-sai.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>PART 4:</b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-4-misanthrope-dj-maft-sai.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>THE MISANTHROPE:</b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-4-misanthrope-dj-maft-sai.html">"Dj MAFT SAI"</a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All
the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only
show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or
exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-Everything
you read here is part of my personal researches and not some
copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from
my work, you should contact me first. </b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>-The documents I
quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are
fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only
discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those
frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or
absence of reaction) following my publications will show their
positions.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>All the people mentioned in this serie of
documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add
more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b></span></div>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-21782311238812580022019-08-28T03:51:00.000-07:002019-08-29T07:15:41.679-07:00PART 2: THE GENESIS "HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA"<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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This part won't be over developed as
it doesn't relate to Esan music at all (you can find additional
document online by yourself if you want). Still it's particularly
important to see how the simple minded scamming techniques of some
"adventurous cultural heroes" used here have been simply adapted in
Thailand to start A CULTURAL SCAM!<a class="K3JSBVB-c-h" href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1710655377820121422#editor/target=post;postID=6929320476943398358;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=postname"></a>... History repeating.</div>
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During the late 90's an American
tourist pretends to have discovered the lost “Khmer rock & roll” while in holidays
in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE9bFLR-VnA">Cambodia</a>... The kind of "lost treasure" in fact documented in books like the <i>Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music</i> (1995).</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Sorry about that... </span></div>
If it's possible to wonder why <a href="https://www.dandc.eu/en/article/cambodia-seen-heaven-paedophiles-and-sex-tourists">western men go to holidays in Cambodia</a>, I can tell from my personal
experience that it's obviously not for cultural or musical reasons...
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So, the guy discovers some “lost music”
and of course feel legitimate to start a cover band and sell some Cd's
of it. <br />
Lucky for him that all the copyright owners died in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uBA1UGI5JE">Khmer rouge genocide</a>! Also lucky that a little studio musician could find such
a good business opportunity during his “cultural” holidays. (no copyright
owners = nobody to ask for copyright fee... <a href="https://www.adb.org/countries/cambodia/poverty">PURE PROFIT!</a>).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">GOOD NEWS! Lost music shops were not lost at all... Hallelujah!</td></tr>
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NOTE: This story is pretty much the
same as the one told by the french colonialists who <a href="https://alisonincambodia.wordpress.com/2014/10/05/stop-saying-the-french-discovered-angkor/">“discovered”the ruins of Angkor</a> and stole all they could sell back in Europe
(not necessary as “art” but also recycled as precious metal).</div>
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So, our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xfiwAXrfaw">little Indiana Jones of Khmer</a> music goes
back home and tell his friends about the cash they can finally make
as a cover band. They get a pretty good Khmer singer in one of the
numerous restaurant/karaoke places from the local Khmer community and
start their little business under the name of Dengue Fever. They even self produce a little
documentary where they show themselves as heroes and cultural saviours being welcomed as kings during a trip to Cambodia! <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">A gross tourist scam in the middle and on the sides, the same music!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not lost at all! Funny that most of those Cd's were produced and distributed </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> mostly in USA, </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">at cheap price, </span>for the local Khmer market!</span></div>
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This business opportunity inspired some of their friends also fascinated by cultural... Cash and another documentary came out about “Cambodia's lost rock &
roll”... Oh <a href="https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/prayers-to-st-anthony.html" target="_blank">st Anthony of Padua</a> please help those jerks.</div>
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During my time in Southeast Asia I been
to Cambodia a few times (the Khmer-Esan music and the cultural
influences between the two cultures being of major interest for anyone
who would like to understand Esan music and Thai culture).
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Khmer-Esan kantruem singer: Nampueng Muangsurin</td></tr>
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I spent a lot of time at markets and
places selling music where that “lost music” is of course the
easiest thing you can find, way easier than the Khmer-Esan “kantruem”
I was looking for. Everywhere I been looking for music I always been
offered to buy the most famous music of the country, those pre-Khmer Rouge "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYKnKjK8jVw">oldies</a>" shared online by Khmer people as mp3 or on youtube (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRO1wr1eq1Y&list=PLxvJ1xarPBNSmAIImBK_jbewJ5R0sPDKl">Pan ron</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIWFGgD70w&list=PLxvJ1xarPBNR73xRxzKI0EjWNtIvog8Nq">Sin Sisamuth</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF3Dqgu_cb0&list=PLxvJ1xarPBNQ5_nor2kM3Lv5QDh3dIwOw">Ros Sereysothea</a>...). </div>
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The so called “Khmer rock & roll” has been
very popular in Cambodia during over 10 years before the genocide,
it's a blend of American rock & roll and a hint of french yé-yé performed
in Khmer language and similar to other forms of what is often called
“nuggets” by westerners and can be found in many countries. If those “nuggets”
usually lost popularity with the natural evolution of trends, in
Cambodia it became a symbol of the life before the genocide. Not only
it's not “lost” but it remains quite popular and can be heard
everyday in the streets, in the bus, on the radio. It's a major
influence in the kind of “ballroom music” you can see all day
long on the karaoke TV channel. Legit and pirated copies are sold
everywhere in music shops and markets...<br />
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Pan Ron "a gogo" sold as "lost music"</div>
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Randomly found on Khmer karaoke TV</div>
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during the few times I watched TV in Cambodia </div>
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Surprisingly and unlike those Dengue
Fever heroes would like you to believe, their covers of Khmer songs
remain totally unknown in Cambodia. I never saw any of their music
being sold anywhere in the country while it would only take 10mn to
copy some of their music from youtube and burn it on a cdr (which is
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and some more Pan ron, Sin Sisamuth, Ros Sereysothea CD'S</td></tr>
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Following the profit made by Dengue
Fever a cover band of that cover band started it's own business under
the name “Cambodia space project”. Exactly the same concept and same songs, a
Khmer girl has also been hired on vocals and a bunch of musicians who never made
any cash on their own music started to make profits on the culture of
the victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide (while Cambodia is one of the
poorest country in Asia). Those dengue fever guys might have been
really pissed off to get a cut of their honestly stolen music going to other pockets!
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Pan Ron again on Khmer TV.</div>
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This time a cover version of "romvak twist"...</div>
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looks like "lost music" not only never got lost </div>
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but also is still very popular after over 45 years!</div>
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If I haven't met anybody from dengue fever, I had the privilege to
meet one of those filthy bastards from the Cambodia space project
at the shop that guy was running in Phnom Penh. If I been there in the morning it
was obvious that the activity in that street at night was pretty
different (coincidence?)... I spent 3mn in that rat trap where there
was only 10 records and Cd's for sale and some badly printed ugly
silkscreen posters mostly made out of jpgs stolen from internet that
the owner of the shop offered me to buy for 3 weeks of the basic local
salary (80 to 100$ each) while those crap would not have been worth worth 5$ in
Europe or USA (I know that subject very well).<br />
After those 3 long minutes, I left and gave all
the cash I had in my pockets to a modest lady selling tapes and cd's at the nearby market...</div>
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As far as I can see, those people who
seems to be seriously involved in “non cultural profit organizations” sadly never found the time to promote Khmer culture
in any way, never gave a chance to any local musicians to tour
outside of Cambodia or to distribute their music, never supported any Khmer independent record
companies based in USA... They only took advantage and made profit
on the culture of some people they have no kind of respect for...
Neo-colonialism at it's best!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bunch of pigs in Phnom Penh</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> 2$ scarves from Phnom Penh markets + 0.5$ cheap embroidery = 14.99$</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If they have no respect for the Khmer people... They don't have much more for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">MONEY IS EVERYTHING / EVERYTHING IS MONEY!</span></div>
Less “locally involved” but just as
filthy and pretty important in the genesis of the “molam scam”
you can find a large bunch of compilations made by some R.A.T.S* who made a business of taking advantage of the musical
heritage of many places considered “poor countries”. Thailand been the most popular place for tourist compilations: “sound of Siam”, "Thai beat a gogo", “Siamese soul”, "molam Thai country groove from Isan", "Thai dai?", "Thai funk" (seriously?) and other randomly compiled music (without any <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/music-shopping-molam-records-produced.html">cultural or pedagogical point</a>). Molam, luk thung and other popular songs
available for almost nothing in local Thai shops and internet!<br />
When I
say almost nothing, I mean it, according to mister gossip** who is
close to those R.A.T.S, they usually payed no more than 100$ for the
copyright of all the music used in a compilation.<br />
Some of those nice people sometimes just “forgot”
to pay anything! (Mister gossip mentioned 2 Indonesian compilation, it should be easy to check if necessary).<br />
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I never heard of anybody from businesses like
“soundways”, “sublime frequencies”, "finders keepers" (perfect name for such business!) or related R.A.T.S giving back any
of their easy cash to charity (while they mostly target "poor countries") or having any kind disinterested
support for any local musicians or cultures: NEVER...<br />
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*R.A.T.S: As there was no existing way
to describe such experts, I think the acronym for Researchers on Asian Traditional Sounds fits pretty well. <br />
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**I won't name "mister gossip" as he was
clever enough to never give me any written information on his little
friends...</div>
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The knowledge of those
R.A.T.S seems really minimal and don't often get any deeper than what you could find in the
"lonely planet". Check those amateur videos sold by sublime frequencies, they are usually made at places anyone can find in tourist books... Those places where your grandma got you some "hand crafted" gifts made in Chinese factories.<br />
Still those R.A.T.S did a pretty good job to get a very good profit selling a bit of exoticism to curious people with a minimal investment similar to what you would spend to record
1mn of music in a professional studio in Occident. Add 1h of work on a shitty cover (using stolen pictures) to pack it all
and let's go to the bank!).</div>
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If obviously it's not the exoticism but the easy profit
that inspired people like “maft sai” (zudrangma, the paradise Bangkok molam international band, studio lam, toomturn molam group...). You can replace the word “Cambodia”
by the words “Thailand” or “Esan” and you pretty much get
story told by maft sai and the inspiration behind his business plan! Stay tuned for more details in the next posts.</div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-3-rats-in-japan-em-records.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>PART3: </b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-3-rats-in-japan-em-records.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>R.A.T.S in japan "EM records"</b></span></a></div>
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<b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></div>
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<b>-All
the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only
show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or
exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></div>
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<b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></div>
<b>-Everything
you read here is part of my personal researches and not some
copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from
my work, you should contact me first. </b><br />
<b>-The documents I
quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are
fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only
discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those
frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or
absence of reaction) following my publications will show their
positions.</b><br />
<b>All the people mentionned in this serie of
documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add
more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b><br />
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-69293204769433983582019-08-26T21:04:00.001-07:002019-08-28T03:54:38.431-07:00PART 1: INTRODUCTION, MOLAM, A CULTURAL SCAM!<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
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Esan:Cultures and tradition </div>
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I always been thinking that if you really get deep into your passion for music, you end up at concerts where you are the only one in the audience... That's exactly what happened to me with molam, none of my friends (all seriously into music) would understand it and I ended up in Thailand, alone at concerts... Well, when I say alone, I mean the only white guy... In the middle of thousands of the greatest people I could imagine...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> I don't have any friends in Esan, I have a family...</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b><b>คนอีสานบ้านเฮา!</b></span></div>
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A P<span style="font-size: small;">het</span> Phin Thong version of Esan baan hao "Esan our home"</div>
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performed by Thepphon Phetubon.<br />
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After spending 5 years in Thailand I finally get the time to look back at the unique experience I lived there. Esan, Thailand and more globally Southeast Asia fascinated me, such a huge amount of living cultures and traditions, religious and folk arts, music, dances, theatrical performances... Not the kind of treasures you would find in most western countries. Not the main interest of the millions of people visiting each year.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Esan creativity: Bun bang fai / phi ta khon/ thian khao phansa</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(work in progress)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I sadly could not continue to maintain th<span style="font-size: small;">is</span>
page (after my second cassette deck broke). I kept myself busy traveling all around, enjoying moments shared with Esan friends,
collecting memories and music and deeply documenting the Esan music
scene. I lived a unique experience as there was almost never any other westerners around (except a few tourists during the biggest events of the year).</span><br />
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Molam living legends P.Chalatnoi Songsoem and Chawiwan Damnoen during (probably) the biggest molam wai khru (respect to the teacher ritual) ever performed.</div>
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Honestly, the main purpose of this
page, always been to put together information to:<br />
Help people to <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_BUY%20ESAN%20MUSIC%21">access Esan music at decent price</a> (some of those recordings being the cheapest music you can imagine). <br />
Help people who visit Thailand to enjoy <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/_LIVE%20MUSIC">live Esan music</a> at real Esan places in safe and convenient conditions.<br />
Help people to discover the rich musical traditions and mind blowing cultural heritage from Esan which are perfectly integrated to modern life. <br />
And, most of all, to give
a point of view on molam and Esan people with no kind of relationship with anything surrealist you can
read pretty much everywhere else!<br />
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Duanphen Amnuayphon: Phun muang Esan </div>
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"local (cultures and traditions) from Esan"</div>
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I now get the time to share my point of
view on the incredible Esan music scene and that my brothers and sisters
call MOLAM... Well not only!<br />
My priority is to counterattack the 90% of the fake information that <span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">discredit the traditions and culture of Esan people as I consider those of an extremely valuable intangible heritage which needs to be honestly documented to be preserved correctly. </span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Since the development of foreign "cultural" scams, it became an emergency! </span></span><br />
<span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="" title="">Filthy retards spreading fake information for the only purpose of profit clearly denigrate Esan people and their cultures at an international level while most non Esan people can't access a divergent and honest point of view. </span></span></div>
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Ratree Sriwilai, mother of the molam sing scene.</div>
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If I would not have much troubles
talking about molam for hours I'll rather focus here on the scammers
who spread their retarded lies and practice clueless neo-colonialist
revisionism when they talk about what should be considered as THE
MOST IMPRESSIVE POPULAR MUSIC SCENE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY!
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<span style="font-size: small;">Boy Sirichai "molam more than anything"</span></div>
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<u>I'll base my descriptions and built my
point of view on my personal experience of:
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-Hundreds of hours of Esan music
performances and concerts. I saw over 200 mo lam performing each year
during the last few years as well as all kinds of musical
performances, all kinds of dances and theatrical performances as well as religious and cultural events. I also attended the 5
biggest events in the history of molam (none of the self claimed specialists have a clue about such events).</div>
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-My collection of 250000 photos of Esan
musical culture (by far the most important fund existing on the subject).
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-My collection of Esan music
recordings of all kinds and forms which is probably one of the 10
biggest existing... 15 or 20 times bigger than what has been randomly
collected by mister <span style="font-size: small;">p</span>eter doolan (“monrak pleng thai” and “khun narin electric phin band”) who obviously have very little clue about what
he lies about! We'll talk about that guy and his little friends
later.
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Music shopping</div>
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I spent 5 years actively involved in
the "molam scene", as the scene have no equivalents elsewhere, it's
important to describe it:</div>
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I personally consider the hard core
“<b>molam scene</b>” as a group of over 100000 people who all have in
common the fact they spend at least 150h (some of us up to 1000h!)
per year around a molam stage (musicians, singers, dancers, fans...).
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7 am, somewhere in Esan with my brothers and sisters<br />
คนบ้านเดียวกัน </div>
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This “<b>molam scene</b>” group is clearly culturally
identitarian without any kind of discrimination, no racism and
practically no kind of interest for western culture or music. </div>
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The molam scene is quasi-exclusively
composed of Buddhist people of Lao origins (from Esan, or of
ancestors who migrated from Laos to various parts of Thailand).</div>
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From all kinds of socio-economic
backgrounds (most of them proudly keeping their rural traditions),
From all genders and ages (it's usual to see 5 generations of people
attending molam performances in Esan...) If you can walk you can
dance! If you can't walk, some people will help you...</div>
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The most involved group within the
scene can be seen a huge family composed mostly of gay men and trans
gender ladies aged between 20 and 45 years old. All party hard people,
dancers, singers or fans attending concerts in groups of various
sizes that often travel all around the country for concerts,
religious celebrations or traditional cultural events. It's without
much possible doubts the largest gay* cultural community in the
world.<br />
*known in Thailand as "kratoye".
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hard-core molam fans during a monk ordination procession</div>
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The molam scene is passionate, devoted,
generous, proud, sincere, honest, Buddhist, fraternal, <span lang="en">solidary</span>, humble, philanthropist and sometimes extravagant...
Some of the nicest people I ever met!</div>
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There is only one westerner I know who
has been involved in the molam scene, it's me...</div>
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So basically the large majority of the
crap you can read in English about molam is pure fantasy!</div>
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Another version of "Esan our home" performed at a TV show<br />
After the song, Banyen Rakkhaen salute the beauty and the talent of the singers. <br />
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<u><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is molam? A few simple facts...</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If during the last 10 years the word
“molam” seems to have spread all around the world, helped by the
devotion of “super heroes”, “cultural saviors”, “music
specialists” and other self pretending "geniuses of experimental music". It's strange to
note that none of those “experts” ever showed a point of view
anywhere close to accurate and that they remain totally unknown in
the molam scene... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Molam is a form of vocal
tradition and oral transmission.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-Molam is one of the main traits of the culture and identity of people from various groups known as “Lao”. Those people migrated during the last 3 millenniums from the actual northern parts of Vietnam and neighboring southern China to the mainlands of Laos, Northeastern Thailand (Esan), Bangkok, central Thailand... Some of their traditions and cultural practices (food, music...) have been well preserved since prehistoric ages!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">-The term "molam" refers to the "lam" performed by Esan people while in Lao it's the terms “lam” or “lam Lao” refers to the lam performed in Laos.</span></span>
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-Story telling (theatrical forms) of
lam usually focus on Buddhist mythology (Ramayana) and folk tales.
Other forms (local, modern and hybrid) usually talk about Esan
Identity, Esan food, Buddhism in Esan, lifestyle of Esan people,
nature and farming in Esan, traditions and festivities, life of the
labour migrants... <br />
As mentioned before, molam have no kind of hostility for anyone but very little interest for western
cultures as Esan people already have their own fascinating cultures.
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Merit making with friends in Esan</div>
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-The earliest documents relating to
the existence of molam (over 250 years old manuscripts) present it as
a form of mythological story telling closely related to other forms
of Buddhist chanting, monk prayers recitation, palm leaves book
readings, blessings...<br />
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As all the related forms are all
purely A Capella it's possible to imagine it could have been the same
for lam at some points.
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Monks praying and monks calling for the prayers</div>
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-The term MOLAM describe the expert
“mo” in recitating ancient forms of manuscript texts “lam”.</div>
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-Molam can be divided in various forms. To keep things easy to understand, I'll classify those in 4 main forms
(all having various genres and sub genres):
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<b>Storytelling</b> “lam ruang” (ex: lam
phune, lam ruang to klon, lam phloen). Performed in large groups, generally all
night long.</div>
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<b>Repartee</b> “lam klon” (ex: lam klon,
lam klon prayuk, lam sing). Such forms generally feature a couple of
mo lam (man/woman) interacting together with a mo khaen in between
(not always actually playing).</div>
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<b>Local forms</b> (ex: lam phutai, lam tangwai, lam khonsavane). Those forms are originally from specific Lao
provinces and are performed by solo mo lam (with various kinds of music ensembles, solo khaen or fiddle). Each form have it's own
traditional dance. Some of those forms are particularly popular in Esan and are
the roots of modern and hybrid forms of lam (some forms are quasi exculively performed in Laos).<br />
<b>“Radio formats” </b>(this term is a
personal classification made to keep things simple): I regroup here all the forms created or
modified to fit a <a href="https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/why-are-pop-songs-3-minutes/">+/-3mn "radio format"</a> as well as all the
hybrid forms (ex: lam doen Kon Khaen prayuk, lam phaen, lam toei
prayuk). Such “<span lang="en">formatted”</span> formats (in matter of length) are
proper to Esan recordings and doesn't often apply to lam Lao
(probably because the production of 7' records has been minimal in
Laos). It's the starting point of many distinctive new forms of lam
from Esan that will appear later with the development of tape
cassettes. </div>
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A bunch of Laotian tapes</div>
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-Many genres and sub genres of lam
exist, there is no accurate list of all those genres as many hybrid
forms been created during the second part of the 80's and during the 90's
(some of those forms only existing on a very few recordings).<br />
-There is of course no existing forms of instrumental molam.
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-The khaen (another main trait of the
identity of Lao people) is pretty much always associated with molam by
westerners. It's by far not accurate, kind of a cliché spread by
clueless people as molam and khaen come from very distinct periods of
time. The earliest documents on the existence of khaen(s) date back to
prehistory and early practitioners of khaen don't associate it to any
kind of vocal practices.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
If some "traditional" forms of lam are pretty often performed with a khaen, none of those forms are sold by
the “self claimed specialists” who spread an idea of molam with no links with reality.
</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_y_2LS0ilgl805WZ_Si-EkZN-fI6xL03iicAi3DwOOYpF7Sjh1xaQ3lw7ojJkdACKYibWrwpSUrw_MuEb5aXZNvPPIbL-rIun6UZUOTBCcMtpRLImNjXyXaPIahhNslu0v1LJsnZjIoPz/s1600/khaen-molam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="780" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_y_2LS0ilgl805WZ_Si-EkZN-fI6xL03iicAi3DwOOYpF7Sjh1xaQ3lw7ojJkdACKYibWrwpSUrw_MuEb5aXZNvPPIbL-rIun6UZUOTBCcMtpRLImNjXyXaPIahhNslu0v1LJsnZjIoPz/s640/khaen-molam.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A group of young mo khaen on parade</td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-The modern version of the earliest
described form of lam known as “lam ruang to klon” (story telling
in verses) is either performed with a keyboard or playback khaen
recordings, in fewer cases a khaen or a saw fiddle. Other modern
forms don't often feature a khaen as a “played” instrument.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xl2mX5PLs2oqVpzzMp9BjRY2ZKgXuxmqkeyNFFtZDpL2Wf0TsprK5pqMnHWmsRLhM1WMHPTsqP_cL8CTqsPwDp2Wsm_5MHV7TvY60hGBsf83RAvDpaR1YE_k87jA5d2Ct1HpvOH0lz-2/s1600/molam-peter-doolan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="648" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xl2mX5PLs2oqVpzzMp9BjRY2ZKgXuxmqkeyNFFtZDpL2Wf0TsprK5pqMnHWmsRLhM1WMHPTsqP_cL8CTqsPwDp2Wsm_5MHV7TvY60hGBsf83RAvDpaR1YE_k87jA5d2Ct1HpvOH0lz-2/s400/molam-peter-doolan.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dancing farang (westerner) </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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-There are almost no westerners
attending molam performances. I could see about a dozen per year, most
of them are tourists attracted by "the noise" or people following some Esan friends of or family.
-None of the people talking about molam
in english on internet (and other media) actually attend molam concerts
(or any kind of Thai cultural events).<br />
-Nobody in the molam scene ever
mentioned the existence of "foreign experts" or the “products” they sell. They of
course have no kind of accurate clue on the subject... Peter doolan
(monrak pleng thai / Khun Narin electric phin band) is the only
tourist scammer I actually met and the only one I saw attending a
concert... </div>
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<br />
-I have never met any white
neo-colonialists living in Thailand who had any kind of interests for
Thai culture*. It probably exist, I just never met any in 5 years. The example of the <a href="http://www.bangkok.com/magazine/sala-chalermkrung.htm" target="_blank">Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre</a>
is particularly interesting as it's pretty much the only easy access
tourists can have on classical Thai performing arts. Even if Bangkok is the most visited city in the world
(20 millions visitors each year and many “expats”) the khon
masked performance at Sala Chalermkrung is only performed twice a
week!** It looks like around 0,1% of the foreigners visiting Bangkok access such beautiful cultural performance (in it's normal form, note the "sample").<br />
*It of course include those people from NGO's, the
Unesco, journalists and foreign embassy representatives.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
** Since khon performance entered the
Unesco lists as cultural heritage, some 25mn tourist samples are
now showcased all day long which is at least a good thing for the income of the hard working performers! </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3r-_2efgArq0Z8cKC5cdCBASoJ18TtUMEr3B7vXvMtAUwzOQbxZKb7pSHgaNUq9KBXcfWa8LvitjJpQ8LguCeVt6GnFMieqBGnRTLsEx3P2WeFA1oAKOMytXote8RtmUIFqQUV9dtrcdr/s1600/peter-doolan-molam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="741" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3r-_2efgArq0Z8cKC5cdCBASoJ18TtUMEr3B7vXvMtAUwzOQbxZKb7pSHgaNUq9KBXcfWa8LvitjJpQ8LguCeVt6GnFMieqBGnRTLsEx3P2WeFA1oAKOMytXote8RtmUIFqQUV9dtrcdr/s400/peter-doolan-molam.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The golden days of colonialism...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-The most accurate publication in English talking about molam produced recently is outdated of at least 35
years (and doesn't really focus on molam as main subjet anyway).
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-The most accurate document you can
easily access on the contemporary music scene in Esan is ironically <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxjbMCNu07W0JhRjuIuO4_37ct9ERuRaAVsDkpzFZWH1_tS1c_Zki3Jmo0HlhFhidjggIzRHT9aj1fi2tMJ_sDmE69r6_rGvaNb8wjdWaP_tMm3x4yxvp5XnXnATvGOFFOJUZIvWSSW_q/s1600/molam.gif" target="_blank">this picture</a>...
Though you could not get much information from it.</div>
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IN THE 21<sup>st</sup> CENTURY.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
If you can read all over the web that a
megalomaniac little scammer who call himself “maft sai” re
discovered lost Molam and “$hare” it to the population of Bangkok
and the world, facts are a little bit different...</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpk81GWrNhlL5mmzxArbSmnZDC5WWYbb7sS6Jseux-vyhDELsKtlCAqrdwhByLz1R2SaeLV_FefCfKxQzdY15hBR2o32gKuL9EHBWwNBwDV4GWfZ2f8UzvwY-2cvnXe5Q3K8l0PhZNCRa/s1600/molam-concert-bangkok.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="860" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpk81GWrNhlL5mmzxArbSmnZDC5WWYbb7sS6Jseux-vyhDELsKtlCAqrdwhByLz1R2SaeLV_FefCfKxQzdY15hBR2o32gKuL9EHBWwNBwDV4GWfZ2f8UzvwY-2cvnXe5Q3K8l0PhZNCRa/s640/molam-concert-bangkok.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
A few thousand molam fans during a regular concert in Bangkok<br />
(view from a sky train station) </div>
<br />
Molam have known a constant evolution
and an incredible development during the last 150 years, growing
from little community performances to huge popular shows attended by
thousands. It's important to note that one of the main reason of this
constant growing is it's clear opposition to western cultural
pollution. Most of the places that welcomed the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBvIweCIgwk" target="_blank">American “cultural”invasion</a> pretty much lost their musical identity while the molam scene was getting really impressive. Such opposition
often took some surprising forms showing the ability of Esan people
to react and protect their culture with a certain sense of humor .</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_XZPYEgJSGkpISarhpXASen5F5JFWLLdEHlNpZYWefLDRhWOYbYeDUvAibak93qJt6YM9RblswFT9Uel-vTKXf-Y9tqCCWxGiKAFGavr9lbJDSRj4tfIG4wDhGilYlrdyb71PRqLABjo/s1600/molam-dances.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="800" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_XZPYEgJSGkpISarhpXASen5F5JFWLLdEHlNpZYWefLDRhWOYbYeDUvAibak93qJt6YM9RblswFT9Uel-vTKXf-Y9tqCCWxGiKAFGavr9lbJDSRj4tfIG4wDhGilYlrdyb71PRqLABjo/s640/molam-dances.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">molam dancers in traditional clothes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Molam is now the most
impressive popular music scene in the world:</span></b></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-People of all ages, genders,
socio economic backgrounds attend together molam performances.</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-Molam performances are some of the
longest existing concerts in the world (about 9h30 for a regular lam ruang to
klon in Esan).</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPsnQSxfrnfNjkngXrvCy9LoGWMlshTOyXpZQPiNE_xnAMps2CyqPI9lZWi0rE1ei0T2fx-EZyNj2WfH5LcyftfdGB1rCQ3ny8ut69PQtCGKDAXgjZo9d8BpfsOrYrWZEsNSoIrcytHlp/s1600/fans-molam-concert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="800" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPsnQSxfrnfNjkngXrvCy9LoGWMlshTOyXpZQPiNE_xnAMps2CyqPI9lZWi0rE1ei0T2fx-EZyNj2WfH5LcyftfdGB1rCQ3ny8ut69PQtCGKDAXgjZo9d8BpfsOrYrWZEsNSoIrcytHlp/s640/fans-molam-concert.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6am, some of the survivors of a long night of molam </td></tr>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-When it's not simply free (generously
sponsored during religious festivities and cultural events) the price for a molam
show is about 3$ in Esan.
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-Molam troupes are the biggest touring
bands in the history of music! Known as “molam wong yai” (molam
large troupes) they can feature as many as 300 members (the biggest
“regular” molam troupe ever featured 350 staff members).</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
khana molam Rabiab Wattasin (lam ruang to klon tham nong Khon Kaen) </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
celebrating their 50th anniversary</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
-Molam troupes are the oldest bands in
activity: The first lam ruang to klon troupes were founded in the
early 50's by molam families preforming lam phune (an older form of
lam story telling) since already quite a few generations. I known
some mo lam families who have been performing lam for well over
a century.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAhhXR79WF0Ri4mwBX7S3g9RtbW7PA-pQ9_zkv7M9BnOhrcdChT8XTjBnGLot6rcXNplB8edRtr2G_d8YMmmPDFmJalO7RPndkonydtte6LIulVCMf3yKxym8JxDjWGlDSFrqZr5ReF_4/s1600/molam-ruang-to-klon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="800" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAhhXR79WF0Ri4mwBX7S3g9RtbW7PA-pQ9_zkv7M9BnOhrcdChT8XTjBnGLot6rcXNplB8edRtr2G_d8YMmmPDFmJalO7RPndkonydtte6LIulVCMf3yKxym8JxDjWGlDSFrqZr5ReF_4/s640/molam-ruang-to-klon.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">60's photos of early lam ruang to klon troupes on stage</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;">
-Molam troupes are the bands that have
performed the largest amount of shows in the history of music. If
it's impossible to get any accurate data, I estimate that the top molam
troupes have performed over 700h and up to 240 concerts per year during the last 10 years.
It's not crazy to estimate that some of the most popular troupes
performed over 10000 or 15000 hours during their 50/65 years of
existence!</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9FhLan_wYxkIGZrS8BiRKZcgVKRqLeLr8-3W-hZ1WTWBf6XfRvvDALU3owjQqNxbufKVH2Gs3fuQMYagWGPG58gBitMCQOkqBXgpThxx4mUFWODI0jSYJ7P8tcYPe_F-dsQPglQia9wM/s1600/molam-live.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9FhLan_wYxkIGZrS8BiRKZcgVKRqLeLr8-3W-hZ1WTWBf6XfRvvDALU3owjQqNxbufKVH2Gs3fuQMYagWGPG58gBitMCQOkqBXgpThxx4mUFWODI0jSYJ7P8tcYPe_F-dsQPglQia9wM/s640/molam-live.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">contemporary lam ruang to klon costumes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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Comparing the molam scene to this
document about the Rolling Stones selling tickets 150 to 300$ for
2h15mn concerts gives an interesting contrast between molam and <i>“one
of the world's most popular attraction”</i>. All the top 10 molam
troupes have performed way more than 2000 concerts during the 21<sup>st</sup>
century! It seems like the word <i>“popular”</i> have different
meanings in different places and that the “non white” cultures are
still very far from being considered in Occident...</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09vYM6CxZ890rd1H1HBGvHOwelfT_dS2E7FBqi4Tf9Vl8AFdTa9WRMZSwxNTIfGCLNLEpBQepvqmKbYfZyNb0jKsfPzn7MnkSgX9C53zMy3LbJXAwamA2MqhMVoTFUpCpgV8BzMseUCs6/s1600/stones-wikipediah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="664" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09vYM6CxZ890rd1H1HBGvHOwelfT_dS2E7FBqi4Tf9Vl8AFdTa9WRMZSwxNTIfGCLNLEpBQepvqmKbYfZyNb0jKsfPzn7MnkSgX9C53zMy3LbJXAwamA2MqhMVoTFUpCpgV8BzMseUCs6/s400/stones-wikipediah.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they call it popular music...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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Of course, nothing you just read is
anywhere close to the crap you could read from people like “EM
records” (from Japan) selling re-editions of Esan music or the legendary “maft sai” who scam people with products
named “zudrangma records”, the “paradise Bangkok molam
international band”, “studio lam”, “toomturn molam group”
(a busy scammer for sure). I'll talk about those folks and their
little friends in the next parts... STAY TUNED!<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-2-genesis-holiday-in-cambodia.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">PART 2: THE GENESIS</span></span></span></a></div>
<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-2-genesis-holiday-in-cambodia.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-2-genesis-holiday-in-cambodia.html"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA"</span></span></span></a></div>
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<b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>-All the photos signed "Saobao Esan" are all taken by myself. Those only show regular events in their most usual forms. Nothing unique or exceptional, nothing tricky. What you see here happen very often.</b></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>-All the tapes and other formats cover pictures signed "Saobao Esan" are from my personal collection.</b></div>
<b>-Everything you read here is part of my personal researches and not some copy/pasted unverified information. If you want to quote anything from my work, you should contact me first. </b><br />
<b>-The documents I quote are not information and can't be seen as "work", those are fraudulent propaganda I compare to facts. Such propaganda not only discredit Esan culture but it also fools YOU. The people paying those frauds are either victims or "partners in crime", Their reaction (or absence of reaction) following my publications will show their positions.</b><br />
<b>All the people mentioned in this serie of documents are welcome to express their point of view here (I can add more document showing they are clueless liars upon request).</b></div>
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<span id="goog_457470306"></span><span id="goog_457470307"></span>SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-26364834210305292722016-10-14T22:26:00.000-07:002016-10-14T22:26:51.174-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes words can't describle the pain my friends and all the people of Thailand feel since the loss of their beloved father.</div>
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ไม่มีถ้อยคำใดจะสามารถบรรยายได้อย่างลึกซึ้ง ถึงความโศกเศร้าครั้งใหญ่ที่สุดที่เพื่อนๆ ของผมและปวงชนชาวไทยทั้งหมดรู้สึกต่อการจากไปของพ่อหลวงของพวกเขา<br />
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-60009562746871077932016-10-07T22:06:00.001-07:002019-08-08T09:39:30.582-07:0043 PHAIRIN PHONPHIBUN (LAM PHLOEN SORN YING)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Back to Esan! I hope you enjoyed our little ramble in Laos. I could not leave Laos without a tape that sometimes plays with references from both sides of the Mekong... Well all kinds of references in this case..<span style="color: #0000ee;">.</span></div>
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The tape we'll ear today LAM PHLOEN SORN YING puts together some songs released in the late 70's by an amazing duo. On one side, the versatile and talented singer PHAIRIN PHONPHIBUN (and some uncredited guests) on the vocals and on the other side: the very eclectic song writer, radio Dj, producer and record compagny manager <a href="http://www.thaimusicinventory.org/surin%20phaksiri.html" target="_blank">Surin Phaksiri</a> who takes care of the songwriting and the production (like on this tape I <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/07/angkhanang-khunchai-esan-baan-hao.html" target="_blank">previously posted</a>).</div>
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Unlike his name could suggest, mister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surin_Province" target="_blank">Surin</a> Phaksiri in fact comes from the province of Ubon Ratchathani (like quite a few other musicians and singers <a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=ratchathani" target="_blank">featured here already</a>). If as a radio Dj Surin started by focucing on <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=KHAMPUN+FUNGSUK" target="_blank">traditional molam</a> from both Laos and Esan he also had a huge interest for all kinds of music from both occidental and asian genres. His huge interest for music has played a key role in his work and on the evolution of the Esan sound (on both molam and luk thung). Surin was the first to create a fusion between lam phloen and luk thung and he had a great talent to incorporate foreign influences into his arrangements. His talent to play with styles gave him the opportunity to direct the production of many movies soundtracks including the famous <a href="http://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/2009/02/ost.html" target="_blank">Monrak Luk thung</a> and the chance to write some awesome adaptations of <a href="http://monrakplengthai.blogspot.com/2011/05/chatri-sichon-chom-nang.html" target="_blank">Bollywood songs</a> (as Indian movies played in Thailand in the 70's were fully dubbed in Thai).</div>
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Also from Ubon, Phairin Phonphibun started singing in her early teenage but it's really in the late 70's when she started to work with Surin Phaksiri that she became a superstar. Surin wrote, produced and distributed her songs through his eponynous label and invited her to join the Thitso Lam Phloen band. 3 Years ago Miss Phonphibun sadly lost her long battle against cancer.</div>
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In LAM PHLOEN SORN YING both Surin Phaksiri and Phairin Phonphibun show the large panel of their talents: Lam phloen, luk thung (including songs brilliantly mixing both genres), references to Laotian culture with some adapted khap thoum from the movie soundtrack of Monrak Mae Nam Moon on track 2 and 3 (with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsTOtR2Qp_U" target="_blank">Waiphot Phetsuphan</a> as guest star answering Phairin). The arrangements are really interesting and goes from traditional Esan style to various western set up with full classy bands featuring a large horn section in a pure 60's/70's luk thung style or a smaller set up featuring drums, guitars, farfisa organ... 12 really nice songs and a perfect opportunity for Phairin Phonphibun to enchant us while jumping from a genre to another... </div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">PHAIRIN PHONPHIBUN ไพรินทร์ พรพิบูลย์</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";"><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">LAM PHLOEN SORN YING ลำเพลินสอนหญิง</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">01 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำเพลินสอนหญิง</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">02 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำกล่อมทุ่ง</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">03 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำเ</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลาะ</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ทุ่ง (</span>Waiphot Phetsuphan)</div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">04 โชลสาระวัน</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">05 คอยหาบ่เห็น </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">06 ลืมง่ายแท้หนอ</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">07 สาวน้อย</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำเพลิน</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">08 ยัวกับยั๊ว</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">09 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำ</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";"></span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ล่องคนึงรัก</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">10 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">รักแท้สาวอิสาน</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">11 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำเพลินรักชาติไทย</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";">12 </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma";">ลำเพลินเชิญจองน้อง</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma";"></span>SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-51980411010575043762016-10-06T02:08:00.000-07:002016-10-06T02:08:10.242-07:00EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY IN ESAN AND LAOS (INTRODUCTION)<div style="text-align: center;">
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As this month we are in Laos, it's a great opportunity to share some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography" target="_blank">early photos</a> from Laos and Esan. More than 230 pictures from my personal archives: Everyday life in villages, people at work, at the temple and markets, and of course parties, festivals and music. </div>
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All those pictures are approximatively dated from 1870 to 1940 (and also a few from the 50's for illustrative purposes).Those photos were taken on both sides of the Mekong by local photographers, explorers, missionaries and settlers. Some of those are part of the archives of the <a href="http://www.bnf.fr/fr/acc/x.accueil.html" target="_blank">Bibliothèque Nationale de France</a> and <a href="http://www.museedelhomme.fr/" target="_blank">Musée de l'Homme</a>, publications like the book "<a href="http://pictures.abebooks.com/2784480/1333217523.jpg" target="_blank">danses d'Indochine</a>" and the newspaper "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Illustration" target="_blank">l'Illustration</a>" or from collected colonial postcards by early photographers such as <a href="https://drgblogsupreme.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/e22681.jpg?w=342" target="_blank">Alfred Raquez</a> and also from anonymous local photographers. Those pictures have been cleaned and restored by myself.<br />
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At this time Thailand was still called <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqANLgNv83c" target="_blank">Siam</a></i> and Laos was part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire" target="_blank">french colonial empire</a> and known under the name "<i>Indochina</i>". Many Lao people already live in Esan (and in Northern Siam) and more and more people from the <a href="http://www.phutai.thai-isan-lao.com/Phutai-history.html" target="_blank">Phu Tai</a> group continue their migration from the (actual) North Vietnam hills to Central Laos and Esan and will continue to relocate there till the end of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Dien_Bien_Phu" target="_blank">Vietnam war</a> and the end of colonisation.<br />
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<u><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>MUSIC AND CULTURE:</b></span></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_23.html" target="_blank">- mo lam and mo khaen </a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/10/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_5.html" target="_blank">- colonial exhibition</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_61.html" target="_blank">- music (various) </a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/10/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_3.html" target="_blank">- theatrical performances </a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos-at.html" target="_blank">- dances</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/10/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos.html" target="_blank">- Buddhism </a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/10/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_53.html" target="_blank">- festivals and celebrations</a> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: #20124d;">EVERYDAY LIFE</span></u></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_21.html" target="_blank">- villages and houses</a></span></b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos-life.html" target="_blank">- life in villages</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos-at.html" target="_blank">- at the market </a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/">- life on the mekhong</a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span id="goog_1684107620" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/10/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos-phu.html" target="_blank">- Phu Tai people</a></span></b></span></div>
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<u><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WORKING:</b></span></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/09/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos_0.html" target="_blank">- transportation</a></span></b></span></div>
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For those who will be in Bangkok before november 7th, there is an exhibition about early photography called "Unseen Siam" at the <a href="http://en.bacc.or.th/event/Unseen-Siam-Early-Photography-1860-%E2%80%93-1910-.html" target="_blank">Bangkok Art & Culture Centre</a> that features some photos related to music. </div>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-79137043772689482322016-10-05T21:45:00.000-07:002019-08-08T09:43:13.490-07:00EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY IN ESAN AND LAOS (MUSIC: COLONIAL EXHIBITION 1931)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, some very crisp photos of the Laotian musicians who played in 1931 in Paris during <a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/deep-racism-the-forgotten-history-of-human-zoos/" target="_blank">the highly questionable</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Colonial_Exposition" target="_blank">colonial exhibition</a>. It features molam, mo khaen and piphat ensembles as well as various kinds of <a href="http://www.craftrevival.org/CraftArtDetails.asp?CountryCode=Laos&CraftCode=003636" target="_blank">traditional</a> <a href="http://www.seasite.niu.edu/lao/culture/traditional_music/music_collection1.htm" target="_blank">instruments</a>.</div>
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mo khaen and mo lam</div>
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The audio recordings of those performances are available at the French national library (<a href="http://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&collapsing=disabled&query=dc.subject%20all%20%22kh%C3%A8ne%2C%20musique%20de%20%20%20%20laos%22%20and%20dc.relation%20all%20%22cb42192801t%22" target="_blank">BNF</a>)</div>
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Among all the communities living in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Laos" target="_blank">Laos</a> and Esan, the <a href="http://www.phutai.thai-isan-lao.com/Phutai-history.html" target="_blank">Phu Tai group</a> have a particular cultural influence, especially for molam fans. Originally, the Phu Tai people came from the actual North Vietnam where the <a href="http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/history/khaen.html" target="_blank">first historical traces of the khaen</a> were found on 2200 to 2700 years old <a href="http://www.patmissin.com/history/birdman.jpg" target="_blank">bronze gong drum</a>. They later relocated to Laos and Esan (a Phu Tai community can even be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqLFJu9C43U" target="_blank">in the U.S.A</a>). Nowadays, numerous famous mo lam, musicians and luk thung singers have Phu Tai origins: <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=NUM+PHUTAI" target="_blank">Num Phutai</a>, <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=MONRUEDI+PHROMCHAK" target="_blank">Monruedi Promchak</a> or more recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiwu-cuHOIg&list=PLYclNMV_XAmOxOj4tr1QSfFHHs33a3TAz" target="_blank">Wirapong</a> and his molam troupe: "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJK3IDPwuA0" target="_blank">Silapin Phu Tai</a>". </div>
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A Phu Tai village on the hills in Laos / during a Buddhist ceremony</div>
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Perfoming <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYvqbSC8nl8" target="_blank">Kra top dance</a> and molam during celebrations.</div>
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Women pounding rice / people praying with a mo kaen during rice harvest ceremonies</div>
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Phu Tai dances</div>
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Today, some photos of the royal <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQnheO0QOE" target="_blank">dance troupe</a> of <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/479/?assistance=1&" target="_blank">Luang Prabang</a> performing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_and_theatre_of_Laos" target="_blank">traditional dances</a> and masked <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khon" target="_blank">khon</a>: <a href="http://phralakphralam.com/phralak_phralam_en/le-phralak-phralam/les-personnages/" target="_blank">Phra Lak Phra Ram</a> (the <a href="http://wacanaseni.usm.my/WACANA%20SENI%20JOURNAL%20OF%20ARTS%20DISCOURSE/JOURNAL_8%20PDF/1Gisa.pdf" target="_blank">Laotian version</a> of the <a href="http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2014/04/the-ramayana-in-southeast-asia-2-thailand-and-laos.html" target="_blank">Ramayana</a>).</div>
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On this last picture, the Boosra Mahin Siamse troupe in Berlin (1900). Surprisingly, the picture features 2 mo khaen who also perfomed in Berlin. Those musicians are the first Thai musician who <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thai_Royal_Anthem_-_Phonograph_cylinder_recordings.ogg" target="_blank">ever been recorded</a>. Sadly, none of the recordings available online feature khaen.</div>
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Today, some photos of some of the most important events celebrated in <a href="http://www.smilinginthailand.com/thailand_north_east/festivals_in_isan.html" target="_blank">Esan</a> and <a href="http://www.tourismlaos.org/show.php?Cont_ID=32" target="_blank">Laos</a>. Of course, most of those festivities are related to <a href="http://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/10/early-photography-in-esan-and-laos.html" target="_blank">buddhism</a>.</div>
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Villagers dancing during the rockets parade.</div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/05/20-dontri-phun-muang-esan-seong-bung.html" target="_blank">Bun bang fai</a> parades in Laos (left) and Esan (right)</div>
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Procession in Esan during <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/04/12-phimchai-phetphalanchai-lam-phloen_11.html" target="_blank">Songkran</a> (Buddhist new year) festivities. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Prayers and the traditional <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search/label/*KHAP%20THOUM%20LUANG%20PRABANG" target="_blank">Luang prabang</a> figures of <a href="http://www.enricophil.it/tales/Asia/Scripts/pou_gneu.htm" target="_blank">Phou Gneu, </a></span><a href="http://www.enricophil.it/tales/Asia/Scripts/pou_gneu.htm" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Singkeo</span> and Gna Gneu</span></a></div>
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Sculpted candles and procession during the <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/07/angkhanang-khunchai-esan-baan-hao.html" target="_blank">Khao Pansa celebrations</a> (here in Ubon Ratchatani)</div>
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Ghost costumes and parade of <a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/2016/07/26-mai-waenthip-saeo-phu-bao.html" target="_blank">Phi Ta Khon</a> (here in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi_Ta_Khon" target="_blank">Dansai</a>)</div>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boun_Suang_Huea" target="_blank">Canoe race</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utq4NapsYY4" target="_blank">lantern dance</a> (both in Laos) during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Krathong" target="_blank">loi krathong</a> celebrations.</div>
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Celebrations during the coronation of His Majesty The King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisavang_Vong" target="_blank">Sisavang Vong</a> (1904)</div>
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<a href="https://saobaoesan.blogspot.com/search?q=SANG+SOMCHIT" target="_blank">Thao Suranari</a> "Ya Mo"celebrations in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thao_Suranari" target="_blank">Korat</a></div>
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Buddhism takes an important place in the life of the people of <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/laos-txt.htm" target="_blank">Laos</a> and <a href="http://dharma-records.buddhasasana.net/video/traditional-lao-isaan-songs-telling-the-life-of-the-buddha" target="_blank">Esan</a> where <a href="http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/whats-thera.htm" target="_blank">Theravada Buddhism</a> is practiced by a large majority of the population.</div>
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Statues of Buddha and views of temples<br />
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Buddhist statues and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupa" target="_blank">stupa</a>.</div>
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A novice ringing the bell before morning prayers / monks in temples</div>
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A monk ordination / a monk funerals / morning almsgiving.</div>
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Monks eating during festivities / details from a pagoda</div>
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Groups of novices and monks and a statue of buddha.</div>
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Ruins of a temple.</div>
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Today, last album from the serie of lam Lao tapes from the great PK promotion. This time with a more "synthetic" take on traditional Laotian lam styles.</div>
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Another<i> long play</i> tape this week. It's pretty nice that Laotian tapes are usually over 50mn as when you find a singer you like it's almost impossible to find more than one tape (exept for <a href="http://userdisk.webry.biglobe.ne.jp/000/281/01/N000/000/001/125923868014816302019_vathalisack701.jpg" target="_blank">Phouvieng Vathalisack</a>, the 90's superstar who released quite a few recordings of both <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXhg9Jd0gy4" target="_blank">lam Lao</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-_6KRoOM4c" target="_blank">pleng Lao</a>, a variant of Thai luk thung). Usually modernised lam Lao don't follow the shorter "pop" format that became an international standard in popular music. I guess it's because the production of 7' vinyl has been pretty small in the country and did not have any impact on the lengh of the songs. The protectionism of state radios and the rather small size of the country probably also helped keeping the songs formats unstandardised (wich is really enjoyable).</div>
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The tape we have today KHAP LAM THONG THINE features MANIVANE KHAMMANI singing 8 different kinds of lam Lao and 2 khap (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZji67BWePo" target="_blank">khap thoum</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtbJIeCW_z4" target="_blank">khap ngum</a>) in a modern style were most of the instruments are played on keyboard and drum machine. The result is surprisingly good and original. It's rich, ingeniously produced and it keeps the deep hypnotic feeling that you can often find in more traditional versions, Manivane's voice feets perfectly here... </div>
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I guess I should post more Laotian tapes every once in a while as there are not many avaialable online and those are usually exellent.</div>
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MANIVANE KHAMMANI ມະນີວັນ ຄຳມະນີ</div>
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KHAP LAM THONG THINE ຂັບລຳທ້ອງຖິ່ນ<br />
01 ເຊີນອ້າຍເມືອເມືອງຊຽງ (khap thoum)<br />
02 ກອນພະຫຍາຍ່ອຍ (lam saravane)<br />
03 ວອນອ້າຍກັບຄືນ (lam Phu Tai)<br />
04 ສາວນາບໍ່ລືມຖີ່ນ (lam khonsavane)<br />
05 ຄອຍອ້າຍຜູ້ຢູ່ຊາຍແດນ (lam bansok)<br />
06 ຄິດຮອດເມືອງຊຽງ (lam phuan)<br />
07 ຜົວຂີ້ເມົາ (lam siphandon)<br />
08 ເອີ້ນອ້າຍຄືນຖີ່ນ (lam phoen)<br />
09 ສາວຕັ່ງຫວາຍໝາຍຮັກ (lam tangwai)<br />
10 ກອນພະຫຍາຍ່ອຍ (khap ngum)<br />
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Next week, back to Esan!</div>
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SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-13992362684273051262016-09-30T20:01:00.000-07:002019-08-08T09:56:26.632-07:00EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY IN ESAN AND LAOS (AT THE MARKET)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Various photos taken in Laos and Esan at markets.</div>
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2 Stereoscopic pictures taken with a <a href="http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Richard_%28Jules%29" target="_blank">Verascope</a> camera.</div>
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<br />SAOBAO ESANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880921383453373788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1710655377820121422.post-23616117801670798962016-09-29T18:40:00.003-07:002016-09-29T18:40:57.887-07:00EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY IN ESAN AND LAOS (IT'S PARTY TIME, LET'S DANCE!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, some pictures of Laotian and Esan people<br />
<a href="http://www.apjmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/APJMR-2015-3.4.4.20.pdf" target="_blank">dancing</a> on molam and other kinds of music...</div>
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