Sunday, November 30, 2008

wong ponglang sang ngoen: kiao sao long khuang



artist: วงโปงลางสังข์เงิน (wong ponglang sang ngoen) 
album: เกี้ยวสาวลงข่วง (kiao sao long khuang) 
tracklist: 
01. เกี้ยวสาวลงข่วง (kiao sao long khuang) 
02. ออนซอนสาวแม่ฮ้าง (on son sao mae hang) 
03. สุดสะแนน (sut sanaen) 
04. มโนห์ราเล่นน้ำ (manora len nam) 
05. งิ้วต่องต้อย (ngio tong toi) 
06. สินชัย (sin chai) 
07. ปู่ปะหลาน (pu pa lan) 
08. สี่พันดร (si phan don) 
09. คอนสวรรค์ (khon sawan) 
10. มหาชัย (maha chai) 
11. เก็บผักหวาน (kep phak wan) 
12. ดึงครกดึงสาก (dueng khrok dueng sak) 

this week, a tape from alexandra's collection: ponglang music! these interesting tunes from the northeast feature the odd, xylophone-like instrument based on the ขอลอ (kho lo). the style "ponglang" gets it's name onomatopoeically from the sound of the old cow-herding instrument. although the instrument has its own repertoire, it can also be used to play phin-khaen-style improvisatory pieces or (most frequently these days) to accompany dance, as it is on this recording. the band plays in typical country-style groove, with some very cool basslines, great dual khaen lines and.. some weird flute on top? anyway, it's awesome! thanks alexandra :)
 
update: a special thanks to achan siriphen atthaiphaibun who was able to identify the performers from the cover photograph!

6 comments:

peter said...

thai language (or maybe phasa isan!) version here

Anonymous said...

I love what I'm hearing. Nice.

Brian Shimkovitz said...

you are absolutely KILLING it with these tapes, thanks SO much!

brian

Anonymous said...

This have become one of my favorite album at the moment! I would love to hear more music like this. Thank You!!!

luckystriker said...

Another great album, thank you.

Prince Marolo said...

This is beautiful, amazing! Thank you so much for uploading