kammachon, vol. 1

artist: กรรมาชน (kammachon)

album: กรรมาชน ชุดที่ 1 (kammachon, vol. 1)

tracklist:

01. กรรมาชน (kammachon)

02. คนกับควาย (khon kap khwai)

03. ชาวนารำพึง (chao na ramphueng)

04. แสง (saeng)

05. กูจะปฏิวัติ (ku cha patiwat)

06. จิตร ภูมิศักดิ์ (chit phumisak)

07. นกสีเหลือง (nok si lueang)

08. เพื่อมวลชน (phuea muan chon)

09. โลกที่ 3 (lok thi 3)

10. เลือดทาแผ่นดิน (lueat tha phaen din)

11. ฆาตกร (khatthakon)

12. เปิบข้าว (poep khao)

13. มาร์ชประชาชนเดิน (march prachachon doen)

14. สู้ไม่ถอย (su mai thoi)

15. เจ้าพระยา (chao phraya)

16. ข้าวคอยฝน (khao khoi fon)

this week, an incredible tape of thai protest song! founded by kunsak rueangkhongkiat (jin) & a group of student activists from mahidol university around the time of the 14 october 1973 uprising, the kammachon band put out only 3 albums in as many years. frontman jin, however, has been performing solo ever since (he plays a pharmacist by day)¹. what's most remarkable about jin, though, is that he's one of the only phuea chiwit performers to actively support the red shirt movement.. the genre for the most part is very "yellow". but on to the music; although many of the songs on here are composed by phuea chiwit progenitors caravan, kammachon have a unique approach all their own, adding layers of psychedelia and even luk thung influences to the standards. on top of this, the band possess a rare intensity; they really sound like the young upstarts they were.. jin's endearingly untrained vocals with an equally shambolic, energetic band behind him. absolute classic.. enjoy!

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