Various – Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk – Pop/Soul Rock Folk Thailand Music Album Compilation
Label: ZudRangMa Records – none
Format: CDr, Compilation, Mixed, Reissue
Country: Thailand
Released: 2015
Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Luk Thung
Tracklist
1 Plearn Promdan – Farang Zeang Bong Fai -Excerpt-
2 Plearn Promdan – Koy Yung Mai Por
3 Poom Puwarin – Tai Por Karm Bar
4 Thawal Pukathorn – Pu Ying Yang Nong
5 Saksiam Petch-Chompu – Jeb Jeb Sab Sab
6 Kangwanprai Lukpetch – Chan Yak Kah Mia
7 Rungpetch Lamsing – Ban Nork Dee Nae
8 Thepporn Petch-Ubon – Jon Thaw Nor
9 Praiwan Lukpetch – Mai Eam Ruk
10 Samai Onwong – Nao Nao Ron Ron
11 Rungfah Puping – Puyai Lee Santana
12 Suang Santi – Dub Fai Kui Gun
13 Thepporn Petch-Ubon – Par Gun Koh
14 Noppadol Duangporn – Yaak
15 Dao Bandon – Mae Jom Kalon
16 Petch Pohtaram – Nong Jeoy
17 Sornpetch Pinyo – Luek Rao Dume Nom
18 Samai Onwong – Ruk Thung Na
Compiled By, Mixed By – Maft Sai
Engineer – Mischa Chulavalli
Re-issue in cardboard sleeve.
“Following on from two blistering compilations of Thai funk, we turn back the clock to consider the music’s antecedents.
The term ‘Luk Thung’ is derived from a phrase that literally means ‘song of the child of the fields’. Much of Thailand is still made up of rural and semi-rural communities, so it is, in other words, the music of the people. This form, through taking on modern elements and evolving continues to remain relevant.
That sweltering heat generates a looser vibe on this third Release of Luk Thung Music, continuing to mine the untapped grooves some of Southeast Asia’s forgotten stars who balanced traditional sounds with reedy, fuzzy, funk n roll. This limited edition third volume, The Roots of Thai Funk, is packaged in bamboo to signify its importance to Thailand where it prevalently grows, and comes with a cool fold-out poster of the record jackets to the artists on the comp, whose songs have a superior sound quality than the first volumes.”
