Raw, unfiltered ceremonial gong ensemble music recorded in northeastern Cambodia, bordering Laos and Vietnam. Music to accompany animist rituals, and drinking the fermented rice alcohol called Tavei. Nipple and flat gongs, bamboo tubes, male and female vocals, drums. Very limited.
Miraculously restored from the few remaining original copies, Khmer music from the 1930s to the 1950s, including Chapey, Romvong, Lakon Basak, Pleng Khmer, Ayai, and Ayai Reung, as well as classical, court-derived traditions such as Pinpeat and Mahori, and popular styles including Lamleav and Pleng Ka. With a sixteen-page booklet of detailed notes and vintage photographs.