Far East Psych/Rock

[Mr SJ Herd]

Out & about in Edinburgh on Saturday & stumbled on a mysterious reissue of something called 'Kao Mai Rak Rao Rhok' by Sroeng Santi. Since found out that it's a limited 500 release by "Paradise Bangkok" duo Maft Sai and Chris Menist. This video plays just over a minute of each side, my focus being on the opening track.

This is pretty much the heaviest Far East thing I've heard to date & I was wondering if any of you wonderful people would have similar suggestions?

[LDJB]

This is great

http://www.discogs.com/Devils-Anvil-.../master/347870

[LDJB]

Hang on you said 'Far' not 'middle'. Sorry.

[toby.d]

Sroeng Santi did a cover of Iron Man which doesn't sound much like Iron Man but does sound bloody amazing. That was reissued on 45 too.

[alanmck]

assume you also know the cover of "Iron Man" that FK issued, which I'm pretty sure i saw a a copy of in a record shop in that London recently.



Finders Keepers also put out a comp of the stuff at the time, "Thai Dai".

[LDJB]

How about Soreng Santi's version of 'iron man'?

[LDJB]

Oops - what they said.

[alanmck]

vaguely recall Jakartajive pointing folks in the direction of noisy stuff from this region in the past, perhaps he'll drop by with knowledge some time soon.

and there's the (in)famous Cambodian Rocks comps from the late-90s as well:

here's a WFMU blog about them...

[jahshabby]

This also has some great stuff on it and Mr menist also has another comp aside from the excellent FK one. THe name escapes me for the moment, but can post later when I'm near my records. There's also an excellent FK podcast that he recorded which, I imagine, can be found reasonably easily on the etherhub.

[jahshabby]

And this thread of Hugh's is essential reading - not just for the music either.

[Mr SJ Herd]

Thanks for the leads! Will have fun picking through them this afternoon.

[Brainbomb]

San Ul Lim?

[Mr SJ Herd]

San Ul Lim?

BIG FUZZ

[mr sayers]

BIG FUZZ

If you want 'Big Fuzz' look out for their previous LP '2'.

[Cochise]

How about Vietnam (or maybe Japan)? I only know that this was released on a dodgy comp called GI Funk - tunes supposedly played by club bands around Saigon during the American "police action" there. Both tunes by the same players i imagine. Warning - absolutely no fuzz on this - feel free to move right along....
The instrument is đàn tranh (or koto if these cuts originate in Japan).

Fuka Vicente - Tempura Soul:

and Tali Bong - Kota Mata