Luk Thung! The Roots Of Thai Funk

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Release Date: 2015

Label: ZudRangMa Records

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."