Psychedelic Rock that's not Psychedelic Rock

Very fun record. Agreed that it loses a bit of the spontaneity of the live recordings, but the freewheeling vibe makes it such a breeze to listen straight through. Love the percussion.

wow, 300,000 views of the youtube at the top of the page. We have a hit!

Mainstream press taking notice:

http://www.newsweek.com/khun-narin-phin-sing-psychedelic-rock-band-discovered-remote-village-thailand-266649?piano_t=1

a near-clone of the Wired article though

Perhaps this has shown up elsewhere but I was pleased that the Newsweek article posted the track that morphs into "Zombie" for a bit.

http://youtu.be/tRg410DDeQE

I can't get enough of this album. There is so much joy in it, or at least it seems that way to me. Very excited for the vinyl to arrive.

finally got around to listening to this, it's so rad. loses some of the lofi charm and atmosphere of those vids but i think the music is a bit more dynamic this time around?

I'm waiting for my copy - I would totally pay for an album of just field recordings like the vids, though.

Not sure where to post about Senyawa from Indonesia so I'll post here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_C4hlfziDo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLw659ze9aI

Much less laid-back and more intentionally "experimental" than Khun Narin, I guess.

Kinda Boredoms-ish? There's a 25 minute video of them playing around Java and I'm trying to figure out what the hell the stringed instrument is the one guy's playing. Looks like a Chapman stick, sounds like Neubauten. Dunno if I'd want an album by them but I'd definitely see them live.

According to the Wire article I found out about them in, it is "a long bamboo trunk strung with metal and bamboo string. Modelled on the valiha tube zither from Madagascar, it also has connections to stringed instruments found in remote corners of Indonesia. This is an amplified zither Wukir has fashioned himself and christened the bambuwukir. Musically it stretches from delicate harp filigree to rampaging percussion workouts, influenced by the hectic kuntulan drumming groups of East Java. It's the strings cut from the kin of the bamboo itself that generate Senyawa's powerful rhythmic patterns." So there you go.

Khun Narin is out touring the world now. Got this sent to me from their site, it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7lOn94Cgxw&feature=youtu.be

Holy shit that is great. This happened so fast. Amazing times.

It seems like maybe something has shifted in their sound in this context—even from the record? But in a really really good way, like they are accenting the right rock tropes.

I want this recording.

yeah this is wonderful, really groovy

I think the big thing with the difference in the sound is just everything is miked up and mixed.

They have definitely upped the level of whoops and celebratory howls like they're Blueshammer.

Khun Narin is out touring the world now. Got this sent to me from their site, it's good.

― earlnash, Sunday, 13 December 2015 14:33 (Yesterday) Permalink

I can't find any tour dates info online, can you post a link?

Don't know how extensive they are touring, but that video is from France. It's kinda wild how far they have come. Live the dream!

Big Ears Music Festival should book them and then I could go see them live.

There's still room on the Levitation Austin bill this year.

Interview! New album to come.

http://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/khun-narin-electric-phin-band