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Recommend your top Cambodian music picks

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Having a music morning and it dawned on me that I have very little Cambodian music.
Between the lots of you that have been here for a while, would it be possible to get some recommendations?

I will start with a project combining jazz and traditional Cambodian instruments, unfortunately have not been able to locate this music outside of Spotify...
https://spotify.link/Os7lh4E2GD

Hope ya'll don't find this thread too boring, your contributions will be much welcome and listened to.

Sincerely,
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This Sin Sisamouth cover is pretty good:



The original:

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VannDa - Time To Rise feat. Master Kong Nay. 0.26 start.




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John Bingham wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:13 am This Sin Sisamouth cover is pretty good:



The original:

Have to admit I like the original better, I think a lot simply because of its traditional sound.
The cover was good though, cool to see a more up-to-date approach :good:
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I've posted these before but I do like them..



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Rap with a bit more meaning behind it singing about the corruption and elitism in Cambodia.

Not so long ago that he was arrested for releasing a song accusing the Cambodian government and HE to sell their own people and land to the Chinese.

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I rather like this G Devith track that was riding the "Time to Rise" craze:



This Leng Navatra abomination is so cringe to most younger urban Khmer (especially the English part) that I sometimes play it to troll my gf just because she reacts so damn negatively to it:



You've probably heard this song already, since clubs and bars never stop playing it:



Another ridiculously popular song you've probably heard:



And some lesser known music that I still like:

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Clutch Cargo wrote: Sat Oct 07, 2023 1:50 pm I've posted these before but I do like them..



Slightly off topic, but it’s interesting to see these two videos, especially the short second one, as I once again get a hard to express sense of what may have been lost, even though there is also some familiarity between then and what I see now.
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Keep the thread alive!

Always liked this Sereysothea cover. Bit cheesy, good rhythm, she's pretty.

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