My favorite radio stations in the world are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All day and night, every station seems to play a never-ending assortment of absolutely mind-blowing songs. The AM program “Classic National” broadcasts all sorts of Malay lounge music, seemingly flamenco-influenced ballads, bit-crushed jingles… There are stations that exclusively play music from India; others from China (including a great late-night Chinese modern-electronic music show, which boasts a parralel lineup of Chinese Notwists, Alva Notos and Album Leafs). There is an independent-music station which proudly shares the prolific Malaysian independent music output in hard-rock, hip-hop and shoegazer music. I will make a blog on Malay lounge music soon, but higher up on the FM frequencies late at night I would occasionally catch some static-y surf music, and wanted to share a few songs. There must be a Malay surf genre, and if anyone has any information on the artists, or other similar music, please contact me!
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A few songs that didn’t end up making it onto the album for various reasons, but which I wanted to share.
CHILDREN MALE DUET
SHAKIRA COPY SONG
MALE COUNTRY SONG
BURMA CLASSIC ROCK
COMMERCIALThese were recorded March-April 2007 in Yangon, Myanmar. Visit the MUSIC section for links to purchase the disc from Sublime Frequencies.
Here are 2 mp3s from my Thailand radio collection:
More cassettes, radio broadcasts and field recordings to come!
