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Anthony 'Tippa
Irie' Henry is a
raggamuffin and
reggae-dancehall artist hailing from the UK. Slur
Bar
and Wat A Gwaan
have secured
his services for a special gig on
Friday night. Tippa Irie
is a vocalist and
DJ of the highest calibre, with a résumé that boasts collaborations
with the
Black Eyed Peas, UB40 and the
Long Beach
Dub All Stars. The 25-year veteran MC
is a hugely respected and influential figure on the UK music scene
and a progenitor, in the 1980's, of the 'Raggamuffin' reggae style.
British
artists such as Anthony Henry and Pato Banton embraced the ragga
sound exemplified in 1984 by Wayne Smith's 'Under Me Sleng Teng' –
wherein the traditional live reggae backing band
were
ditched
from the recording session and replaced by the digital and
brutal,
yet utterly immediate, sound of primitive
synthesisers
and drum machines.
Tippa
is visiting Cambodia for the first time in conjunction with shows in
Manila and Saigon. He headlines an
evening of entertainment at Slur
that includes Wat A Gwaan
DJs Alan
Ritchie and
DJ Bree,
MC Kaztet D
and a full live set from Dub Addiction.
It is only fitting that when a genuine international raggamuffin
comes to town, he should be supported by the 'only
ragga-dub band in Cambodia'.
Professor Kinski
and his Dub Addiction
team, still working on their second album of innovative genre-defying
Khmer-fusion
music, must surely
be
looking forward to Friday with great
relish.
While we're at it,
Television
Ted
would like to
make
a correction and an
apology to Dub Addiction and Leng
Pleng readers – Dub Addiction are playing a show at Equinox on the 19th
July, not the 19th of June as reported in last
week's wrap.
There
will be less raggamuffin
and more rockabilly at Sharky Bar
on Friday
when Joe Wrigley & The Jumping Jacks
return
to
the live stage following a two-month break. The unabashedly
retro band purvey two sets of stomping country and rockabilly-swing
and
will be
aided
and abetted on this outing by Psychotic
Reactions
lead guitar hero Jan
Fex.
Jan lends a hard edge to
the
band's material,
which
is
selected
from the mid-to-late
1950's period.
It
was the
magical
musical heyday
of early Elvis, Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly – when country, blues
and elements of jazz guitar-playing combined with
an
explosive
energy to create something called 'Rockabilly' “...long
before they called it rock'n'roll”.
Tip: the
impassioned, affected Southern drawl and driving sound of Joe and his
Jacks goes particularly well
with cheap
bourbon whiskey.
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Jimmy Kiss pic courtesy of Jimmy Kiss |
Bears are the unlikely topic for Saturday's gig of choice at FCC – The Mansion, when rising Cambodian star Jimmy Kiss will perform at the event entitled Beers4Bears. This show has been organised by Free The Bears – an organisation “working with local governments to protect Asia's threatened bear populations by strengthening wildlife laws, rescuing and providing sustainable sanctuaries for bears and educating and empowering local people to protect their forests and wildlife.” Jimmy let Leng Pleng know that he will be performing his own original songs and covers with a full live band for this gig. Read more about Jimmy's life and his music in Leng Pleng's 'An Interview with Jimmy Kiss'.
Meta House offer another great classical music experience on Wednesday. Italian pianists Giovanni De Cecco and Alberto Firrincieli visit the ground floor exhibition/performance space to give a recital of works by composers Schumann, Brahms and Rubinstein.
Leng
Pleng
has been in touch with pianist,
songwriter, vocalist and all-round creative talent Amanda
Bloom
in
order to acquire
some tantalising low-down
on
her
forthcoming album entitled Atlas – Journey of
Hope:
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Pic: Amanda Bloom Facebook page |
Watch this space for more from Amanda Bloom in the weeks leading up to the release of what promises to be a profoundly influential and significant collection of original musical creations.
Guitarist
and singer Roxane
Dumont
continued her own musical journey this week in
leaving Phnom Penh and
returning
to Europe. In the few
months that
Roxane
has
been here she
has
brought
a smile to everyone she has
met
on the local music scene. She
has made
a great impression with her prodigious talent and hugely endearing
personality. Jack sincerely
hopes
we will see her again around the traps. In the meantime, here is
a tape from Video Free Equinox
to
remind us what it
is we
will
be missing:
...and finally, a cool video from
visiting raggamuffin legend Tippa Irie
Until next time, take care of yourself
and... see you around the traps!
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