The Digs
are a very
talented group of
professional musicians based in Toronto, Canada. They kick
off a short tour of Cambodia
this week with gigs in Phnom
Penh at Samai
Distillery on
Thursday and Equinox
on Friday. Band leader Chris
Rompre
told Leng Pleng:
“This
is the Canadian band that inspired me to start Durian [legendary
Phnom Penh-based expat group] funk
band
a few years back. These guys are amazing and they’ll be joined many
of the former members of Durian including Rhiannon Johnson and
Euan Gray”
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| The Digs |
Great
news! Read more about this
hard-working party band here
in the Leng Pleng Q&A.
The Digs will be taking their tight soul, funk and Motown sound down
to Kep and Kampot next weekend.
Equinox
will, this
weekend, celebrate
nine years as an essential part of the Phnom Penh music scene. The
party starts
with
The Digs
gig on Friday and
continues
with a
Bacano
show on Saturday and also...
a free barbecue! Thanks to the hard work of general manager Anthony
Mrugacz, Equinox
does
a
lot more
than just host music
shows. Check out the venue
website
for details of Equinox
live
streaming, videos, radio station and recordings. Here's
a word from the man himself:
“I
have heard time and time again from people, Equinox is the first
place they had a drink when
arriving in Cambodia and always the last place to have a drink before
departing to Pochentong. Just a big thanks to everyone - customers,
staff, musicians and artists. It has not always been easy, but it has
always been worth it!” - Anthony Mrugacz
Lafidki
is an avant-garde ambient electronic music artist, playing a short
show at Meta House
on Friday. The Berlin-based
solo musician
(with a Cambodian background) also
integrates
film into
his experimental live sets.
Lafidki,
also known as Saphy
Vong,
last year released the EP Absynthax on
Orange Milk Records. Check out his
other-worldly sound via
the
Lafidki
Bandcamp
and
Soundcloud pages
-
and
read more about the artist via the Leng Pleng Q&A.
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| RJ Marshall |
RJ Marshall
contacted Leng
Pleng to
let us know about his new, alternative jam
session taking place this
Sunday afternoon at Showbox.
Red Jack's Sunday Deep Down South completes
the Phnom
Penh Sunday
open
mic trifecta
along
with Sunday Sundowner Sessions at
Alleycat and the
Zargz
open
stage at
Sharky Bar.
It is therefore now possible to begin your jamming at 3pm on Sunday
afternoon and continue unabated until midnight. I
am
not sure if my guitar fingers, vocal chords or liver will be able to handle
such an epic cross-city
session
– but I am going to find out. RJ's
Deep Down South
session
will be roots-music
orientated and acoustic:
“No vocal
amplification. No loud drums. Cardboard box and all else fine. Extra
love for homemade instruments.” -
sounds
interesting (and
a fine opportunity for Television Ted and I to reform our
harmonica-and-boxtop double act)!
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| Jimmy Kiss |
Jimmy
Kiss and
Miss Sarawan
round off the Leng
Pleng gig
week with a Wednesday night show at Doors
Phnom Penh.
These two rising stars both hark back to the 'Golden Era' days of
Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Sereysothea, and both love singing the
1960's
and 1970's Khmer rock'n'roll repertoire.
Jimmy Kiss
is also a talented songwriter and scored a big hit in Cambodia with
his tune 'Baby I'm Sorry' – released last
year on
the first Songkites
album.
Learn
more about Jimmy Kiss via his first full-length English-language
interview piece, published right
here in
the
pages of Leng Pleng.
I also recommend checking out his Youtube channel for loads of great videos and
songs,
including
this cheeky recent
collaboration
with Yang Pov,
'I Want To Know Your Name':
Whatever you're up to over the next few days, enjoy the music and... see you around the traps!
JOE WRIGLEY
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