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M’Lop Tapang has been working with the street children of
Sihanoukville, Cambodia since 2003
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Khmarnival
is
a
street
parade and live
music event which
takes
place each
March in downtown Sihanoukville. The
annual
event is organized by musician
Bob
Passion
and NGO M'Lop Tapang
who
work
together
with
street children and families to create three afternoons
of
colourful
processions and three nights of live music. Jimmy Kiss will
headline a
concert on Thursday night and Miss
Sarawan Band
will close Friday night at
the Old Theatre
in Sihanoukville.
Sounds
like a
great Cambodian-style outdoor event and a great party! A third,
smaller,
concert will take place on Saturday night at the
Bhor Motor
Garage.
Bacano
will return to Sharky Bar
on
Friday evening as a quintet – featuring Chris (lead vocals, rhythm
guitar), Jorges (backing
vocals, various instruments), Pavel (lead guitar), Jedil (drums) and
Ten (bass). Each one of these guys is a superb musician in their own
right and,
as
with all good
band
line-ups, they come together to produce
a
sound
that is even greater than the sum of the
parts. The Bacano
sound is extremely rhythmical
and groovy
–
provoking outbreaks of spontaneous
dancing in every room they play. The
band's Spanish-language set is loaded with interesting
covers, including a version of 'Juntos' by Columbian artist
Juanes. Group
leader Chris
'Chino' De Nogales
let Leng Pleng
know
that Bacano
will play this new cover song for the first time at the Sharky
Bar
gig.
The
superb and energetic Kok
Thlok
band will appear at Slur
Bar on
Friday night. The Khmer rock'n'roll fusion ensemble features
traditional instruments
such as the
roneat
('Khmer xylophone') and tro
('Khmer violin') alongside saxophone, guitar, drums and bass. It is
always fun to see so many players, and three singers, squeeze on to
the small Slur Bar
stage. Kok Thlok
bring a
fun
atmosphere with them to every gig. Even
if you
will not be able to
understand their
lyrics,
you will
definitely
understand their vibe.
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Kok Thlok |
A
huge
event will take place on Saturday at the former lakeside
of
Boeng Kak, Phnom Penh. The
Boeng
Kak lake
was
filled in with sand a number of years ago as
part of a
'development'
project
by
a private company.
Thanks to a very active community of protesters
still based in the area, the issues of land
seizures,
evictions and displacement
at
Boeng Kak are
still very much
in the Cambodian news. Alongside
this community, a small number of guest-houses
and traveller hang-outs have continued to do business even after most
of the lakeside tourism trade has
disappeared.
There is now a
hip arts
scene based around Simone
Bistrot.
This
weekend, the
venue will
host a
large roster of great bands
and
musicians
under the banner of
Art Festival.
Dub
Addiction have
chosen the Boeng Kak event to unveil their long-awaited new album,
Khmer Dub Empire.
The
ace raggamuffin rockers will play a live set and will also be making
the album available to purchase on specially-produced USB sticks.
Awesome Cambodian songstress Srey
Leak
will
be
performing
alongside other artists from Klap
Ya Handz.
A
host of other performers and DJs, not to mention acrobats, dancers
and graffiti artists, will be there to make this event one to
remember.
Check
out the
video below to hear Srey
Leak
singing alongside Dub
Addiction's
Professor Kinski
on the track 'Pel
Ro Leum Srech Srech', produced by Klap
Ya Handz.
Whatever
you're up to over the next few days, stay safe out there and... see
you around the traps!
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