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If
you are in Sihanoukville today, you may be wondering why there is a
procession of brightly-coloured vehicles, bedecked with various weird
and wonderful paper-animals,
winding its way through downtown. Bob
Passion's annual
Khmarnaval has
arrived once again, complete with a carnival float
procession, a
Madagascan drumming group, Cambodian comedians, dancing troupes and a
host of live bands. The live
concert starts at 6pm tonight (Thursday) at
the M'Lop Tapang
Center,
with a second event happening on Friday night at The
Venue
in Sihanoukville. Sounds
like fun!
In
Phnom Penh, new venue Cloud
are continuing to put on
interesting and alternative music events. This Thursday, pianist Remi
will host the first 'Open Piano Afterwork' session. All-comers
are welcome to join in and dust off their keyboard
skills. The session could
be a good alternative to guitar-centric
open mics happening elsewhere in the city.
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All-original songs, new line-up: Moi
Tiet! - pic: Steve Porte
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Scott Bywater
returns to the Phnom Penh stage with Moi Tiet!
this weekend, playing a warm-up show at Alley
Cat Cafe
on Friday night and a full gig at FCC
– The Mansion on
Saturday. Moi
Tiet! was formed in 2013 by songwriter Scott – in
an
effort to
put
the
full
force
of a band
behind his
catchy original compositions.
The
current line-up – their third – includes
an all-French
rhythm section of
Adrien
Gayraud
(CSP, Kok Thlok, Riverside Raybans) on bass and newcomer Anthony
Armenti
on drums. Pavel
Ramirez
(Bacano, Mekong Messengers) plays
lead
guitar,
backed
up by original
members Chuck
Erz
(Musikero) and Scott on rhythm
guitars.
Bywater
is confident that the band is getting better and better: “We’ve
taken a bit of time to work on arrangements this time around, and
it’s paying off.” Any
band creating their own original music is a good thing!
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| Look out, Antti's about – pic: Antti Siitonen Facebook |
Hard-hitting drummer
Antti Siitonen will be
behind the drum kit with The
Jumping Jacks on two separate
occasions this weekend. The Finnish dynamo is expanding his
percussive activity from one band to two – having impressed many
with his antics in rock trio
Road to Mandalay. The
'Amazing Antti' will be on duty with the rockabilly reprobates on
Friday at Bassac Lanes
and
on Saturday at Sharky
Bar.
Jazz
guitarist
Hironobu Saito
will
join keyboardist Metta
Legita
at
D22 in
the Phnom Penh
Tower on
Sunday evening – for a special performance to mark the fifth
anniversary of the Great
East Japan Earthquake. The
expert players will be remembering those tragically
affected
by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Check
out the video below to hear a sample of the music
of Hironobu Saito.
The
charitable organisation Pour un Sourire d'Enfant (PSE) is currently
reaching out to bands and artists wishing to be involved in an event
to take place on the 1st and
2nd of April at the Olympic Stadium
in Phnom Penh. The annual
fundraising event presents an opportunity for local bands to perform
in front of an audience of thousands. To find out more, contact
Fabien Dutasta at PSE (+855 12 902 584, fabien.dutasta@pse.ngo).
Leng
Pleng is looking for a
Cambodian-language music writer to contribute to our publication. To
find out more about this part-time job position, please click here.
Whatever you're up to over the next few days... stay safe out there and... see you around the traps!
JOE WRIGLEY
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