| Various Artists / Radio Thailand: Transmissions From The Tropical Kingdom |
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| Album: | Radio Thailand: Transmissions From The Tropical Kingdom | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | 07/2006 | |
| Label: | Sublime Frequencies | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-08-06 | Pull Date: | 2006-10-08 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | 8 Oct | 1 Oct | 10 Sep | 27 Aug | 20 Aug | 13 Aug |
| Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 26, 2014: | Sublime Frequencies 10 Year Anniversary Pad Pen Pinh | 4. | Oct 04, 2006: | eranmukamel.net (the best of T-Pain) Tropic Audio Ephemera | |
| 2. | Oct 26, 2006: | Cognitive Overload 21st Century Perspiration | 5. | Sep 28, 2006: | Cognitive Overload 21st Century Perspiration | |
| 3. | Oct 05, 2006: | Cognitive Overload 21st Century Perspiration | 6. | Sep 05, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian Tourism Past The Medium Wave |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-07-28 | ||
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[coll]: Radio Thailand: Transmissions from the Tropical Kingdom Reviewed by Sadie O., 7/28/06 Collages of bits of Thai radio broadcasts from 1989 to 2003 (music and spoken bits). Really quite enjoyable and listenable, and often quite amusing. CD 1 seems more musical and has less static than CD2, it seems to me. FCC clean, although the short English bit in CD1 track 10 is pushing it a bit. Track 8 on CD 2 is completely INSANE. Other than that I like tracks 2, 6, 8 and 9 on CD 1; 5, 7 and 9 on CD 2. CD1: 1. 4:30 Lam Barometer **fast, driving beat, tenor vocals, spoken interlude, then slower, swingy groove 2. 6:05 21st Century Perspiration ***starts with female speaking in English, then uptempo bit, some street sounds, totally weird vocals with rock background. Nuts! 3. 5:27 543 Years Ahead of YOU **slow swingy groove, nasal vocals, some rather staticky bits, some groovy mambo and laughter 4. 4:03 Northeastern Provincial Frequencies **dramatic and cheesy farfisa opening, smooth male vocals, ends with crazy squeals 5. 4:41 Tourism Past the Medium Wave **starts with news in English, some random electronics, midtempo odd song – more randomness for first half than most tracks 6. 6:52 Isan Immortal ***crazy midtempo beat and vocals, farfisa, some truly odd noises, then midtempo almost gamelan sound with female vocals 7. 6:12 Torrential Nostalgia **midtempo swingy groove, male vocals, then cute duet, a bit of halting speech in English about computers, female singing, then odd noises and random bits 8. 6:51 Pad Pen Pinh ***traditional stringed instrument of some kind, groovy midtempo rock ‘n’ roll with female vocals, some utterly manic male singing, a bit of hard rock, then lounge farfisa. Gonzo! 9. 5:17 Rao Rao ***chorus, almost sounds like an advertising jingle, static, then another one, then a loungey bit with insane horn 10. 5:52 Mak Mak Darkie *male speaking, midtempo horn, random bits, bit of English about “purgative, causes one to defecate” – may be FCC 11. 4:48 Dongrek Apparitions **monks chanting, scratchy violin and downtempo groove, strange vocalizations without beat. CD 2: 1. 5:34 Giant Catfish Fry **odd male vocals and squeezebox, long spoken bit in English about giant catfish, cute female singing -sounds like film music. 2. 5:14 Krung Thep Marketing *excited male spoken word (static), drums and more speaking. A lot of random stuff, then female singing. 3. 5:28 Space Station Hilltops **female singing with odd percussion. Gamelon, then slow jazzy sax, sweet female singing, random bits, monks chanting 4. 5:06 Blow-Dried Pop Collage **odd male vocals and violin, midtempo swingy groove, bit of cool rock ‘n’ roll midway through, then odd interview, random bits. 5. 5:22 Folk DJ’s Armed with Technology ***goofy pop beat and female vocals, truly weird squeezebox and male vocals. Definitely a crazy track. 6. 5:50 The End of the News *monks chanting, high speed gamelan, midtempo pop, not great sound quality. Then accordion and oddness. 7. 4:52 Rubber of High Quality ***groovy beat and childish vocals, bit of news in English 8. 5:20 Oddities in Humidity !!!!***absolutely bum-fuck mad! 9. 5:24 Welcome to the World of Music ***applause, pompous keyboard and sax, slow ballad, some hula music (?!), monks chanting, rock ‘n’ roll 10. 4:27 Tropid Audio Ephemera *emotional spoken dialog, bit of English translation, midtempo song, jazzy sax and female vocals 11. 5:32 The Outer-Periphery Splash **crazed spoken bits, midtempo swingy groove, ends with truly weird female vocals (continues into next track) 12. 6:51 Amplitude Massage and Beyond bad quality, but nice rockin farfisa, bit of news in English about AIDS, monks chanting (or something) | ||
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