Nai Htaw Paing Ensemble / Mon Music Of Burma
Album: Mon Music Of Burma   Collection:World
Artist:Nai Htaw Paing Ensemble   Added:Nov 2006
Label:Fire Museum Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2007-08-12 Pull Date: 2007-10-14 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Oct 14 Oct 7 Sep 23 Sep 9 Sep 2 Aug 26 Aug 19
Airplays: 2 1 1 2 5 3 2

Recent Airplay
1. Aug 10, 2013: Music Casserole
Gwet-Htub
4. Oct 10, 2007: public noize racket
Dosa Kyam - The King Crocdile's Anger, Gwet-Pwa-Kit
2. May 05, 2012: Catharsis: featuring Monkey Power Trio
Dosa Kyam - The King Crocdile's Anger
5. Oct 03, 2007: public noize racket
Waygoon-Maygoon
3. Apr 16, 2011: Music Casserole
Dosa Kyam - The King Crocdile's Anger
6. Sep 20, 2007: Day Of Noise
Ma Ngo - Paya Ta Ngwe

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-08-06
NAI HTAW PAING ENSEMBLE: Mon Music of Burma
Fire Museum, 2006

MYANMAR/BURMA – Obscure, disappearing traditional music from the Mon culture, in Southeast Burma (near Thailand). It’s an unusual sound - at times a bit chaotic – with loose, overlapping layers. You’ll hear rubberband-like kyam zither, scratchy graw fiddle, small drums, gongs and cymbals, xylophone, talutt flute and a double-reed called a khanwe. On top of all that, plaintive female vocals. It might sound like everybody’s drunk, and the same melodic figures keep popping up, but once you get used to it this music proves both pretty and happy.

Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 12

1. 3:54 – stately pace, nice vocal
2. 2:15 – staggers & sways, w/vox
3. 3:50 – tinkly gongs: very pretty
4. 2:08 – medium, staggers around
5. 2:54 – messy layers, w/vox
6. 3:29 – quick zither w/cymbals
7. 3:15 – pleasant, w/odd harmony
8. 6:18 – midtempo ensemble/vox
9. 3:51 – tricky bamboo flute solo
10. 2:20 – percussion & reeds
11. 1:26 – cute, happy ensemble
12. 3:52 – beautiful xylophone solo
13. 2:11 – midtempo ensemble/vox

[ Fo ] 6-Aug-07

Track Listing
1. Gwet-Pwa-Kit   7. Waygoon-Maygoon
2. Gwet-Done Glone   8. Smar-Gwet
3. Ma Ngo - Paya Ta Ngwe   9. Sone Jar Saryar
4. Rom-Sai-Da Kauf   10. Gwet-Htub
5. Gewk-Laked-Done   11. Gwet-Rom-Sai-Che
6. Dosa Kyam - The King Crocdile's Anger   12. Day Sa Midum
  13. Kalutt Hapor