THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT - "BLACK TO GOLD" LP

 

LULUS:

"Channthy was not just a singer. She represented the dichotomy of a country where, amidst the bright lights, we still have unimaginable and inescapable problems of poverty, education, income disparity, and women's rights. Channthy's story of a poor, rural girl who made it in the big city to become an international star." A special thing happens when A-Go-Go style garage burners are played by groups from Southeast Asia. There's a long history of this concoction blowing other takes out of the water. I don't know what it is, but it is and it's undeniable. Combine that fervent, highly grooved out energy with a Motown studio and you've got a damn godly thing on your hands. This album was previously released under the name 'Whiskey Cambodia', here presented with an updated layout in a heavy gatefold sleeve with some great photographs. If tracks like Dance Twist, Rom Rom Rom and When Are You Free don't make you feel alive, then maybe you aren't.