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These days, Studio Lam is known as one of the most inspiring live music venues in the Thai capital – where, on any given night of the week, you can hear DJs mixing the reggae beats of Kingston in Jamaica with the sounds of Korat in northeastern Thailand, the folk songs of Aceh in Indonesia with the rhythms of Accra in Ghana.įrom beats to blues, the Saxophone Pub is a Bangkok institution that has been offering tourists and Thais quality live music since 1987. They’ve also given a new generation of Thais and foreigners a reason to fall in love with a style of music that was dying out the region. The band has performed sell-out shows from Bucharest to Berlin and played festivals like Glastonbury in the UK. They had no idea that this desire would lead to a music revival and the birth of one of Thailand’s most successful music exports – The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band – fronted by Kaewsombat on his khaen.
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Before long, the traditional instruments are joined by modern bass, drums and percussion, leaving the audience of beat-loving expats and Gen Z Thais with no choice but to dance… welcome to Studio Lam… STUDIO LAM The Molam revivalīack in 2009 DJs Maft Sai and Chris Menist decided they wanted to share their vintage collection of molam – a traditional style of music – with their friends.
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It’s the kind of music that has been performed for centuries in the heart of Laos, but this evening it’s being played in a dimly lit bar full of 70s furniture in Bangkok. It’s accompanied by the equally hypnotic plucking of the phin (Asian lute). The sound the 76-year-old makes on the traditional mouth organ is trance-like. Sawai Kaewsombat has his hands wrapped around his khaen – the tips of his fingers dancing over the bamboo pipes as his cheeks fill with air. From electro-folk to gritty blues, the live music scene in Bangkok is one of the best in South East Asia…with a song for everyone to sing.