This is the sound of Phnom Penh, circa 1966

posted by stokes on Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 at 9:46am

Cambodian RocksIn the mid 1960s, Cambodian musicians began to combine the scales and instrumentation of traditional Khmer music with surf guitar, farfisa organ, rock beats and balls-out vocals, all drenched with echo and distortion. The result is quite simply the most exciting garage rock I have ever heard. Audio files after the jump.