White Liberal Guilt

This is the sound of Phnom Penh, circa 1966

This is the sound of Phnom Penh, circa 1966

In 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…

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