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Greetings:

A big week for music in the kingdom!  And it’s another week, another EP launch in Phnom Penh.  On Friday at Blue Veranda Robert Marleigh & Gone Marshall launch 25th Century Crooner, a new dual-artist release – the evening kicks off at 6.30 pm, with Kevin Sysyn taking over at 8 pm, then Robert Marleigh returns for a late night session at 10 pm.

Thursday night in Phnom Penh find Alli G at Villa Grange, Tepi & Bunly at The Velvet Room and Los Del Sur at Samai Rum Distillery, while Kevin Sysyn is at Excelsior and The Extraordinary Chambers are late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Golden Khmer Band and Mr Zee are at Kep Natural and Graham Cain is at The Big Easy on Koh Rong Saloem.

On Friday in Phnom Penh Scott Bywater is at Farm To Table, Daisuke & James are at Green Pepper, Mirasol, George & Mika at Craft, and Lisa Concepcion at Botanico, while Vanno is at The Velvet Room and Kora Sunya is at Little Susie.  Spring Band are at Bassac Lane and Cloud hosts an all acoustic night with six performers.  Going late, the psych doom of ZEITGEISTS from Bangkok follow The Boeung Kak Lifesavers at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Jim Cecil is at The Green Room and new act SVETNEK play KAPAL.  On the road are Graham Cain who is at Eden Bar in Sihanoukville and in Siem Reap Joe & the Jumping Jacks at Pomme and Geography of the Moon at Laundry.

Saturday in Phnom Penh sees ZEITGEISTS joined by Reign in Slumber and Absolute Zero at The Deck, while Lisa & Jed are at Craft, The Sock Essentials are at Botanico, and Socheata is at The Velvet Room.  Brooke Palmer is at Noisy Chili, Swing Time are at Au Marche and Antonio & The Playful Minds play Sundance.  Sinville Roadshow do double duty: early at Little Susie and then late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Nico Thoma is at Kampot Lane in the afternoon and in the evening Matsumura Fishworks are at Monkey Republic. In Siem Reap of course it’s the Bon Om Touk Festival featuring Sam Rocker, Scapegoat Candy, Kampot Playboys, Jam Cha!, Joe & the Jumping Jacks, Japan Guitar Shop, Geography of the Moon at 60 Road Studios.

On Sunday in Phnom Penh Phil Javelle is poolside at Villa Grange , the Sunday Sundowners open mic goes ahead hosted by Scott Bywater at Tacos Kokopelli, and ZeitGeitS will be doing an afternoon jam at The Deck  while Stu Cottom is at Bar Oz, Vian is at Back Street Bar and Joe & the Jumping Jacks are late at Oscar’s on the Corner.   In Siem Reap there’s a choice of open mics – One Man Dan and Giuliano Turello hosting at Duckmart and PMAC at The Steel Horse Stables.  On the coat Graham Cain is at Beach Walk Resort in Koh Rong.

There are already a few extra gigs being thrown in for the holidays next week – notably Miss Sarawan and Joe & the Jumping Jacks at Le Moon on Monday, and Seyha Ha at Back Street Bar on Tuesday; the Oscar’s on the Corner schedule deviates slightly from the norm with blues provided by Jeffro Starks & Chi-Town on Monday and rock’n’roll from The Extraordinary Chambers on Tuesday.

The LengPleng Feature Interview

Revisiting: the return of ZeitGeistS

Back in Phnom Penh for a series of shows at Oscar’s on the Corner and The Deck are Bangkok-based psych-doom instrumental act ZeitGeistS, who played at The Deck and Cloud back in April.  Leng Pleng contacted them to find more about the ideas behind the noise.

LP: How long have ZeitGeistS been together and how did you get to the band you are today?  How has your music evolved over time?

We formed in 2015 – Aum Subhamitra on guitar and myself, Kim Nopbhorn W, on bass – with several other members.  Later, once we recruited Thot Panomkwan on drums and Wasin Wainiya on keyboards, ZeitGeistS made its first appearance in 2021, releasing a self-titled debut EP.

Read the whole article here

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

 

Robert Marleigh, alter ego of Gone Marshall.  They launch a dual artist EP this Friday 24 November, 25th Century Crooner, and will be performing in the evening as part of the launch party at Blue Veranda.

A private musical indulgence:

Disco, baby.  Can’t get enough of it. I was on the set of Saturday Night Fever visiting  Rob (Stigwood), a mutual friend of mine and Wink (Martindale).  I says to Rob, “Hey what’s that happening sound, kinda’ like jackhammer with the flapping sail of a Marlin sttached to it?”  Rob turns to me and says, “Marleigh, that’s disco my friend. Now I know you’re a crooner and you get high on standards, and you gave the Chairman of the board a run for his money, but that disco is the future, baby.”  Well, I wouldn’t take it that far, but I do have a soft spot for it, and whenever the team is down in the Keys or Acapulco, away from the crowds and fans and the like, we fire up some disco records when we get the chance – again, when nobody’s lookin’.

Read the whole Passing Chords here

Musicians: They’re Just Like Us

Greg takes his dental hygiene seriously. 

Department of Mutual Support:  Friends of LengPleng

Robert Marleigh / Gone Marshall drop the new dual artist EP 25th Century Crooner  tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Touring Chinese punk band Wasted Laika at Oscar’s on the Corner on 19 November 2023

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Guillermo Wheremount
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 23 November 2023

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