Weekend highlights ***for full gig listings jump to the bottom***

Greetings:

The scene is hotting up for high season – plenty of gigs, Halloween and otherwise, throughout this weekend, and reaching into November we look forward to the returns of regular visitors such as Miserable Man and Moisty, mini-tours by The Broken Cymbal and Jam-Cha passing through Kampot, and Gerard Evans and Intan Andriana heading for Siem Reap. LengPleng will do its best to keep you all up to date.  

For this week’s highlights, beginning with Thursday night in Phnom Penh, get jazz with Takeshi Band at Plantation, while Kevin Sysyn is at Botanico and The Extraordinary Chambers are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap find Andy Luna at Fellini, and Giuliano Turello at Pasta La Vista, while in the south Graham Cain is at Golden Time in Kampot.

On Friday night in Phnom Penh, get the folky Phil O’Flaherty at Botanico@Odom Garden, the jazzy Intan Andriana & James Atkinson at Le Vin, the blues of The Blue Souls at Craft, the mixed bag of Alli G is at 5 Drunk Men and the rock/pop of Gareth Bawden & guests is at The Box Office.  Get yourself to Halloween shows with metal – As The Heart Betrays, Nightmare A.D. and Doch Chkae – at Cloud, The Hook at Duplex, and the pop/rock of duo The Broken Cymbal at La Petanque.  There’s the special treat of four Filipinas known collectively as Mayari at Sunset Boulevard, Joe & the Jumping Jacks at Bassac Lane, and touch of Latin with Ng Elnarra & Phil at Mayazon.   Srey Ka & K’n’E take the stage at Oscar’s on the Corner, and in Siem Reap, Son Sabor Latin Trio play late at AMBAR.

Saturday night in Phnom Penh finds a triple Halloween indie bill of Spiked Gravy, Psykic Elektric & Soselo Summer at The Deck, Visa Runners at Sam’s and The Broken Cymbal at Botanico.  Meta House hosts Frisco Tony & the Gangstas of Love, the Cuban lint of Havana Nice graces Duplex and the high energy rock of Alli G & The Quilas at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Siem Reap, Andy Luna is at Pasta La Vista, Mr Zee at Villa D, and at The Harbour a Dead Celebrities and Pirates Halloween party features Those Handsome Devils.

The Leng Pleng Feature Interview

Keeping the thrill: Alli G & The Quilas

Alli Gecikarana, better known as Alli G, well known for his solo performances, especially in Siem Reap and latterly in Phnom Penh. He has recently emerged with a series of gigs with a more stable backing band, The Quilas – although stable is probably not the right word.  He sat down with LengPleng to explain the concept behind the new outfit.

The Quilas, Alli explains, is a bit of wordplay, whichever way you slice it.  Killers, tequilas… “It’s over the top, like tequila is.  Also in Malay language it means: you are crazy.”

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Graham Kemish. A long time violinist around town, Graham is about to leave Cambodia – his last gig will be as part of Frisco Tony & the Gangstas of Love at Meta House on Saturday night.  “‘Unrestrained’ is a word I could use to describe my preferred musical style and I feel most comfortable when I have the freedom to let-loose.  The classical training and orchestral playing in my earlier days taught me to be disciplined, and over the years I have enjoyed playing within the boundaries of various genres, especially those that drive audiences to dance.  Fiddle playing has featured in my life since working in the Scottish Highlands in 1977 and then again in the early 80s. This led me to playing with various country and barn dance bands, such as ‘Strings & Things’ in the UAE, ‘Solent Folk’ in England, and ‘Joe Wrigley and the Jumping Jacks’ in Cambodia and Vietnam.   Country music remains in my blood but my natural desire is to just react melodically and rhythmically to whatever I hear in a way that contributes as musically as possible with whatever the other musicians are playing.  I feel I still have far more to contribute and I am very thankful to the talented musicians I have had the pleasure to play along with in Cambodia who have allowed me to feed-off their musical talents. I will greatly miss the fun times I have had in Cambodia.”

Do you have a pet musical hate?
Music played so loud that it becomes impossible to hear clearly and to get a ‘note in edgeways’.

A private musical indulgence:
I like to immerse myself in the memorable music I grew up with in the 60s and 70s. In regard to violin playing, there are several violinists who have inspired me, and in particular the French player Jean Luc-Ponty whose style I would gladly try and emulate.

The year you first came to Cambodia:
2014 as the result of an introduction by Aymen Ghali and an invite by Joe Wrigley.

An early music memory:
Performing at St Paul’s Cathedral in London with an all boy choir of 660 choristers.

The last thing you had to eat:
A home cooked meal of sliced kidney, mushrooms, onions, and scalloped potatoes, washed down with tomato juice and Worcestershire sauce.

A country you want to visit:
Cuba, to experience their exceptional music, rhythms and dancing.

A book or movie you keep going back to:

There are none in particular that I keep going back to but Moonfleet, is an adventure tale that I enjoyed reading as a schoolboy. The movies with special memories are the few my parents took me to, which included The Ten Commandments, Mary Poppins (1964), and The Sound of Music (1965).

What languages do you have?
I am embarrassed to describe myself as a linguistic delinquent. Over the years it is the international language of music that has enabled me to communicate in other ways and to develop friendships with musicians from around the globe.

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
Violin is my main instrument, which I started learning when I was eight. The instrument I play mostly is an 1880s French violin that was bought for me in 1965.

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
In my youth I was an ice-speed skater and, in a gap-year, I was also a dust/binman for several months.

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
It would be the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in July 1985.

A question from the last participant: when your Khmer neighbours fire up their portable KTV system, what is your reaction?
Given the choice between karaoke music and funeral chanting, I much prefer the former 🙂 .

Steve Porte Photo of the Week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The latest in a very long list of Jumping Jacks, Vibol, pumps up the volume at Oscar’s on the Corner, Sunday 23 October, 2022

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See you around the traps.
your correspondent,

 

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
gigs@lengpleng.com (mailto:gigs@lengpleng.com)

Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 27 October 2022

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