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Greetings:

Tonight Thursday in Phnom Penh find Ilya Konstantinov at Craft, Clay George at Lost Bar & Grill and The Extraordinary Chambers with Gaby Courroux at Oscar’s on the Corner.   In Kampot Wooden Bridge are at Madi Bar and Giuliano Turello hosts a tango night at Apsara Theatre in Siem Reap.

Friday night in Phnom Penh sees an acoustic night featuring Intan & Band, Dara Ly and Prema at Exchange Square, Hugo Marcellesi at Craft, Phil O’Flaherty at Botanico and Izame Siva & 4Mara at Can Can.  Adam Marsland is at The Box Office, Eclectic Universe are at Meta House, and Loopy Reggae at Little Susie, while Joshua Chiang is jointed by Ben Harrison (Ireland/UK) at Cloud.  The Visa Runners are at Hometown Hangout, Matsamura Fishworks is at Uniga and Montra is late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  In Kampot, Ant Colloff is at Old Market Skybar.

On Saturday afternoon in Phnom Penh a Christmas pop-up at at Craft features Stu Cottom and later on Santa Baby (Mirasol, Mika & George), while the Beats & Brew Fest at Coconut Park features The Broken Cymbal, Rokustic and Not-So-Normal Band.  Across town, Melissa Lesnie is with Gaby and Cameron) at The Deck.  Later on, find The Tuesday Welders at Bat Muk Yu, The Philthies at Au Marche, Checkered Past at Duplex and Samley Hong at Little Susie.  Later still, The Lazy Drunks are at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Miserable Man is at Kep Natural and Chris Garcia is at The Bay in Kampot.  In Siem Reap, Brooke Palmer is at Mex’d Up and Japan Guitar Shop is at Laundry.

On Sunday in Phnom Penh, Noel II – A Cambodian Christmas Concert featuring tenor Shaun Lee, soprano Sylvie Lin, baritone Edward Kim and conductor Ross Clarke will be held at Genius Resort, Clay George is at The Vine and Cloud presents Indonesian experimental noise soloist Indra Menus.  Bart-Psar are late at Oscar’s on the Corner.  Miserable Man is at Kep West and in Siem Reap, Dan Costa Trio (UK/Italy/Portugal) are late at Apsara Theatre.

For the metal heads, Danish touring band Lifesick playing are at Atlantis in Siem Reap on Sunday and then with After God at Cloud in Phnom Penh on Monday.

For the more classically minded, the Bellini high season schedule kicks off on Wednesday with a four-hand piano recital by Etienne Chenevier and Gabriele Faja – bookings essential.

Passing Chords – a few things you may not know about

Miserable Man / Filippo Masé.   A one-man-band project born in the UK in 2010, playing guitars, bass, vocals, live loops and mouth trumpet.  He has played in Europe, India and Southeast Asia, and released four albums, two EPs and a bunch of singles; he is currently working on a new travel-themed album which should be ready next year.  You can catch Miserable Man on the coast this week at Kep Natural on Saturday, Kep West on Sunday, Tiki Garden on Monday and Karma Traders on Tuesday; next weekend he’s in Siem Reap before returning for shows in Phnom Penh.

Do you have a pet musical hate/pet peeve?
I hate Bono, joyless cover bands and singers with iPads on stage (unless professional Philipino bands).  Also ultra technical TikTok musicians.

A private musical indulgence:
Bill Evans, whatever he did.  Jazz for the working man.  I love Peace Piece.

The year you first came to Cambodia:
December 2012.  In case the Mayans were right – I wanted to die at Angkor Wat.

An early music memory:
Probably Dire Straits guitar licks and sound in my father’s car radio.

The last thing you had to eat:
Basil pork rice with a fried egg.

A country you want to visit:
Japan.

A book or movie you keep going back to:
I normally do movies and books once, but once a year I go back to both Carmelo Bene interviews on the Maurizio Costanzo Show.  Either the biggest genius of theatre or the biggest fraud ever.

What languages do you have?
I’m Italian and I love speaking my Venetian dialect (which is technically a language).  I use English, can get by in French and Spanish.  I’ve practised Hindi since 2004 and mess around with very basic Bahasa Indonesia.

Your primary instrument, and when you started playing it:
I mainly write and perform on guitar although bass is my secret love.  I started playing church songs and Metallica riffs on an old classical guitar when I was 14.

Something people might be surprised to know about you:
I almost never play music in my spare time (unless I’m jamming on bass/cajon with other people) but I devote quite a bit of time to photography, gardening and cooking.

You have a time machine and a magic ticket to one gig or festival in the past. What do you choose?
I would love to see Tom Waits live, and maybe Police mid-career.

A question from the last participant: How do you think AI is currently influencing the creative process for musicians(negative or positive) and will this trend continue into the future?
AI is scary, funny, exciting and pathetic all at the same time. Hopefully we will be able to organically incorporate it in music without making everything sound like crap.  If not – goodbye, it’s been great to be a dinosaur.

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Steve Porte Photo of the Week

Thao Tran, Vietnamese drummer and guest performer with Australian band PlanB, who recently completed a tour through Vietnam and Cambodia, seen here at The Waterside, Sunday 24 November 2024

 

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See you around the traps.
your correspondent,

 

 

Guillermo Wheremount
LengPleng.com
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Weekly Gig Guide – week commencing Thursday 5 December 2024

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