Guitars Of The Golden Triangle: Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 2, by Various Artists

Guitars Of The Golden Triangle: Folk And Pop Music Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 2

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Shan State is Myanmar’s largest province and larger than the entire State of New York. Most outside this Burmese region have never heard of Shan State, but this massive sub-tropic tableland has an average elevation of 3000 feet, perfect for the cultivation of poppies for which it is very well known (in fact and fiction) as the center of the “Golden Triangle”. Never before presented outside a tiny minority of the Burmese community, this unbelievable collection of garage and psychedelic rock, raw folk blues ballads, and country -western styled music is a product of Shan and Pa’o musicians hailing from the early 1970’s. Discover the music of Lashio Thein Aung (AKA the “Burmese Texan”), Khun Paw Yunn (a “Black Shan” Pa’o rocker) and Saing Saing Maw: The original Shan legend who wrote and sang garage psyche rock songs, usually backed by a tight unit of organ, bass, drums, and perhaps the most stinging electric guitar in Burmese history. There is little reliable information about these mysterious pioneers and most Burmese have never even heard this material. The cuts on this CD are almost impossible to find in ANY form or quality. They were transferred directly from old cassette tapes and a few tracks have dropouts (some of them quite severe). Most of the master tapes are thought to have been lost or destroyed many years ago so this may be the only link to a phenomenal “lost scene” and we’re thrilled to resurrect it for those interested in folk, rock and pop styles from lesser-known regions of the globe.

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1.	Saing Saing Maw - Than Shin Ley Ye Khan 02:14	buy track
2.	Lashio Thein Aung - You Got What You Got 02:05	buy track
3.	Saing Saing Maw - Lake They Mah Shoke 02:13	buy track
4.	Saing Saing Maw - Lah Ley Cham 02:37	buy track
5.	Khun Kan Chwain - Naung Ywe 03:17	buy track
6.	Unknown Artist - Unknown 01:41	buy track
7.	Lashio Thein Aung - Don't Say Goodbye 03:21	buy track
8.	Khun Paw Yann - Unknown 02:55	buy track
9.	Khun Kaung Kay Maung - Nga Ley 03:42	buy track
10.	Saing Saing Maw - Lam Lah Lo May Shoke 03:24	buy track
11.	Khun Paw Yann - Unknown 03:13	buy track
12.	Lashio Thein Aung - A Girl Among Girls 02:33	buy track
13.	Khun Kan Chwain - Nan Pohn Sah 03:54	buy track
14.	Saing Saing Maw - Lam Sai-Tahio 02:55	buy track
15.	Nan Phin Sar - Mu Nohn Taan 03:19	buy track
16.	Khun Paw Yann - Hopes And Goals 05:09	buy track
17.	Saing Saing Maw - Khin Kam 04:01	buy track
18.	Khun Paw Yann - Unknown 02:44	buy track
19.	Lashio Thein Aung - Mistake Of A Small Bird 02:49	buy track
20.	Khun Hla Maung Law - Moon 02:49	buy track
21.	Saing Saing Maw - Unknown 02:47	buy track

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Shan State is Myanmar’s largest province and larger than the entire State of New York. Most outside this Burmese region have never heard of Shan State, but this massive sub-tropic tableland has an average elevation of 3000 feet, perfect for the cultivation of poppies for which it is very well known (in fact and fiction) as the center of the “Golden Triangle”. Never before presented outside a tiny minority of the Burmese community, this unbelievable collection of garage and psychedelic rock, raw folk blues ballads, and country -western styled music is a product of Shan and Pa’o musicians hailing from the early 1970’s. Discover the music of Lashio Thein Aung (AKA the “Burmese Texan”), Khun Paw Yunn (a “Black Shan” Pa’o rocker) and Saing Saing Maw: The original Shan legend who wrote and sang garage psyche rock songs, usually backed by a tight unit of organ, bass, drums, and perhaps the most stinging electric guitar in Burmese history. There is little reliable information about these mysterious pioneers and most Burmese have never even heard this material. The cuts on this CD are almost impossible to find in ANY form or quality. They were transferred directly from old cassette tapes and a few tracks have dropouts (some of them quite severe). Most of the master tapes are thought to have been lost or destroyed many years ago so this may be the only link to a phenomenal “lost scene” and we’re thrilled to resurrect it for those interested in folk, rock and pop styles from lesser-known regions of the globe.

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released March 24, 2010

Compiled from various Burmese cassette releases of the 1970's by Alan Bishop.

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SUBLIME FREQUENCIES is a collective of explorers dedicated to exposing obscure sights and sounds from modern and traditional urban and rural frontiers via film and video, field recordings, radio and short wave transmissions, international folk and pop music, sound anomalies, other forms of human and natural natural expression not documented sufficiently enough by various communication channels. ... more

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