Radio Myanmar (Burma), by Various Artists

Radio Myanmar (Burma)

by Various Artists

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1.	Tatmadaw Army Song 01:31	buy track
2.	National Objectives 01:12	buy track
3.	Mr. Radio (Playboy Group) 01:24	buy track
4.	Commercial For 'American Vision' 00:39	buy track
5.	Male Announcer 00:20	buy track
6.	Bells 00:19	buy track
7.	Classical Music (Female Vocal #11) 02:18	buy track
8.	National News In Brief 01:46	buy track
9.	Fighting & Drums 00:29	buy track
10.	How Many Cheeks Have You Kissed? (Mawrs) 01:49	buy track
11.	Commercial For Jewelry Shop 01:10	buy track
12.	Commercial For New Album Releases 00:34	buy track
13.	Classical Music (Male Vocal #5) 01:35	buy track
14.	Classic Rock-Country Oldie 00:35	buy track
15.	You Are Listening To Radio Myanmar 00:05	buy track
16.	Female Vocal Ballad 03:01	buy track
17.	Tribal Drums & Male Vocal 00:49	buy track
18.	Classical Music Group 00:40	buy track
19.	Weather/English Objectives 03:46	buy track
20.	Pop Music (Tin Tin OO) 03:07	buy track
21.	Female DJ 00:23	buy track
22.	Music Bumper/ English Radio ID 00:46	buy track
23.	Harmony Time 00:23	buy track
24.	Pop Music Male Vocal 01:00	buy track
25.	Win OO (Vocal Song #1) 00:56	buy track
26.	Win OO (Vocal Song #2) 01:15	buy track
27.	Tag Horn And Drum/Radio ID 00:37	buy track
28.	English News 00:58	buy track
29.	National Song (Ethnic Communities United) 01:54	buy track
30.	Rock Song 01:37	buy track
31.	Pop Music (Playboy Thein Than) 01:45	buy track
32.	Commercial For Heart Medicine 00:56	buy track
33.	Commercial For "CD FM Radio" 01:56	buy track
34.	Commercial For Karaoke VCD 00:38	buy track
35.	Avril Lavigne Copy Song 01:10	buy track
36.	Human Rights 03:46	buy track
37.	Pop Music (Htar) 02:39	buy track
38.	Drum And Horn (Intro To The News) 00:45	buy track
39.	Classical Music Female Vocal #6 01:09	buy track
40.	Commercial For Kids Cough Medicine 00:31	buy track
41.	Burmese Objectives Part 1 00:54	buy track
42.	Burmese Objectives Part 2 02:03	buy track
43.	Commercial For Pain Ointment 02:00	buy track
44.	Sontawmying (Playboy Thein Than) 04:13	buy track

about

The Union Solidarity & Development Association (USDA) has grown to become one of the most pervasive organizations in Burma, claiming over 22 million members (nearly half the country's population). Very little is known of the USDA to the outside world, but it has become imbedded throughout the social infrastructure of the state. It's widely published statutes expressing the importance of state sovereignty and public solidarity can be found in all mediums throughout the country: newspapers, television, billboards and radio broadcasts. Known as the "Three Main National Causes", "Four-Point People's Desire", "Seven Point Road to Democracy" and "Twelve Political, Economic and Social Objectives", each broadcast day begins with their recitation.
Most of the recordings featured in this radio collection were captured in Yangon during March and April of 2007. With the authorities attempting to control all information coming into or leaving the state, rarely does the world catch a glimpse inside Burma. This is a special opportunity for listeners to delve behind the headlines and into the airwaves; to hear for themselves the sounds, rhythms, and voices of urban Burma's radio experience, unfiltered by the international press or state-spokesmen. Myanmar's Voice broadcasts nearly twenty-four hours a day across much of the country, playing an assortment of Burmese classics; USDA pledges; and recitations of articles published by the state-run The New Light of Myanmar Times. Due in part to the near blackout of all foreign music on state airwaves, the few FM stations that do exist in Yangon and Bago divisions, transmit a rather bizarre assortment of music from 7am to 9pm: synth ballads, hip-hop jingles, and internationally popular songs re-recorded in Burmese. This release also features assorted tracks recorded between 1994-2002 highlighting many wonderfully strange and beautiful pop, folk, and classical music styles. There are vast resources easily available to anyone interested in learning more about Burma or the USDA; this recording is simply intended to showcase the extraordinary sounds rarely heard beyond its borders.

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released August 5, 2010

"This is a special opportunity for listeners to delve behind the headlines and into the airwaves; to hear for themselves the sounds, rhythms, and voices of urban Burma's radio experience, unfiltered by the international press or state-spokesmen." - Sublime Frequencies

A collection of Burmese radio transmissions recorded in Yangon during March and April of 2007 by Geoff Hawryluk.

Additional segments recorded by Alan Bishop 1994-2002.

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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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