Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems from the 1960s-80s Front Cover

Lyric

Lam Phoen Let's Go to Kathina Festival

Phairin Phonphibun

Verse 1:

Welcome everyone, please help us!

For our Katina Festival

Everyone in the village

Every year, we participate in the Kathina Festival

On the day of the traditional event, Oak Panther (*2) (Repeat)

Verse 2:

Ladies and gentlemen of Isan

Let's collect rice for this year's Kathina Festival

The night of the full moon in November is the day of the festival

The older generation, for the sake of virtue (Repeat)

Offer new monk's robes and offerings to the monks

By gaining virtue, people will remember your name

Let's remember that the period is one month

Accumulate virtues with an open mind and pure heart (Repeat)

If you want Nirvana, you must participate in the Kathina Festival (Repeat)

Verse 3:

You

Ladies and gentlemen, please listen to the rest of the lam

Those of you who are gathered here

Let's heat up some food. I'll make some noodles

Bring banana leaves to wrap the khanom tien (*3)

Make sure you pick the most beautiful bananas

Put them in the khanom tom (*4) bean paste (Repeat)

Bridge:

Let's go to the Kathina Festival (Repeat)

Let's go there and gain virtue too, beautiful sisters (Repeat)

Hook:

That village is well prepared, that village is rich in talent

The offerings for the Kahtina Festival have been perfectly prepared

The festival to be celebrated in a big way (Repeat)

Regardless of the distance between the villages, it is everyone's feeling to participate in the festival

A large number of young men and women also gathered (Repeat)

The wind in the dry season feels cold on a girl's skin

The wind chill in November is unbearable

Listening to the rustic molam at the festival is the best moment

This is our good old culture (Repeat)

It's because of our relationship

Let's go to the Kathina Festival (Repeat)

* Footnotes:

1: 'Katina Festival' is a Buddhist festival held at the end of the three-month rainy season for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand

2: The day of the end of the ascetic practices in the temples during the rainy season

3: A traditional offering of sweets often used in Buddhism

4: Thai sweets

  • Lyricist

    Surin Phaksiri

  • Composer

    Surin Phaksiri

Classic Productions by Surin Phaksiri 2: Molam Gems from the 1960s-80s Front Cover

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EM Records again shines the spotlight on legendary Thai producer Surin Phaksiri in this second edition of his classic productions from the 1960s-80s. The first edition, released in 2019, focused on his innovative productions in the luk thung style. This 2022 release features his stellar, glowing molam gems from the 60s-80s, drawn mainly from his golden era in the late 70s and early 80s. Surin Phaksiri is a highly esteemed figure in Thai music, rooted deeply in his native region of Isan in northeast Thailand, a producer with a deep respect for the traditional artistry of his culture, yet always moving forward, looking outward, listening ahead. The molam style of Thai music showcases the voice; indeed, the genre's name means "expert singer", and Thailand is blessed with an abundance of experts, singers with amazing control, grace, vitality and finesse. This collection of 22 songs features 15 singers, ranging from venerated legends to unjustly unheralded masters of the art. These songs were recorded and released after the era of the 7-inch single; with the advent of the cassette boom in Thai music, most producers adopted a quantity-over-quality conveyer belt production style, churning out soundalike material to fill the expanded length of cassette tape. Phaksiri resisted these tides and continued to work with a single-song mindset, tailoring each production's instrumentation and arrangement to precisely fit each singer and song. This care and integrity can be clearly heard in this sweetly groovy collection. These gems, originally released on 7-inch vinyl, are all first-time official reissues, a project years in the making. Compiled by Soi48, who also provide liner notes.

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