PRODUCT

Astronomy Class [ LP : Astronomy Class ‎– Mekong Delta Sunrise ]

SKU

WLP077

ARTIST

Astronomy Class

TITLE

Mekong Delta Sunrise

LABEL

Elefant Traks

CATALOG

ACE107

FORMAT

CONDITION

Record New / Cover New

ADDED ON

June 2021

GENRE

HIP HOP SOUTH EAST ASIA

INFO

There's an issue when rich, white musicians venture into foreign lands, uncover cultural gems and return. Something like an ugly, distant echo of Rudyard Kipling. Anthony Bourdain has made a career of broadcasting that echo, so hearing Bourdain's voice at the opening of Mekong Delta Sunrise, Sydney's Astronomy Class' adventure in Cambodia, feels like a portent of doom. Happily, the opposite is true. Ozi Batla, Chasm and Sir Robbo traverse decades-old Khmer pop music with a light touch. Batla's never sounded so complete. The gang has emerged with a cross-cultural experience of rare sensitivity. - New Cambodian / Australian Hip Hop vibes featured Channthy Kak (1980-2018). (Released in 2019, in a limited edition Red vinyl)

TRACKS

DESCRIPTION

Tracklist
A1 Astronomy For The Masses
A2 Mekong Delta Sunrise
A3 Four Barang In A Tuk-Tuk
A4 Woman Wants To Drink
A5 Silence
B1 Rumdul
B2 Cook Angry Bird In Ginger
B3 Russian Market
B4 Father
B5 The Whitehouse Of Kissinger And Nixon