Mount Tv Poison

Moto Doppel Gang 모토독 갱 (feat Samin Son | South Korea)

From the LP Chinabot
Co-released by Memory No. 36, Chinabot, and We Be Friends 

Master by Brian Pyle
Available on September 8th 2017

www.chinabot.co
https://chinabot.bandcamp.com/album/chinabot

Chinabot

Khao I Dang

Kniom Nahn

LAFIDKI - Dokkaebi 哥布林 (feat Chunyin)
from the debut full length "Chinabot" out on Chinabot, Memory no. 36 recordings and We be friends, September 2017.
Music Video by Saphy Vong
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Dokkaebi 哥布林 (feat Chunyin)

Artist: Lafidki - Ayankoko - Pisitakun split
Album: Dângrêk Mountains 
Format: Cassette / Digital
Cat.No: CHI005
Master: Brian Pyle
Release Date: 09 March 2018

Buy: chinabot.bandcamp.com/album/d-ngr-k-mountains

Dângrêk Mountains is a new series of split cassettes which combine a band from one side of a border with another band from the other side.

It's an introduction to several artists from countries in Asia which had disputes over some specific border areas in the past and present. It shows how these violent conflicts generate a greener, more peaceful area, such as a demilitarised zone, which contrasts overgrown vegetation and wires with observation posts and armed soldiers. The wildlife becomes richer because the land is unsafe for construction and less exposed to human disturbances; silence surrounds this environment. Instead of fighting, we're recreating soundscapes and sharing a release together.

The name of this first split is "Dângrêk Mountains," the name of the border where Thailand, Laos and Cambodia intersect. The intensity of the border clashes contrasts with its nature and wildlife. Preah Vihear Temple, a contested religious site on the Thai-Cambodian part of the Dângrêk Mountains border, has become quite symbolic of the history of conflict between the two countries.

Released by:
Chinabot
EP release date:
9 March 2018

Dângrêk Mountains

Tycoon Typhoon

Artist: LAFIDKI 
Album: Derichan 
Format: Cassette / Digital 
Cat.No: CHI011 
Master: Pal Hwang Dan 
Release Date: 2nd November 2018 

Derichan sees London based Lafidki, aka Saphy Vong, exploring the rituals and traditions of his Cambodian heritage while protesting the repression increasingly prevalent in the country. 
Vong was born to Cambodian parents in a Thai refugee camp. He has lived in cities across Europe and Asia, from Paris to Phnom Penh to Riga. These experiences have seeped into his music – a vivid, high energy collision of synths, samples and off-kilter polyrhythms. 

A key inspiration for Derichan is the more than 20 ethnic groups residing in Cambodia’s uplands and mountains whose unique cultures, languages and histories are at risk. 
“Historically, these peoples have been referred to as ethnic minorities, hill tribes, and other, more dehumanising terms associated with wildness, primitivity, savagery. ‘Derichan’ means bestial,” Vong explains. 
“I wanted to give a voice to ethnic minorities, indigenous people, environmental activists who’ve been killed or jailed in Cambodia. I used samples from field recordings of Cambodian tribes, made in 2015 with the help of ethnomusicologist Julien Hairon.” 

Alongside these field recordings, the record’s high energy electronics imagine a world where the stories passed down through Cambodia’s history collide with a dystopian future. 

“The song Poan Pasda is about the story of the banana tree ghost, but with deforestation, there is no more place for this ghost.” 

Ceremony of the Drowned covers similar ground, as Vong explains: “The souls of the drowned become water ghosts, causing shipwrecks and pulling swimmers under by their legs. The Ceremony of the Drowned coaxes the spirits out of the water so that they may find their way to the next life or proceed to the heavenly plane. But drought is touching Cambodia because of dam construction so these ghosts are also homeless now.” 

Ghosts from Cambodia’s more recent history are also addressed, The Death of Chut Wutty acting as a tribute to an environmental LAFIDKI (Cambodia) 
activist killed in 2015. 

Like previous Lafidki releases, Derichan is a record of bombastic, widescreen synthesis. But it weaves itself into a broader narrative 
of preserving identity in the face of oppression and homogenisation. 
“I want to allow myself to embody the past, present, and future all at once so I created this album that explores sound with traditions 
and technologies. Cambodia is growing fast but not everyone is ready, so a parallel world inspired me.” Vong concludes. 

More information: 
Lafidki is the moniker of London-based artist Saphy Vong. Since 2008 he’s been creating experimental music deeply informed by 
his Cambodian heritage. He has toured globally, playing major festivals such as Donau 2018 and VIA Pittsburgh, and released 
music on labels such as Orange Milk. He also supported acts like Hype Williams, Amnesia Scanner, Laurel Halo, Tzusing, James 
ferraro or James Holden. 

In 2017 Vong founded Chinabot, a platform and collective to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music. It has released diverse 
music from across the continent, showcasing the vibrant yet overlooked creativity bursting out of the region. The label released 
Lafidki’s 2017 album, also called Chinabot. 
Bezirk is a tape label run by Tristan Bath (Spool’s Out/Missing Organs) and Daryl Worthington (Beachers)

Poan Pasda

"Saphy Vong founded the platform Chinabot for the Asian electronic community. It acts as a digital diaspora and should prevent misrepresentations and facilitate direct exchange. As Lafidki, he weaves ideas from Asian traditions together with elements from synthwave, hypnagogic pop, and psychedelic noise. Tribal beats and pop sounds give his music a shrill lustre and playful character. But Lafidki’s experimental lo-fi electronics can also be interpreted as a conglomerate of histories under-represented in Western clubs." Text by Donau Festival 2018

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