Isan Lam Phloen イサーン・ラム・プルーン, by Angkhanang Khunchai & the Ubon Phatthana Band アンカナーン・クンチャイ＆ウボン・パッタナー・バンド

Isan Lam Phloen イサーン・ラム・プルーン

by Angkhanang Khunchai & the Ubon Phatthana Band アンカナーン・クンチャイ＆ウボン・パッタナー・バンド

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1.	イサーン・ラム・プルーン Isan Lam Phloen (Isan Lam Phloen) 03:30	info	buy track
2.	ラム・プルーン　あなたを待って Lam Phloen Khoi Ai (Lam Phloen Waiting for You) 03:33	info	buy track
3.	ラム・プルーン　パッタナー Lam Phloen Phatthana (Lam Phloen Phatthana) 04:59	info	buy track
4.	ラム・サーラワン Lam Sarawan (Lam Sarawan) 04:35	info	buy track
5.	悲しみのラム・ヤーオ Lam Yao Alai La (Lam Yao of Sadness) 05:14	info	buy track
6.	ラム・プルーン　ラーオトーンの伝言 Lam Phloen San Rak Chak Laothong (Lam Phloen Message of Love from Laothong) 03:12	info	buy track
7.	ラム・プルーン　マノーラー Lam Phloen Kiao Hak (Lam Phloen Manora) 03:04	info	buy track
8.	ラム・プルーン　サラッブ・コーンサワン Lam Phloen Salab Khonsawan (Lam Phloen Salab Khonsawan) 04:42	info	buy track
9.	ラム・プータイの娘が舞う Lam Sao Phu Thai Ramphan (Lam Phu Thai Girl Dances) 03:15	info	buy track
10.	Kongphet Kaennakhon コーンペット・ケーンナコーン - イサーン・ラム・プルーン Isan Lam Phloen 03:35	info	buy track

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タイ音楽史に残る不朽の名盤。映画『バンコクナイツ』エンディング曲「イサーン・ラム・プルーン」収録。

映画『バンコクナイツ』にも出演したアンカナーン・クンチャイが1975年に発表したデビュー・アルバム。伝統を受け継いだ正統派モーラム歌手（＊1）である彼女が吹き込んだ「イサーン・ラム・プルーン」(1971)は、大プロデューサー、スリン・パークシリが発明した新音楽《ルークトゥン・モーラム／ルークトゥン・イサーン》を爆発的に広め、現在までに28種ものカバー曲を産み、今なお歌い継がれるルークトゥン・イサーン・クラシック（＊2）だ。この曲を冠にした本作は収録曲の多彩さも魅力であり、格調の高さと普遍性を併せ持つ希有なアルバムとして時代と国境を越えて今も輝き続ける。

ボーナス・トラックには数多くある「イサーン～」のカバーから、オリジナルと同時期の1970年代初期に吹き込まれたコーンペット・ケーンナコーンのヴァージョンを収録。

注1）モーラム：モーは達人、ラムは声調に抑揚をつけながら語る芸能。つまり“語りの達人”で、その歌手とジャンル両方をさす名称。
注2）ルークトゥン：“田舎者の歌”あるいは“田園の子供”の意を持つ音楽ジャンルで、1960年代半ばにその名が確立され、現在はタイのナショナル・ジャンルとして継承されるタイ独特の歌謡音楽。田園風景、田舎と都市の対比、市井の生活や時事問題を扱う歌詞を重視する。音楽上の傾向はあるが特定の音楽形式はない。

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released March 22, 2018

Born in the province of Ubon Ratchathani in Isan (the northeastern region of Thailand), Angkhanang Khunchai was a young female prodigy who emerged on the molam (*1) scene, and became one of the first generation of molam performers who were able to “sing” popular music (*2). From an early age she was mentored by renowned national molam artist Chawiwan Damnoen, and in her mid-teens joined the legendary musical troupe the Ubon Phatthana Band as the lead vocalist.

In 1971 at the age of 16 she released a single "Isan Lam Phloen", which went on to become an enduring classic, covered most recently by major contemporary pop star Tai Orathai. The song was also a defining moment in the career of Ubon’s legendary producer Surin Phaksiri, as it was the first recording in which Isan music – in particular molam – was fused with luk thung (*3) from Bangkok to form the new musical genre of luk thung Isan. This music invented by music industry genius Phaksiri, transformed molam groups into rock bands and saw them starting to perform with the same kind of intensity as luk thung artists. The mix of contemporary singing styles with traditional molam broke new ground and resulted in some truly surprising and influential music. "Isan Lam Phloen" became a major hit as the theme tune to the film "Bua Lam Pu" (1971), and before long this new forbidden cool began to infect everyone, with performers turning in their droves to the luk thung Isan style. This turned out to be a precursor to the spread of Isan music across the country and the molam boom that engulfed Thailand in the 90s – an unprecedented period in Thailand’s musical history in which luk thung singers were simply not able to make it in the record business unless they could perform molam.

While typically albums produced in Thailand tended to be collections of singles, this work produced by Phaksiri has an unusual degree of conceptual unity, and this is a very significant aspect of the album. It is an undeniable masterpiece that sees the Ubon Phatthana Band, led by Phaksiri, delivering a performance that dramatically traverses genre boundaries, in an eerie sound-scape populated by the cute and rarefied tones of the young singer… It stands above and apart from the many luk thung Isan works that followed. As a bonus track, we have included Kongphet Kaennakhon ’s version of the much-covered "Isan Lam Phloen".

Footnotes:
(*1) Molam: “mo” is an artist and “lam” is a kind of performance art where the artist tells a story using tonal inflexions.

(*2) Molam pieces are not actually “songs”, so this distinction is significant. At the time, molam performers were basically forbidden from singing popular music.

(*3) Luk thung: A musical genre whose name means ‘country person’s song’ or ‘children of the field’. The name became established in the latter half of the 1960s and now has the status of a national genre of popular song unique to Thailand. The lyrics of luk thung songs deal mainly with the rural idyll, comparisons between the city and the countryside, life in the big city and current affairs. There are certain typical traits to the music, but no official musical form.

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