EN THAÏLANDE/LA MUSIQUE TRADITIONNELLE DES MÔN
IN THAILAND/TRADITIONAL MON MUSIC
Ocora, 1979, 558 535
This is another borrowed album for which I only have the French text.
But this is also another great work by Jacques Brunet that Ocora never bothered reissueing or including in its present catalogue; this is quite strange because every album made by Brunet is precious by the music and by the presentation text he wrote for a large public.
The Môn were an extremely important cultural and political pole in Burma and Cambodia from the seventh to the thirteenth century. They were the first people to be Hindu influenced. This influence is noticeable in their music says Brunet.
He recorded one instrumental band in the Moulmein district as well as solo xylophone zither and flute, a flute and zither duet and only one song in an alternate form which is very popular throughout South-East Asia.
The recordings were made in October and November 1977.
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