KHUN NARIN - Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band LP

Label: Innovative Leisure

Recording of a Thai marching band playing a traditional three-stringed lute and using effects pedals, distortion and digital delay, with Fender pickups installed into the lutes' hardwood bodies. Recommended for fans of: William Onyeabor, Ravi Shankar, Os Mutantes, Jimi Hendrix, Mulatu Astatke, Buena Vista Social Club, Ry Cooder. Debut release from a band whose music is indescribably beautiful psychedelia. It combines heavy psychedelia with rock and electrically modified traditional instruments.