Thanks for choosing KTK airlines!
If you're into great music, no matter where or when it's been recorded then you're at the right place! Grab a drink,
take a seat, fasten your seatbelt. The pilot and the crew wish you a nice trip:
Far out, far east or somewhere else...


7/31/2016

KHAMPUN FUNGSUK (YOT MOLAM NAI ADIT) on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

YOT MOLAM NAI ADIT "best molam from the past" seems to be a pretty confidential tape compiling some 78' records (originally pressed by Columbia) from the mid 50's...


7/28/2016

ESAN MUSIC SHOPPING (a review of formats available in Thailand) on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

Phimpha Phonsiri on various supports: tape / CD / VCD / mp3 CD...
If the usual supports for music tends to slowly disapear in Thailand (replaced by youtube and official downloadable songs and abums) Esan music is available in many formats and some of those can seem a bit exotic for the occidental records collectors. Let's have a look at those... 

7/24/2016

ANGKHANANG KHUNCHAI (ESAN BAAN HAO) on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

As  this week we are Ubon, it's a good occasion to listen to one of my favourite local superstar, miss ANGKHANANG KHUNCHAI...
 

7/19/2016

YENJIT PORNTAWI (MID 90s CONCERT) on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

I'm just back home after a pretty nice concert...
If I planned to share another gorgeous tape from miss YENJIT PORNTAWI, I guess it won't happen before a few weeks as I could not resist to share one of her live performances after the great show I just attended.
Read it on saobaoesan.blogspot.com 
 

7/11/2016

MAI WAENTHIP (SAEO PHU BAO) on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

Being in Loei, let's enjoy some local sound from one of my favourite luk thung Esan tape. Recorded in 1989, SAEO PHU BAO is one of the first two tapes released by MAI WAENTHIP... Read it on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

7/03/2016

TONSAI TAPTANON (DONTRI PHUN MUANG ESAN vol2) on saobaoesan.blogspot.com

Mostly famous for being one of the very first musicians to play electric phin (during his years with the Phet Phin Thong band), Tonsai Taptanon in concidered as one of the most influent phin player of his generation... Read it on saobaoesan.blogspot.com