Journey Without Maps brings you vintage, rare, and underground global music from uncharted sonic territories. Every week, I unearth a new musical landscape: African soul & funk, Latin rhythms, eastern European electronica, Middle East psychedelic, Asian surf rock ⦠and more.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, Armed Forces Radio Saigon broadcast psychedelic, rock, soul, and funk music across Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian musicians were inspired by this new sounds of fuzzed-out guitars, horn-drenched funk grooves, and hard rock drumming. Tragically consumed by war and revolution, these songs about love and longing are neither lost nor forgotten.
Phuong Tam "Dem Huyen Dieu (Magical Night)" from "Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974" Hung Cuong & Mai Le Huyen "Thien Duyen Tien Dinh" from "Hai Trai Tim Vang" Bich Loan & CBC Band "Con Tim Va Nuoc Mat (Heart And Tears)" from "Saigon Rock & Soul: Vietnamese Classic Tracks 1968-1974" Meas Samon "Jol Dondeung Kone Key (Going to Get Engaged)" from "Cambodian Rocks" Drakkar "Crazy Loving You" from "Donât Think Iâve Forgotten: Cambodiaâs Lost Rock and Roll" Sinn Sisamouth "Don't Let My Girlfriend Tickle Me" from "Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk and Pop Music Vol. 1" Unknown Artist "Hope to Meet You" from "Dengue Fever Presents Electric Cambodia" Dayangku Amina & The Heavy Machine "Menungga Kepulangan Mu" from "Gelisah" The Aces "Because of Knowledge You Feel Lonely" from "Because of Knowledge You Feel Lonely" Suphap Daoduangden "Nong Daeng Chai Mai Yen" from "Nong Daeng Chai Mai Yen" Sroeng Santi "Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng" from "Thai! Dai?" Teun-Jai Boon Praraksa "Ha Fang Khen Kan (The Competition)" from "Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2" Tuangchai Boonparaksa "Pee Lok" from "Pee Lok" Sorn Petch Pinyo "Laek Laow Deum Nom (Quit Drinking Alcohol And Try Drinking Milk Instead)" from "Siamese Soul: Thai Pop Spectacular Vol. 2" Khun Narin "Lai Sing" from "Khun Narin's Electric Phin Band"