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The music of "Oh, Phnom Penh!" was composed by Catholic Khmer composer Mum Bunnaray, who was working at the national radio station in Phnom Penh. The latter asked his sister Mum Sokha to sing in the single. The song was recorded on January 3, 1979, in Kratie province and first broadcast on January 7, 1979. [3]
The music video was filmed at the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, showcasing the building's unique architecture, and features VannDa and Master Kong Nay in traditional Khmer clothing. In October 2022, the music video for ‘Time to Rise’ reached 100 million views on YouTube, [9] a first for a Cambodian artist.
Cambodia's first alternative music label Yab Moung Records was founded in 2012 and has since recorded and released the first Khmer Hardcore and Death Metal tracks as well as producing a wide range of alternative artists creating unique Khmer blues, rock, hip hop and alternative music.
For the Khmer musicians who managed to escape the ruthless persecution of the Khmers Rouges who forbade any foreign influence and almost every form of music apart from propaganda, the refugee camps in Thailand were a safe haven where listening to "Champa Battambang" or the Khmer version of The House of the Rising Sun and others pieces of Cambodian rock music was a certain consolation in their ...
Laura Tevary Mam (Khmer: ឡូរ៉ា ទេវរី ម៉ម; born 31 October 1986) is an American artist, songwriter, music producer, and businesswoman.She is known for being a member of the Cambodian Original Music Movement and is the founder and CEO of Baramey Productions. [1]
Ros Serey Sothea. In Phnom Penh, she adopted the alias Ros Serey Sothea and became a singer for the National Radio service, first performing duets with Im Song Soeum.Her first hit, "Stung Khieu (Blue River)" appeared in 1967 and she quickly became popular across Cambodia, particularly for her high and clear voice. [3]
Sinn Sisamouth [a] (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional music with the sounds of rhythm and blues and rock and ...
Pich Sophea (Khmer: ពេជ្រ សោភា, born June 9, 1985) is a Cambodian singer and songwriter.First in the song (Better Day) with rapper "DJ-Sdey" released by Hang Meas Production (2004) This song made her gain recognition from She is also an actress, a goodwill ambassador for a well-known brand, and is known as a judge and a member of the audit committee, which evaluates the ...