Thai Beat a Go-Go Vol. 3:Subliminal Sounds

Artist: Various Artists

Date Released: 2005

Label: Subliminal Sounds

Produced By:

Tracklisting:
 * 1) Jiraphand Ong-Ar - Thai Boxing
 * 2) Supaphorn - Cham Chai
 * 3) Don-E - Sunshine Day
 * 4) Supaphorn - Lua Chen See
 * 5) Erawan Band - Khon Muangkhan
 * 6) Suda Chuenbarn - Jong Wai Korn
 * 7) The Royal Sprites - Noom Rai Por
 * 8) Sakarin Boonpit - Pee Lah
 * 9) Duangdao Mondara & Chailai - The Black Superman
 * 10) Vimarn Naeramit - Heoow Sabat
 * 11) Flash - Where is the Love
 * 12) Oriental Funk - Come Together
 * 13) Don-E - Soul Dracula
 * 14) Panatda - Let's Go
 * 15) Panatda - Flash Disco
 * 16) Chantana - Changwah Disco
 * 17) Jiraphand Ong-Ard - Siatmese Boxing
 * 18) The Law & The Sandy - Paradise in Bangkock

Review: With the third installment of Subliminal Sounds' (the label that recently got worldwide exposure from releasing music by Dungen) Thai Beat a Go-Go series, the music continues to suprise and please lovers of funk, disco, pop and soul from the 60s and 70s, no matter their ethnicity. The series continues to highlight Bangkok artists from Vietnam-era Thailand, and the results are ridiculous. Throughout the album is a fantastic blend of respectable grooves, dusty breaks, exotic vocalists and just enough kitsch to keep the audience smiling. Covers of The McCoys, The Troggs, Betty Wright, Carlos Santana and Elvis are interlaced with funky originals, and styles vary, though they all remain upbeat and dance-floor oriented. Highlights include the pop-funk of Jiraphand Ong-Ard, the sassy Supaphorn, disco-oriented Panatda, the cutely odd Oriental Funk and the surf inspired The Law and The Sandy. Albums like this one are not for everyone, but it does give an insightful view on how influences from popular culture and music are able to span the globe and infuse themselves into any society. Mpardaiolo