STRANGER THINGS (RIAFC014)

A "curiosity cabinet" of rare and astonishing sounds & music, including a field recording made in the 1960s of a Papua New Guinea man blowing a live beetle’s wings like a mouth harp; beautiful night recordings from the forests of old Borneo ca. 1950s; a very rare pareret orchestra from Bali; an incredible field recording of a Malaysian mouith harp; vintage Thai shadow music & Malaysian pop; amazing recordings made off the radio in India; a 1980s Bollywood banger; a stunning field recording of what the Amazon, Gran Chaco & the Patanal sounded like in the 1950s; and some great old psychedelic chicha from Peru. 

TRACKLIST

“Live Beetle Jew’s Harp,” Mahisu. Recorded by Robert MacLennan [Papua New Guinea, 1963]

“Joueur de Sampey.” Recorded by Guy Piazzini [Borneo, ca. 1956-1957]

“Joueuses de Lotong” [Borneo, ca. 1956-1957]. Recorded by Guy Piazzini.

“Kapeng Dateng” [Borneo 1953-1954]. Recorded by Pierre Ivanoff.

“Pinakang” [Borneo, ca. 1970s]. Recorded by Guy Saint-Clair.

“Sewagati (Bersama),” Suling Pereret [Indonesia, Year Unknown]

“Jew's Harp (Juring Rangguin) of the Temiar.” Recorded by Hans Oesch [Malaysia, 1963)

“Pone Tala Pone,” P.M. 7/Jupiter [Thailand, year unknown]

"Sakura,” D'Venus [Malaysia 1968]

“Jog,” Zia Mohiuddin Dagar [India, ca. 1996-1997]

“Sote Sote Aadhi Raat,” Salma Agha [India, 1983]

“Psychedelia,” X'lents [India, 1970/1971]

Excerpts from Radio India, Alan Bishop

“Animaux Sauvages d’Amerique du Sud (excerpts). Recorded by Richard Chapelle [South America, 1963-1975]

“Chinito en onda,” Los Mirlos [Peru, 1974]

“El sabor de mi selva,” Grupo Selva [Peru, 1970s]

“Bola bola en el tres,” Los Wemblers de Iquito [Peru, 1970s]