JARAÏ LOVE SONGS IN CAMBODIA

Enregistrements de terrain par Laurent Janneau en 2003 dans la province de Ratanakiri dans le nord-est du Cambodge. Ce disque présente des chants d'amour de l'ethnie Jaraï, dans une version déjà modernisée, accompagnée à la guitare.  Quelques notes en anglais. (ASDS)

"A rather modern version of the old JARAI style of responsive singing, using a guitar imported from neighboring Vietnam instead of traditional chande (10 strings instrument), drinking the fermented rice wine from the jar is a must to be involved in ayin ayon love songs or just be part of the party. They belong to the austronesian family and are among the first inhabitants of this area. With other ethnic groups in their area, they share a lot musically, especially the fascination for gong playing in animist ceremonies, but also similar bamboo instruments. The Jarais are a predominant ethnic group of the central plateau of Vietnam, and a small community in north east Cambodia, those recordings have been made a few km away from the Vietnam boarder. Poom Chang is surrounded by jungle, as you can notice on this recording." (notes de la pochette)