FRIDAY 13 | For a band that plays Khmer wedding hits from 50 years ago, The Cambodian Space Project makes for a peculiar flag-bearer of avant garde Cambodian rock. But the tripped-out ’60s psychedelia that defined the country’s golden era of music – when superstars such as Pan Ron and Ros Sereysothea ruled the airwaves – is proving almost as popular today as it was during King Sihanouk’s Sangkum Reastr Niyum. From unpretentious beginnings, the group has evolved from little more than a musical sideline into a slickly polished way-back machine driving headlong into Cambodia’s golden musical past. Expect a unique mix of space rock, surf, reggae, dub, Khmer surin and ’60s psychedelia, with out-of-this-world vocals from Srey Thy.
WHO: The Cambodian Space Project
WHAT: Tripped-out ’60s psychedelia
WHERE: Equinox, Street 278
WHEN: 9pm December 13
WHY: They’ll take you into orbit