Lam Phaen Motorsai Tham Saep: The Best of Lam Phaen Sister No. 1

The best of Khwanta Fasawang, the number-one soulful sister of 1980s lamphaen, queen of the cassette era. She was chosen, from over a thousand demotapes, by legendary producer and songwriter Doi Inthanon, who wanted tocreate a new streetwise dance music. The lam phaen genre was the result, andKhwanta Fasawang was the singer he chose to be it's representative. Combiningearlier musical trajectories with electronic elements and lyrics dealing with drinkingand love, money and motorcycles, Khwanta led the cassette-format lam phaenboom of the early '80s, gaining great popularity in both her native Isan andacross the whole country. A change in lyrical concerns and the use of electronicshas parallels with Jamaican dancehall, and this music can be heard as one of theroots of lam sin, the Thai bass music that began in the '80s and '90s, but theserecordings are not mere musicology. This is living music, and very fine music atthat. Queen Khwanta, Sister Fasawang. She can't be denied. Selection, linernotes, and cover art by Soi 48. Includes 20-page booklet with English liner notesand lyrics.