Lao Champasak Royal Court (KG 2006)
Recorded by Laurent Jeanneau (Kink Gong) and Ian Biard in March 2006.
Description
For centuries Laos was divided in three kingdoms, Luang Prabang in the North, Vientiane in the center and Champasak in the South.
The royal court of Champasak lasted till 1975 and restarted recently without any royal court. The old musicians of this orchestra remember in the fifties learning from a khmer music teacher of the khmer royal court of Phnom Penh, so no wonder if this ensemble sounds just like what is called the 'Pin Peat' orchestra in Cambodia, using the same instruments: a taphon 2 sided drum, 2 large xylophones (lanat ayk), one small xylophone (lanat thoum), a circular frame holding 16 small gongs (khong vong), a flute (khouy), a Lao oboe (pi keo), one set of cymbals (sing sap) and a pair of large drums (gawng that), performed by 9 men.
The royal court of Champasak lasted till 1975 and restarted recently without any royal court. The old musicians of this orchestra remember in the fifties learning from a khmer music teacher of the khmer royal court of Phnom Penh, so no wonder if this ensemble sounds just like what is called the 'Pin Peat' orchestra in Cambodia, using the same instruments: a taphon 2 sided drum, 2 large xylophones (lanat ayk), one small xylophone (lanat thoum), a circular frame holding 16 small gongs (khong vong), a flute (khouy), a Lao oboe (pi keo), one set of cymbals (sing sap) and a pair of large drums (gawng that), performed by 9 men.
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