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Tag: Isaan

  • Capturing Isaan

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    I spent this past Friday and Saturday recording some Isaan music. It was a good experience. It was my first time recording so many instruments simultaneously. It was also my first time recording music in a non-Western style. Coming from another culture, from a different music aesthetic, I had to be careful not to impose…

  • Isaan

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    The other day on the porch I learned a little about the Isaan language. Specifically I learned that it is more a collection of Lao-Thai variations, than a distinct language. Villages 5 km apart will say things quite differently. They will use different words, different word order, etc. So much so, that some central Thai…