by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 31, 2020 | News
The kids of Fish Island Community Arts Centre sing Iggy Pop’s <MONSTER MEN> !!!! a special music video produced by Julien Poulson (The Cambodian Space Project) and the team at FICAC. It was a scorching 38 degree day when got down to shooting this clip....
by Renxiu Zhao | Mar 18, 2020 | CULTURE&ART
When most people hear the word “monk,” what appears before them is a stereotypical image of a person with a shaved head, isolated from the world in a remote temple living a life of sacrifice and abstinence. A daily ritual that starts well before dawn, invoking washing...
by SubtropicalAsia | Mar 4, 2020 | News, Videos
VARTEY GANIVA, our good friend from Cambodia just released her catchy new single “Chob Chur” (Stop Hurt), along with a fascinating music video. Chob Chur is translated in a metaphorical sense “stop being a drama queen and move on!” The song talks about the...
by SubtropicalAsia | Feb 7, 2020 | Videos
It was a one-in-a-lifetime-chance for Doch Chkae, a band of young orphans from the slums of Phnom Penh: In 2018 they were invited to play at Wacken, the worlds biggest metal festival. But first their visa got denied and then their band almost broke apart. That they...
by SubtropicalAsia | Oct 24, 2019 | Videos
This summer, the slumdog kids of Doch Chkae left Asia for the first time in their life to play at Wacken Open Air, the world’s largest heavy metal festival. Their energetic show in front of a huge crowd was simply mind blowing. We are currently editing the...