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About
Jay Chan, who’s birth name is “Chanthoeun Pen” was born in a refugee camp on the boarders of Thailand and Cambodia in the early 80s. His parents were survivors of Cambodia’s killing fields. During the genocide his father disappeared presumably killed by the Khmer Rouge regime.
Leaving Jay to be the man of the family, he was his mother’s youngest and only son at the time. After immigrating to America Jay became his mother’s eldest son and the only one not born in the United States. Jay was entrusted with the responsibility of helping raise and mentor his two younger brothers who were both born in America and only knew of Cambodia from the stories his mother and uncles who tell them.
Being a big brother gave Jay a purpose he felt it was his duty to learn all he could about Cambodia, so his younger brothers never forget the struggles of not only his family but the millions who never made it out. He got that connection through the music his mother played and the songs she sang.
It was the sounds of her youth of a happy vibrant Cambodia the majestic Pearl of South East Asia
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The Top 10 Most Admirable Musicians of Cambodia
The Cambodian music scene is one of history’s most underappreciated movements. Experiencing its golden age in the 60s and 70s, Cambodian music was an entirely unique blend of traditional music, rock, pop, and psychedelia – to name but a few of the genres from which it drew influence. Abruptly crushed by the murderous regime of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge communists in 1975, many of its musicians were executed or disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The country’s gradual recovery from this traumatic period saw a revival of interest in its musical heyday. Today, Cambodia’s modern-day artists carry on the spirit of their forebears. Influenced and inspired by the rhythm and sounds of decades past, they pay homage to the legends of old while adding something new to the mix. Here, Top 10 of Asia shares its list (presented in no particular order) of the ten most admirable musicians of Cambodia.
Nikki Nikki
Nikki Nikki is Cambodia’s modern-day pop princess and with the way things are going, it might only be a matter of time
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Sinn Sisamouth
Cambodian musician (1932–c. 1976)
In this Cambodian name, the surname is Sinn. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Sisamouth.
Sinn Sisamouth - ស៊ីន ស៊ីសាមុត | |
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| Birth name | ស៊ីន សុីសាមុត |
| Born | c. 1932 (1932) Stung Treng Province, Cambodia, French Indochina |
| Died | c. 1976 (aged 43–44) Democratic Kampuchea |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock, garage rock, traditional Khmer, romvong, saravan, jazz, bossanova, Latin, blues, cha cha cha, agogo, film |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, bandleader, music producer, film producer |
| Instrument(s) | Mandolin, Sro lai, Pey pok |
| Years active | 1957–1975 |
| Labels | Independent |
Musical artist
Sinn Sisamouth[a] (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s. Widely considered the "King of Khmer Music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Serey Sothea, Pen Ran, Mao Sareth, and other Cambodian artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer traditional musi
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