12/10/2023 0 Comments Break every chain dance![]() Since the introduction of Western culture to Cambodia, another hybrid ensemble and musical style has emerged, known as the mohori samai (modern mohori). The usual manner of performing mohori music is that the vocalist sings one or two verses and then the ensemble plays one or two cycles of music. It emerged from traditional mohori music since that was the only type of music that was intended purely as entertainment, unrelated to religion or to other art forms. ![]() The Transition from Traditional to Popular Music Popular music was already well established in Cambodia before the arrival of rock and roll. Many of them did not speak French, English, or any regional Asian languages outside Cambodia, but the new sounds resonated with them and they imagined unique ways of remixing and rewriting the foreign sounds in their own style. Cambodia's post independence musicians were not interested in favoring one national musical influence over another, but simply in creating great tunes and lyrics. Rather, composers, songwriters, and singers crafted a hybrid music culture by mixing the best of all the genres drawn from a variety of local, national, and international influences, referred to as transculturation. Musicians and songwriters did not reject everything they had learned from traditional Khmer music, nor did they fully embrace Western musical imports. Music particularly flourished during the new era of modernity that spread quickly over the country, especially in Phnom Penh.
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