Angkor Wat to Alice Springs: A Tale of Two Temples
Angkor Wat to Alice Springs – Cambodian rock’n’roll, pop art, and the raw sound of the Outback.
The Theremin’s Call & The Painter’s Ghost: Tracing Fairweather’s Songline
From Scotland to the Outback A Journey with The Cambodian Space Project’s “The Raft at Night” I. Red Earth, Ether Waves: The Desert ListensThe Theremin’s Call & The Painter’s Ghost: Tracing Fairweather’s Songline. The track unwound like a rusty ribbon west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), bleeding into a landscape the colour of dried blood and […]
Courthouse Songs & Teisco Strings: A Desert Highway into the Red Dirt Blues
The desert gets in your blood. It starts as red dust on your boots in Yuendumu, maybe thirty-five years back, hearing the raw thump of bush bands under a vast sky. That grit never really leaves you. It followed me across oceans, weaving itself into the psychedelic Khmer surf of The Cambodian Space Project, and […]
Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft
Hotter than Hot! Suddenly everything came together, people, schedule, months of planning and then lo and behold all the CSP team arrived and met together, with our wonderful WOMADelaide handler Brigitte, at Adelaide airport. What a relief! All we had to do now was get checked in at Adelaide Hilton and find a moment of […]
From Lady Driver to Outta Space! Ahwin set to fly with The Cambodian Space Project
She’s a tuk tuk lady driver by day, a popular singer in the provinces by night. Now Awhin’s got her passport, her visa and is set to reach new heights with the Cambodian Space Project Australian Tour
The Cambodian Space Project return to Planet OZ – 2024 Australian Tour
WOMAD and World Music It’s just on 10 years since The Cambodian Space Project first played at WOMADelaide and looking back to that time is a reminder of how much has happened and what an extraordinary and unlikely journey we’ve been on. Being at WOMADelaide in 2013 was great and I really do feel that […]
Talkin’ to a Stranger: Once Upon A Time In Cambodia
Have Rice No Have Luggage So it’s been a while between updates and there’s a whole lot to catch-up on. I’ve just arrived back in Cambodia albeit without my luggage – lost somewhere between Melbourne and Phnom Penh – frustrating at the best of times but worse right now… there’s work to be done and […]
In Other Words: The Songs of Kak Channthy
When we first met, her world and her words were a mystery to me, but she sung and I listened nonetheless. Srey Thy exuded grace and charm and had a way of expressing her thoughts and feelings through her songs. Seeing her sing her early songs along with her gentle swaying and Khmer dance style […]
Transforming a Cambodian Swamp into a Buzzing Media Arts School
Since forming The Cambodian Space Project in 2009, we’ve often been invited to perform at fundraisers for NGO’s in Cambodia and this has always provided exciting opportunities to perform but also a great insight into amazing things happening at grassroots level. Cambodia’s Got Talent? sure it has, especially raw talent and often from unlikely places, […]
Salt, Sweat, Trash, Fashion & Recycled Art, On Tour
JUST ADD SALT! This is an exciting time. The Cambodian Space Project kicks off its first Cambodian tour since an almost six-year hiatus from the live scene. Anyone following this blog will know that we’ve stayed busy during this time; there’s been recording sessions, new releases in the pipeline and a fabulous tour out to […]