The original of Khmer music is not for entertainment purpose, but to communicate with the spirits, with the god. The combination of the sound that comes from the Khmer music instruments play as a protocol to connect between the real world and the spirits.

When you put yourself get into the harmony of the Khmer traditional music, you will feel more or less the spirits around you. You will hear the sound of the nature, you would feel something invisible entourages yourself. The sound is so powerful, it will cover your soul and let you find a moment to relax in peace.

In these modern times, the traditional Khmer music still plays an important role in Cambodian society. We could hear them everywhere in various ceremonies and occasions. The traditional music is kept in a high conservation intention.

Much more than this, some French composers have arrived in Cambodia and work together with the local artists to learn about Khmer music and create something new but always respect to its original.

For example the work of Jean-Pierre Limborg, a music composer from France, on the album “Les larmes d’Angkor” is a very good remix between traditional Khmer music and modern music that capture with fidelity of Khmer music and transform it into a stage of relaxation music. When you listen to the album “Les larmes d’Angkor”, you will get contact with the nature, the music will allow you to get in touch with a very long history of Khmer music and relax yourself in a salon. It would give you a moment to escape yourself into the nature.

My favorite of the album is the 2nd song,

Under the title of “YOM - Les larmes d’Angkor”,

The children play down the street 278, in Phnom Penh. A young Cambodian woman sing in a small garden: “My heart is broken since you left …” and the voice of the students at street Paster, follow their teacher to learn to sing a song.

All combined together to create an exceptional emotion, a memory from Phnom Penh city and it reflects to the long history of Angkor temples.

It will follow by the 3th song, which certainly is a pure music that could secretly cure your heart

Tagged as: Cambodia, Khmer, Tradition