A few months ago, the label Light In The Attic interviewed Jason "MoSS" Connoy, who is the founder of another label, Strawberry Rain, as he was resurrecting Indonesian band AKA through the "Hard Beat" LP.
It's pretty interesting to see how these labels collaborate, for the pleasure of international diggers. Well, I know compilations and reissues are not really a digger's dream, but when the quest becomes an impossible mission you have to be content with them. It's also representative of the rather new trend in record digging, as the new focus seems to be on Asian records.
Indeed, this release by Strawberry Rain followed Now-Again's "Those Shocking Shaking Days", and the numerous Cambodian, Thai and Singaporian compilations by labels like Sublime Frequencies, El Supremo and others.
To get inside the head of a digger that brought back to light music from Iran (by the way, I'd be interested in that "Jokers" LP) and Indonesia, among other funky places, read this. And for more about Indonesian psych and a mix by MoSS, head to the Red Bull Music Academy website.
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