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praCh's DALAMA #3 ... " memoirs of the invisible war."
*-the third and final installment to the critically acclaim DALAMA.
2 4 t r a c k s / 8 0 m i n u t e s
n o t yet r e l e a s e or s o l d i n s t o r e
You can buy this album now for a limit of time only !
( Zip .mp3 files ) of the Full Lenght Album.
will be sent to your email with 24hrs of your purchase.
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. : praCh's-UPCOMING EVENTS : .
09/16/10 - Connecticut @ University of Conn.
08/15/10 - Las Vegas / Hoover Dam
07/01/10 - Hawaii @ Honolulu
06/21/10 - New York City @ World Premiere : Redlight
06/11/10 - @ San Francisco
05/28/10 - @ Key West FL.
05/12-15/10 - Oregon @ State University in Corvallis.
05/08/10 - Florida @ Celebrate Asia Event
05/05/10 - Florida @ the Rebirth
04/24/10 - Long Beach @ the Sarong Party.
04/18/10 - Long Beach @ LBC's Grand Prix
04/17/10 - @ the TEMPLE
04/15/10 - Long Beach @ CSULB/ screening " Oak Park "
04/14/10 - Long Beach @ Long Beach Community College
04/10/10 - Long Beach @ Queen Mary Ship.
04/10/10 - Long Beach @ Cam - New Year Celebration El Dorado Park
04/04/10 - Long Beach @ Cambodian New Year Parade
04/03/10 - Cal State LB @ Cambodian Culture Show
03/28/10 - San Diego @ Fusion XI ( "Dimensions of a Generation" )
03/26/10 - Cal State Fullerton @ Cambodian Culture Night
03/24/10 - Palm Desert @ Xavier High School
03/20/10 - Santa Ana @ the Cambodian Family census 2010
03/19/10 - Long Beach @ the Art Council's a LOT series
03/01/10 - Boston @ R.Ramsy Lunch
02/27/10 - Lowell @ Sam S. Meas for U.S. Congress )Fund Raising
02/26/10 - Boston @ University of Mass.
02/09/10 - Palm Desert @ Gneiss Poetry Series
02/04/10 - Chicago @ WDCB 90.9 fm
01/29/10 - Long Beach @ THE RHYTHM LOUNGE
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. : Current-PROJECTS : .
control, alt, delete. ( album )
release date : 2 0 1 2
written, produce, and directed by : praCh
Mujestic Records 2010
DALAMA... " memoirs of the invisible war " ( 2 disc album )
release date : 2010/2011
written, produce, and directed by : praCh
Mujestic Records 2010
link: www.mujestic.com/dalama____memoirs_of_the_invisible_war_
RESIDUE ( the movie )
release date : unkown
screen play / script: Jared Davis, and praCh
for the full leaght feature
link: http://www.residuethemovie.com/
Rice Field of Dreams ( film )
release date : 2009/2010
directed by : Daron Ker
music by : praCh
Sony Classic Pictures / Water Buffalo Pictures
links : www.waterbuffalopics.com
The Bassac Project "
release date : unknown ( documentary film )
written by: praCh, Silong, Thy Pech.
produce by : World Education, W. Alec, T. Charley, the A.V.E,
Mujestic Records 2010
link: www.mujestic.com/cambodia___bassac_project
DALAMA "W.M.D.". ( book ) "
release date : UnKnown
Author : praCh
publish by : MANOA University of Hawai'i Press
link: manoajournal.hawaii.edu/text/issues/descriptions/cambodia04.html
' power, territory and riCe ' ( feature film )
release date : UnKnown, currently casting
written by: Sojean Peou
produce by : P. Sojean, praCh, Marcus.
Mujestic Records and Apsara Film Group
link: www.apsarafilmgroup.com/powerterritoryandric.htm
Sin Sisamuth ' ( feature film )
release date : UnKnown, currently casting
written and documented by: Bunly C. Silong C.
produce by : Yet to be announce
*- we are currently fund raising for this film
and will need all the help we can get !
www. m u j e s t i c .com
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. : B I O : .
p r a C h
born in the farmland of Cambodia but raise on the mean streets of America. He received international attention with his first album 'DALAMA..."the end'n is just the beginnin". His highly anticipated follow-up album 'DALAMA.."the lost chapter." catapults his status into raps elites. Through masterful lyrics of powerful rap music, his music educates young and old about the Cambodian genocide and the life in the Cambodian community. His music/lyrics has been publish by Manoa, for the book " In the shadow of Angkor"; which is being use for south east Asians studies in colleges and universities, he is also working on film documentary and has collaborated with many other movies productions. Newsweek proclaim him as the "pioneer of Khmer Rap" and "the first Cambodian rap star." He's also the CEO of Mujestic Records, youngest coordinator of the Cambodian New Year for 2002, in 2003 he release Dalama..."the lost chapter." which independently sold 200,000 plus, and in 2004 he went on a 23 states tour across the United States. In January 2005 he return for the first time to his home land Cambodia and his extraordinary journey was documented by NHK for the second time. the first NHK documentary on praCh won NHK's Best Documentary of the year of 2004. He toured many Collages campus and Universities such as CSLB, CSF, UCLA, Columbia , Hawaii, Harvard, Stanford, Syracuse, Boston U.Mass, Yale, Brown, UC Berkly, NYC, and the Smithsonian in DC and also the different Universities in Cambodia. He is currently working on his last Dalama album which is titled; Dalama..."Memoirs of the Invisible War". And on April 16th, 2006 he was the GRAND MARSHAL at the 2nd Annual Cambodian New Year Parade. He has been feature and been written up by Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh Post, Newsweek, Times Magazine, ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, FOX, PBS, Press-Telegram, LA Times, Hmong Times, OC Weekly, 562 Magazine, Asia Week, Khmerconnection.com and many more. a highly recognized and respected community figure. praCh resides in Long Beach California/ Jacksonville Florida.
*1/4 member of NorthStarResurrec
* currently back in the lab work'n on new album and mixing and producing others.
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photograph by : Lucas Michael - Newsweek
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"Can you be famous but unknown? Can you unwittingly electrify the youth of a homeland
you left as a toddler? Can lyrics written in California bring a new generation
to face Cambodia's greatest modern horror? This is the miraculous story of how
a refugee named praCh accomplished all that, to his own astonishment."
* Gina Chon---CAMBODIAN DAILY
" praCh's incendiary tales of Cambodia's past, told in the defiant tones of rap,
hit Phnom Penh like a B-52 bombing raid."
* Adam Piore---NEWSWEEK-THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSMAGAZINE
" A brash new rap album made in Southern California is breaking the taboos
by telling young Cambodians about the darkest chapter of their country's history."
LOS ANGELES TIMES-newspapers
" Everyone wants to express themselves like these guys (praCh and his friends),
but they're afraid...In Cambodia, no one would dare say what those guys say.
It's inspirational."
NEW YORK POST-newspapers
" Long Beach rapper praCh could pass for a wise teen-ager with understanding parents.
But when he opens his mouth to rhyme, or when you listen to the fiery rap CD,
praCh an actor's son who is 22, sounds like he's 22 going on 50."
* Theo Douglas---L.B.PRESS-TELEGRAM-newspapers
" praCh has begun teaching local youths what parents and school have not...
Shattering the stereotype of a rapper praCh is polite and earnest."
* Wendy Thomas Russell---L.B.PRESS-TELEGRAM-newspapers
" The album has caught on among the trendy urban youth of the capital,
who often have access to MTV and English-language lessons."
ABCNews---news channels
" At parties, in bars and in homes around Phnom Penh, the album has
teen-agers buzzing about songs on death,forced labor and broken families."
CBSNews---news channels
" He said he never envisioned the music having an impact in Cambodia.
"I was very surprised at how big this got. When I did it,
it was just a demo, to pass around to a few friends,"
praCh said in a phone interview from Long Beach."
NBCNews---news channels
" He brings it to the new generation, and talk about reality, talk about society."
FOXNews---news channels
" These songs are a step forward."
CNN---news channels
" Story, from the evacuated streets of Phnom Penh to the
freestyle immigrant mix of Long Beach...
he deliver a blistering history lesson."
* Sheraz Sadiq---P.B.S. 'Frontline' - television
" He's awfully precise, this praCh...Dalama raised, in one way or another,
got Cambodia's moldering history books-victims of a
bury-the-past mindset-back in the schools."
* Rich Kane---O.C.WEEKLY-newspapers
"He's a genius. To use his rap lyrics to tell the stories of the immigrants...
I don't know of anyone else who's doing what he's doing,'
* Frank Stewart---MANOA -University of Hawaii Press
"praCh Ly is Long Beach's next Legend. The Cambodian rapper is
a leader and a visionary. By producing a bilingual album pack
with meaning and history. He electrified his homeland with
lyrics that relentless yet thoughtful.which reminds me of why
hip-hop was great in the first place."
* Mike Sonksen---562 magazine
Your music is very creative, your voice rich with your Battambang accent and
your words cover a full agenda that is political and demand action.
I hear frustration, I hear confrontation but I also hear hope.
ONE CANNOT TAKE THIS ALBUM LIGHTLY AND I THANK YOU FOR THE
VERY HARD WORK , VERY HONEST AND VERY BOLD AND
RAW CRY FOR JUSTICE FOR OUR PEOPLE.
YOU NAME AND SHAME THOSE WHO ARE NEVER SATISFIED
WITH THEIR GREED.
THEY MAY NOT LISTEN TO YOU BUT THEIR
CHILDREN DO AND THERE IS HOPE FOR CHANGE.
It is a very rich album, praCh !
THANK YOU , IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE.
WITH BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS, "
* SOCHUA MU - Activist, Humanitarian, * Nobel Peace Prize nominee,
*Vital Voices Human Rights Global Leadership Award,
*Honorary PhD in Law from Guelph University,
*Eleanor Roosevelt Award for leadership in human rights
" praCh's voice is a David to the Goliath of history !
This thing has the drama of the work of a fine rapper/artist
and the scope of epic poetry! - Awesome "
My review to you is that I am proud to know you !
* DAVID BRISBIN - production designer - T w i l i g h t ' s New Moon
The Day the Earth Stood Still, the Exorcism of Emily Rose,
City of Ghost, Dead Presidents, Nice Hat !
Long Beach-raised Cambodian-American rap artist
praCh Ly wants to inspire nothing less than revolution.
It may be actual, it may be spiritual, it may be intellectual,
but it's revolution. "Dalama" is praCh's most overtly political work,
as he takes Cambodian leadership to task for the state of affairs
in a country where he sees youth who are aching for change.
So, when praCh writes, "I'm target for death, they want to
delete my existence, I'm a high-risk threat, the leader of
the resistance. The battle for tomorrow, its start today.
Afraid of no one, that's just how I was raised," it can be
hard to know where the lines merge and split.And if his
words can't cause revolution, maybe at least, as he says in
"Therapeutic" "my words are weapons
turning music into medicine. it's ... Therapeutic."
* Greg Mellen, LB Press-Telegram
" Khmer rap from California wakes up stifled generation in Cambodia.
Some people hope that praCh's music will kick-start
the creativity of a numb nation."
* Chris Decherd---ASSOCIATED PRESS
" I personally liked "Dalama" and I am proud to add it to my collection...
As I listened to the album, I found certain parts quite amusing."
* Poli Bou---KHMERCONNECTION.COM
" keep up the good work with your music, bro! i'm always looking forward
to hearing all of your new pieces. you hit on a lot of important issues
with your lyrical beats and you and your group has a lot of taste
in your music. keep it up, and you'll find yourself up at the top."
* Vibol Hul---KHMERCONNECTION.COM
" I have to admit? the brother has mad skills. From putting
lead to paper and drawing out sketches to spitting out lyrics.
Prach has an eye for detail and perfection.
There is method to his madness...I think this album:
( Dalama " the lost chapter.") is a testament to the evolution
of the individual whose heart beats in time with music
and whose flow is a fusion of experience and narrative genius."
* DemRaw---C-Hope.
"praCh is phenomenal!
praCh is a bi-lingual Khmer-American rapper.
He's smart, raw, talented, inspired,
and so so cool."
"I saw him performed two years ago in DC
and he blew me away! I don't normally
listen to rap, but this man had me
off my seat, bopping my head up and down,
laughing, and eyes glued on him.
When I turned to my neighbors,
I saw elder Khmer men and women doing
the same. praCh is a treasure to our community."
* Loung Ung: Activist, Author, Lecturer---.
'First They Killed My Father.'
"praCh Ly is the most authoritative voice
in Khmai and Khmai-American rap.
( Dalama..."memoirs of the invisible war." )
not only shows his music taking on new
beats and new sounds from traditional
and other sources. The lyrics focus
have a new focus on all of the Cambodian
tragedy from 1970 to the present.
Aware, furious, respectful,
precise --- this is political writing at its finest.
Like Nelson Mandela had rapped when he was young.
* Geoff Ryman: B.B.C. / Author---.
'The King's Last Song'
WOW, VERY POWERFUL!! You're incredible !! The album is
nothing less than social revolution !! I am deeply impress with
the depth of lyrics and your detailed following of social issues and
Cambodian politics. Even though you're physically faraway,
your soul and spirit are here; I feel it in your lyrics and
the songs' beat and energy. I love your creative mixture of old and new;
Khmer and English - a tribute and recognition of what had gone on
before and paying special tribute to that and then communicating
that to this generation... You have a real gift and I admire your
passion to use this gift to address substantive issues,
in addition to just pure entertaining.
I am now coming to the end of the album,
having listened to all of them in one sitting...
THANK YOU SO MUCH for allowing me to hear this,
a very special privilege I take to heart.
MORE POWER TO YOU, my friend!!
* Theary C. Seng - Activist, Author, Humanitarian
*Daughter of the Killing Fields: Asrei’s Story.
*Cambodian Center for Justice & Reconciliation.
*founding director of CIVICUS: Center for Cambodian Civic Education
I finally got a chance to sit down and listen to your new CD –
and I just wanted to tell you I loved it. They’re very different works,
but in some ways DALAMA 3, in it’s conceptual ambition and flow,
reminds me of one of my favorite albums – Prince’s LOVESEXY.
And I really enjoyed the going back and forth between English and Khmer.
Please keep me informed on your progress with this fascinating CD!
* Robin Lee - music, editor,..
Star Wars: episode V, Star Wars: episode Vl
the English Patient, Toy Story, Godfather part lll
Upon receiving the opportunity to listen to his album,
I thought that each song, like Cambodia, was so unfathomable
in its emotions and history. The album like what has been said,
teaches and informs us of the unforgotten atrocity of Khmer rouge.
It does not preach. praCh shows his heritage and
love for his culture with taste and does so successfully.
Like all of the classics who have gone before Prach,
like that of Sin Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea,
and among others, praCh Ly has lived up to them.
He and like others have shown that of the years we, as minorities
who are starting here and making our new lives here,
have come so far. Good job praCh and thank you for giving me
the opportunity to learn more about your heritage.
* Bee Vang, Lead Actor : Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino
praCh is in rare form, in this, his third effort. His originality is
unparalleled as he matches gorgeous beats with compelling
lyrics in both English and Khmer. praCh Ly is no doubt a rising star,
with the beautiful, emotional voice of a young poet and
a talent that is ripening, along with his maturity.
Dalama 3 is like nothing else being produced today,
and thus, earns its place as "must hear" music experience!
* Louisa Castrodale, Visual and Performing Arts Specialist
Dalama 3 -- as is the case with the previous Dalamas --
once again proves why hip hop -- and Cambodian/American hip hop
-- matters. Drawing together the fundamental elements of hip hop,
Dalama 3 provokes, pushes, and forces a listener response. Filled with
compelling lyrics, Cambodian pop samples, and Khmer backbeats,
Dalama battles oppression around the globe and in your own backyard.
Not content with just one approach, Dalama throws out -- in sophisticated,
wonderfully moving fashion -- a host of issues, sounds, and beats.
Taking down regimes with rhyme and lyric, Dalama 3 has an unmatched
emotional power. Taken together, Dalama's end result --
justice-oriented knowledge -- makes this a masterpiece by a master MC.
With respect, admiration, and appreciation,
* Cathy Schlund-Vials
I feel that stylistically this is what true rap is. Forget about all the
fluff that is in the modern rap industry—manicures,
threaded eyebrow and posers. Your album makes me
appreciate rap and feels “old skools”, but in a new way.
I long for the days that rap will return to this expression,
and I think you’ve put your finger on it. Also, the political
expression you put into it, again, I really LOVE it. This is what
I call “pure rap” unadulterated rhymes with raw power to
move the hills and mountains, and you’re one of the
few masters of it. Thanks again for this gift to the world.
* David N. Andrzejewski
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