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praCh, is an internationally renown, critically acclaim, award winning artist. His debut album is the first #1 rap album in Cambodia. Newsweek proclaim him as “the first Cambodian rap star”. Through masterful lyrics of powerful rap music, his music not only entertains but also educates.
His lyric has been published by multiple publishing and is currently being use for South East Asian Studies. In 2004 he went on a 23 States tour across the United States and was a subject for Japan’s documentary film, which won NHK’s *Best Documentary of the Year (2004). His involvement in films ranges from scoring music for a baseball documentary ‘Rice Field of Dreams’ (2010) to creating original music for *Sundance Award Winning and *Oscar short-listed movie ‘Enemies of the People’ (2010). He is now the Executive Producer of Enemies of the People part 2 titled “SUSPICIOUS MINDS' (2014). Music for Award Winning short film 'PAULINA'(2013). Music for 2013 Student Academy Awards finalist short film 'SAMNANG'. A Featured host for Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Food-America, Cambodia Town/Long Beach episode (Spring 2013). Winner of the Long Beach Post '40 under 40' 2013 Awards.
He lectures and headlines events in prestigious institutions and Ivy League universities, from the Smithsonian in DC, to the International ‘Freedom to Write’ festival at BROWN to the Scholars at Risk at HARVARD.
He’s been featured in the Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh Post, Newsweek, Times, ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NHK, FOX, PBS, PRI, NPR, VOA, RFA, American Route, Press-Telegram, LA Times, New York Times, OC-Weekly, Frontline, The World.org, America.org, Khmerconnection.com and countless others.
He is the youngest coordinator of the Cambodian New Year Celebration in Long Beach California (2002). The GRAND MARSHAL of the 2nd Annual Cambodian New Year Parade (2005). Awarded by the Cambodian-American Business Association for “Successful Business, Entrepreneurship and Community Service Excellence” (2011). Founder, Director of the Cambodia Town Film Festival, Chairmen of the Board-West Coast Committee for CELEBRATE ASIA, Founder of Mujestic Records and Founder/Co-Owner of The ORPHANAGE Productions.
A highly recognized and respected public figure, praCh resides in California.
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. : praCh's-UPCOMING EVENTS : .
05/30/13 - @ University of the Pacific. Stockton, CA.
05/10/13 - @ 7th Annual Sarong Party, CA.
04/24-29/13 - @ Generation Return 1.5, New York.
04/15/13 - @ Sacramento University. CA.
04/15/13 - @ KWIN 97.7FM. Stockton, CA.
04/14/13 - @ University of the Pacific. Stockton, CA.
04/13/13 - @ Wat Dhammararam Buddhist Temple. Stockton, CA.
04/11/13 - @ Mekong Bistro. Portland, Oregon.
04/08/13 - @ La Lune Palace, CA.
04/06/13 - @ Cambodian New Year Parade, LBC.
03/14-17/13 - @ KSF, OHIO University.
02/12/13 - Filming w/ Travel Channel, CA.
01/31/12 - @ SAMNANG Premiere @ AFI, CA.
01/22/13 - @ Northwestern University.
01/16-20/12 - @ SUNDANCE, Park City Utah.
01/03-07/12 - @ Palm Spring Film Festival, CA.
12/24/12 - @ Key West, FL.
12/23/12 - @ Harvard University.
12/22/12 - @ Yale University, CT.
12/10-11/12 - @ Rutgers University, NJ.
12/02/12 - @ CNN Heroes Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
11/15/12 - @ UC San Diego, CA.
11/03/12 - @ HWB fundraising, CA.
10/20/12 - @ Cal State Fullerton, CA.
10/13/12 - @ KAA Museum of the Art, CA.
10/01/12 - @ LOST LOVES premiere LBC, Art Theatre, CA.
09/27/12 - @ CAM-FAM 2nd, Santa Ana. CA.
09/16/12 - @ Lobster Festival, SP, CA.
08/25/12 - @ CAMBA 3rd, CA.
08/12-20/12 - @ Manhattan, NYC.
07/27-28/12 - @ Quaking Aspen, CA.
07/23-27/12 - @ Big Sur, CA.
05/18-25/12 - @ Anchorage, Alaska.
05/16-17/12 - @ Jacksonville, FL.
05/13-15/12 - @ Atlanta, GA.
05/03-13/12 - @ CELEBRATE ASIA. Jacksonville, FL.
05/1-3/12 - @ Providence. RI.
04/26-30/12 - @ University of Ohio. Columbus.
04/24-25/12 - @ University of Massachusetts.
04/23-24/12 - @ HARVARD University.
04/22/12 - @ University of Connecticut. CT.
04/21/12 - @ Cambodian New Year Celebration El Dorado Park Area 3. LBC, CA.
04/20/12 - @ PAULINA Premiere. CA.
04/17/12 - @ Faculty Lounge of Mills College. Oakland, CA.
04/14-16/12 - @ LAND/WATER/RAIN Santa Rosa, CA.
04/13-14/12 - @ Khmer New Year Celebration. Stockton, Ca.
04/12/12 - @ San Fransisco. CA.
04/06-09/12 - @ SIDESWIPE filming. Palm Desert. CA.
04/01/12 - @ Cambodia Town Cultural Festival. LB.
03/25/12 - @ Dinner w/ Mr. Sam Rainsy and Theary Seng. CA.
03/25/12 - @ Cal State LB Cambodian Culture Show. LB.
03/02/12 - @ Hiwa Fusion. CA.
02/18/12 - @ SIDESWIPE Filming. Palm Desert.
02/03-08/12 - @ SAMNANG Filming. LBC.
01/19/12 - @ Rice Field of Dreams. OC.
01/14/12 - @ Golden Villa. CA.
12/07/11 - @ University of Hawaii. HI.
11/28/11 - @ South Beach Miami. FL.
11/22/11 - @ LSU Louisiana.
11/20/11 - @ Angkor Idol. CA.
11/14-16/11 - @ Solebury School www.solebury.org PA.
11/12/11 - @ Hak Heng. CA.
11/09/11 - @ Academy of Motion Picture and Science.
11/05/11 - @ Thet Sambath, Sophys. CA.
11/04/11 - @ Centre Sycamore CA.
11/02/11 - @ International Knights Awards. Washington Dc.
11/01/11 - @ Motor City. Detroit.
10/28-11/01/11 - @ UConn. Connecticut.
10/27/11 - @ Salt Lake City. Utah.
10/22/11 - @ Khoury's Restaurant. CA.
10/15/11 - @ 80's House Party! Halloween Bash. CA.
10/09/11 - @ Rhythm Lounge HWB. CA.
10/08/11 - @ RFOD Encore. The Empire Theater. Stockton CA.
09/11/11 - @ 9/11 Memorial. One World Trade Center. Long Beach CA.
08/27/11 - @ CAMBA (Cambodian American Business Association)
08/26/11 - @ 'I RIDE' World Premiere. CA.
08/24/11 - @ United Cambodian Community. CA.
08/13-18/11 - @ Big Sur. CA.
08/12/11 - @ "RICE FIELD" premiere. Stockton.
07/30/11 - @ Refugee Camp(RC7)- Arroyo, Greenfield CA.
07/28/11 - @ "Helping Ham" Art Theater LBC.
07/16/11 - @ Unveiling "Cambodia Town" sign. Long Beach.
07/02/11 - @ Lake Mojave, Nevada.
06/26/11 - @ San Fransisco, CA.
06/25/11 - @ Michaan's house theatre. Alameda, CA.
06/22/11 - @ 4th street Art Theatre. Long Beach
05/27/11 - @ Oakland, CA.
05/20/11 - @ New York, New York.
05/01-10/11 - CELEBRATE ASIA 2011 @ Jacksonville FL.
04/29-30/11 - @ Portland Oregon.
04/13/11 - 'Rice Field of Dreams'- World Premiere @ Long Beach.
03/19-21/11 - Asian Arts initititves @ Philadelphia.
03/15-18/11 - International Writers Project / Brown University @ Rhode Island.
03/03/11 - Filming "OTHER WALLS 2 FALL"
01/06/11 - *OSCAR 'shortlist party @ Hollywood CA
01/05-09/11 - ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE screening @ L.A./L.B.C
11/13/10 - REDLIGHT Screening @ Connecticut
11/12/10 - Boston Film Fest @ Boston Mass.
10/29/10 - Oktoberfest @ El Dorado Park. CA
10/28/10 - One Imagination open mic @ Long Beach CA.
10/26/10 - @ Lake Elsinore.
10/20/10 - Enemies of the People screening @ UCLA
10/18/10 - @ Las Vegas NV.
09/19/10 - @ Key West FL.
09/17/10 - @ Jacksonville FL.
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 : .
CAMBODIA TOWN FILM FESTIVAL
festival date : september 14th-15th
directed by : praCh, Caylee So.
link: www.CambodiaTownFilmFestival.com
DALAMA... " memoirs of the invisible war " ( album )
release date : currently in production
writer, producer : praCh
Mujestic Records 2013
link: www.mujestic.com/dalama____memoirs_of_the_invisible_war_
[Ctrl].[Alt].[Del] ( album )
release date : currently in production
written, produce, and directed by : praCh
Mujestic Records 2013
ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE part 2: SUSPICIOUS MINDS ( doc.film )
release date : currently in production
produced and directed by : Rob Lemkin, Sambath Thet
executive producer : praCh
http://suspicious-minds-movie.com
Rice Field of Dreams ( doc.film )
release date : out now
directed by : Daron Ker
music by : praCh
Water Buffalo Pictures
links : www.waterbuffalopics.com
Holiday in Cambodia ( feature.film )
release date : currently in production
directed by : Daron Ker
associate producer : praCh
Water Buffalo Pictures
links : www.waterbuffalopics.com
Untitled Horror (feature.film)
release date : unknown
directed by : praCh, Jared Davis, Caylee So.
written by: praCh, Caylee So
produce by : praCh, Jared Davis, Caylee So
the ORPHANAGE production / Innovision Pictures
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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. : S E R V I C E : .
COMMUNITY SERVICE ]-----------------------------------
CELEBRATE ASIA
*West Coast Region Committee Chair (2011)
CAMBA - Cambodian American Business Association
*Winner of 'SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS of (2011)'
Entrepreneurship and Community Service Excellence'
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
State of California CONGRESS
*Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (2011)
State of California SENATE
*Certificate of Recognition (2009)
Cambodian New Year Celebration L.B.C.(2002)
*Coordinator - praCh
Cambodian New Year Parade (2005)
*Grand Marshal : praCh
Fight against DEPORTATION
fundraiser - since 2003
Cambodian New Year Celebration L.B.C. (02-current)
volunteer - praCh
Cambodian Coordinating Council
member-since 2001
Fundraiser for Japan Earth Quake & Tsunami.
Fundraiser for Cambodian Stampede Victims.
Fundraiser for Haiti earthquake.
Fundraiser for Katrina / Red Cross
Fundraiser for 911 / Red Cross
ALBUMS]----------------------------------------------
DALAMA.1 "the end'n is just the beginn'n " (2001)
praCh : producer / writer / MC / executive producer
international- Cambodia's 1st #1 Hip-Hop album.
DALAMA .2 " the lost chapter " ( 2003 )
praCh : producer / writer / MC / executive producer
24 states tour, nearly 200,000, unit sold to date !
Universal Speakers : No Hard Feelings (2004)
praCh : executive producer / writer / MC
The 2nd Language : Language Art (2005)
praCh : executive producer / writer/ MC
ViceVera's : Joint Project (2005)
praCh : executive producer / writer/ MC
DALAMA.3 "memoirs of the invisible war" (2011/12)
volume 1. and 2. ( not yet release )
praCh : producer / writer / MC / executive producer
The mis-education of praCh Ly (2012)
praCh: producer / writer / MC / executive producer
[Ctrl].[Alt].[Delete] (2013)
praCh : producer / writer / MC / executive producer
FILMS]-------------------------------------------------
Fragile Hope (2003)
director: Tiara Delgado
music: praCh
Love Sick (2003)
director: Sam B.Lorn
music :praCh
Cambodian Rapper 1 & 2
(2004) (2005) Doc Film.
( subject -praCh )
director : Hideharu Watanabe
NHK Enterprises America
* - 1st Place, Best work 2004
Nice Hat! (2005)
director : David Brisbin
music : praCh
Out of the Poison Tree (2008)
director: Beth Pielert
Original Music: praCh
Rice Field of Dreams (2010)
director : Daron Ker
Original Music: praCh
RESIDUE feature( 20?? )
script writer / Music:praCh
Enemies of the People (2010)
directed by : Rob Lemkin, and Sambath Thet
Old Street Films.
music inspired by film: praCh
Enemies of the People: Part 2 (201?)
directed by : Rob Lemkin, and Sambath Thet
Old Street Films.
music inspired by film: praCh
Untitled Horror film (201?)
script writer / producer / director :praCh
Original Music: praCh
Road to Closure.
directed by: Tiara Delgado
Original Music: praCh
Holiday in Cambodia
directed by : Daron Ker
Water Buffalo Pictures.
music: praCh
The Oak Park Story (2010)
director : Valerie Soe
Original Music: praCh
Eyes of the Heart. *Broadway Play
Written by: Catherine Filloux
Directed by: Kay Matschullat
Original music: praCh
SAMNANG - an AFI Thesis Film (2012)
Directed by ASAPH POLONSKY
Written by VANARA TAING
Produced by KIM O'SHEA
Cinematography by CARLOS DIAZ
Edited by VARUN VISWANATH
Music by praCh
BOOKS ]------------------------------------------------
IN THE SHADOW OF ANGKOR (2005)
Manoa / University of Hawaii Press
* featuring story / praCh
Editor: Sharon May, Frank Stuart.
Expressions of Cambodia. ( 2006 )
Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series
* chapter 7 - Rapping (in) the homeland.
Leakthina Chau-Pech Ollier (Editor), Tim Winter (Editor)
Images of America: ( 2008 )
* Cambodian in Long Beach. feat/ praCh
Arcadia Publishing
Author: Susan Needham, Karen Quintiliani
A Transnational Hip Hop Nation: ( 2008 )
* praCh, Cambodia, and Memorialising the Killing Fields.
Author: Cathy J. Schlund-Vials
Cambodian American Experiences: ( 2010 )
Histories, Communities, Cultures and Identities.
Author: Jonathan H. X. Lee
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. : A R C H I V E : .
praCh's LECTURING / PERFORMANCE @--------------------
ASU, AAC, Brown, UC Berkeley, NYU, NJCU, Yale, Smithsonian, CSLB, CSF, USC, UCLA, Georgetown, Penn State, Columbia, UWYO, UW, Seattle University, USD, UConn, UMass, MSU, UCI, GSU, TSU, ISU, KSU, LSU, NWU, OSU, PSU, Middlesex College, Marlboro College, Hawaii, Harvard, the Pacific, OSU, Stanford, LBCC, Compton College, Palm Spring District, LBS District, Riverside, FSU, Syracuse, University of Paññāsāstra, Royal University of Phnom Penh, Long Beach Cambodian New Year Celebration and Parade, LB MLK Parade, and countless Clubs, Arena, Concerts, temples and churches.
MEDIA / PRESS : FEATURED ]----------------------------
Newsweek, Times, LA-Times, NY Post, Press-Telegram, Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia Daily, Hmong Times, OC Weekly, LA Weekly, Asia Weekly, ABC, CBS, CNN, BBC, FOX, PBS, VOA, RFA, PRI, NPR, NHK, ROD, PRI, HBO, American Route, Front Line, The Strand, Power 106, the Beat, City Beat, Hot 97, CSLB, CSF, UCLA, Columbia , Hawaii, Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Brown, UC Berkeley, NYC, Smithsonian, and more.
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- DALAMA3 intro -
written and produced by: p r a C h
co-produced by: Ryan Delancey
interviews: American Route, BBC, CNN,
PRI,RFA, Pacific Drift, Smithsonian,VOA.
-DALAMA3...memoirs of the invisible war.
- out of the poison tree -
written and produced by: praCh
co-produced by:Ryan Delancey
Taken from/ theme song for the feature film:
"Out of the Poison Tree"
directed, written and produced by: Beth Pielert
Good Film Works / Mujestic Records
-DALAMA3...memoirs of the invisible war.-
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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
"Renowned hip-hop artist praCh ly, who, in a fearless solo performance
resonating with authenticity, vulnerability, and indomitable force, astonished
young and old alike with the immediacy and timelessness of his
brilliant musical and poetic talent"
* June Unrue---HARVARD University
"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 - Twilight'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 Ph.D
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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