Cambodia is filled with millions of unexploded land mines. Scattered through rice paddies and hills, they lay waiting for one wrong step. These artifacts of anger have claimed the limbs of too many Cambodians. Some of these victims have found a musical aid for recovery. They form bands to perform traditional Khmer classical music for tourists visiting the temples of Angkor. Their songs will never repair their scars but they put food in their mouths, dignity in their hearts and beauty to the ears of passerby. As I walked under a jungle canopy headed to explore an ancient temple I stopped to record the performance of one such band. Once home I played back snippets of this field recording in a live improv sound session with my family of fellow dublab drone dreamers, Golden Hits. – frosty

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