South East Asian Psych, Soul and Garage with Chris Menist

All music rights belong to their rightful owners. Please support the musicians and buy their music. #majandfriends #thailand #southeastasia Chris Menist is a writer, DJ and musician best known as the co-founder of the Paradise Bangkok label and band, alongside DJ Maft Sai. He co-curated the ’Sounds of Wonder’ series with the Finders Keepers label, as well as the ’Sound of Siam’ (Soundway) and ’Thai? Dai!’ (Finders Keepers) as well as Dust-To-Digital’s ’Qat, Coffee and Qambus : Raw 45s from Yemen’. He has most recently started work on a new series for Strut Records ‘United Sounds of Asia’ the first release of which ‘Life Is A Heavy Burden’ which focussed on the music of Afghan musical legend Nashenas came out this year. Currently residing in the UK, he hosts a monthly show on NTS and his DJ sets encompass a broad mix of reggae, soul, African, Latin and Asian sounds from across the globe. He also records under the alias ‘Awkward Corners’,