Fish Island Records

20/12/2024

Have a funky Xmas Space Cats - here's a taste of what's coming up from The Cambodian Space Project and Fish Island Records in 2025

IN A BRUCE LEE MOVIE - THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECTPREVIEW ONLY - DO NOT SHARE ONLINEOFFICIAL RELEASE OCT 4, 2022

09/12/2024

Wowee!!! we're thrilled to have Afrocat joining us in Cambodia. Yup! Afrocat's on her way from London and we are chuffed to hosting her as our International artist-in-residence Fish Island Community Arts Centre this month ahead. Afrocat joins us this month in Cambodia to explore the lost vinyl from Acca to Angkor Wat and lend her sensational DJ'ing skills to creating DJ workshops for our kids here on Fish Island (Traeuy Kaoh) and better still, perform live sets along with The Cosmic Bongs coming up at Fish Island World Music & Inclusive Arts Festival - Don't miss Afrocat at The Cosmic Bongs Dev 27, 28 and 29th.

09/12/2024

Wowee!!! we're thrilled to have Afrocat joining us in Cambodia. Yup! Afrocat's on her way from London and we are chuffed to hosting her as our International artist-in-residence Fish Island Community Arts Centre this month ahead. Afrocat joins us this month in Cambodia to explore the lost vinyl from Acca to Angkor Wat and lend her sensational DJ'ing skills to creating DJ workshops for our kids here on Fish Island (Traeuy Kaoh) and better still, perform live sets along with The Cosmic Bongs coming up at Fish Island World Music & Inclusive Arts Festival - Don't miss Afrocat at The Cosmic Bongs Dev 27, 28 and 29th.

06/12/2024

Called in to visit Chanpie D**g Veng master Leng Bouen today. We talked about music and his very difficult life as a blind man growing up in provincial Cambodia. The main reason he plays music is to try and earn some money to survive but his instrument and style of music is a UNESCO intangible treasure and the way Leng Bouen plays and sounds is awesome! Mekong Delta blues for sure. Today his whole family waited to meet us, including his daughters and grandchildren. No one else in the family has continued the tradition of Chapei D**g Veng or music the the granddaughters were thrilled to see the funky videos and listen to recordings their granddad has been making at Fish Island Community Arts Centre. We love them too. Looking forward to including Leng Bouen a Fish Island World Music Festival this year, Dec 27, 28 at FICAC. **gveng

05/12/2024

The Cambodian Space Project with Jack Howards Epic HornsPerforming "The Golden Phoenix" soundtrack.Live at The Brunswick Ballroom, October 10, 2022.Julien Po...

02/12/2024

Boran called to meet the team at fish island records and check out the new arts and recording studio while also taking time to play for FICAC students and demonstrate the Chapei D**g Veng - a unique Cambodian music that pre-dates Buddha's enlightenment. recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage the Chapei D**g Veng is a Cambodian musical tradition closely associated with the life, customs and beliefs of the Cambodian people. Here Julien and Boran are jamming guitar, harmonica and chapei creating a world music out of Traeuy Kaoh (Fish Island) Cambodia

02/12/2024

Julien Poulson and Kong Boran jamming new music at Fish Island Community Arts Centre, it's Mekong Delta Blues! on the guitar, harmonica and chapei d**g veng

30/11/2024

Introducing Theremin and Thia Phin to the streets of Kampot with the Cosmic Cambodian Bongo Band. Srey Phum is a student at Fish Island Community Arts Centre and is already jamming with the Cosmic Bongs with this 100-year-old Russian electromagnetic touchless instrument, definitely a first in Cambodia

28/11/2024

Cambodian Space Project - Grange à Musique - Creil - 01/02/2014

28/11/2024

Bongo Bongs and Ouns, percussion aficionados, WE WANT YOU! for a bong-a-long with The Cosmic Bongs launching this Friday night 7pm sharp at Nea Vea along with Khmer "Ting Mong" puppeteers and drummers, this is gonna be a funk-down incredible bongo band party. We're supplying bongos + conga drums or just BYO and shake that thing. Don't miss THE COSMIC BONGS get ur funk on at NEA VEA 1st Birthday & Cosmic Cocktail Party*** The Cosmic Bongs Land in Kampot! J54J+VC🚀🎸✨

28/11/2024

Bongo Bongs and Ouns, percussion aficionados, WE WANT YOU! for a bong-a-long with The Cosmic Bongs launching this Friday night 7pm sharp at Nea Vea along with Khmer "Ting Mong" puppeteers and drummers, this is gonna be a funk-down incredible bongo band party. We're supplying bongos + conga drums or just BYO and shake that thing. Don't miss THE COSMIC BONGS get ur funk on at NEA VEA 1st Birthday & Cosmic Cocktail Party*** The Cosmic Bongs Land in Kampot! J54J+VC🚀🎸✨

17/11/2024

Meet the Funkee Munk - creator of The Cosmic Bongs.

In a smoky labyrinth on Traeuy Kaoh, the Funkee Monk toils endlessly in The Yellow Sub Studios, his makeshift temple of sound built from salvaged boats and alien tech washed ashore. No one knows where he comes from—some say he’s a renegade musician from Phnom Penh’s golden age; others insist he fell from a starship mid-jam session. None of it matters. What matters is his mission: to engineer The Cosmic Bongs, a band that bends time and space with funk.

Their sound stitches together fragments of forgotten eras and parallel dimensions. Fuzz-tone Cambodian guitar riffs collide with the hypnotic rhythms of Fela Kuti, the psychedelic chaos of Funkadelic, and the cosmic swagger of Rick James. Thai brass horns spar with Indonesian psych-rock fuzz, while Yol Aularong’s spectral laugh echoes through the mix, rebellious and untamed.

When they play, the universe twists. Galactic highways unfurl in neon waves, and their grooves ripple across the cosmos. The crowd doesn’t just dance; they transcend, moving as if the beat has unlocked some ancient code of existence. The Funkee Monk watches, grinning. The Cosmic Bongs aren’t just a band—they’re an interstellar transmission, broadcasting pure cosmic groove.

17/11/2024

Are you ready for The Cosmic Bongs?!

16/11/2024

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🎶 Can You Find Tha Funk? Yes You Can – It’s at Fish Island! 🎶
Calling all Bongs and Ouns: The Cosmic Bongs!

We're assembling a groovy house band just for the silly season and a few special events. Join Bong’n’Oun’s “Cosmic Cambodian Bongo Band”!
This jam session is inspired by some of the coolest sounds of analog-era Asian rock, funk, and soul, including:

✨ Psych-Funk from Indonesian Shocking Shaking Days
✨ Blaxploitation Soundtracks
✨ Kung Fu Funk
✨ Khmer Guitar Funk
✨ The legendary Cambodian Space Project
✨ Iconic tracks from Cambodia Rocks
✨ Shadow Music of Thailand – Great 60s Thai Psych/Surf vibes
✨ The funky jams of Dennis Coffey and beyond

We’re bringing the funk to life every Friday at Fish Island Community Arts Centre, getting ready to groove at Christmas Party shows and events across the Kingdom from November to January.

🎤 Can You Play?
🥁 Wanna jam on percussion?
🎸 Just love vibing with great 60s psych/surf/funk energy?

Come and join Bong’n’Oun’s Cosmic Cambodian Bongo Band (aka The Cosmic Bongs) and keep the funk alive – from Fish Island to the world! 🌏✨

📅 Rehearsals: Every Friday night at Fish Island Community Arts Centre
📣 DM or call to get involved – let’s jam!