Mor lam sing is a fast-paced, racy, modernized version of the traditional Lao/Isan song form mor lam. Sing comes from the English word "racing" (a reference to the music's speed and its origins among Isan's biker fraternity). A lead singer is accompanied by the khaen, a bamboo mouth organ, Western drums,electric guitar, and electric keyboards and bass.

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  • Mor lam sing is a fast-paced, racy, modernized version of the traditional Lao/Isan song form mor lam. Sing comes from the English word "racing" (a reference to the music's speed and its origins among Isan's biker fraternity). A lead singer is accompanied by the khaen, a bamboo mouth organ, Western drums,electric guitar, and electric keyboards and bass. The style was invented in Chaiyaphum province around 1985, and was popularised over the next few years after it was taken up by Ratdri Sivilai in Khon Kaen. It is based on the Khon Kaen style of lam tang san, but it incorporates string instrumentation, luk thung singing styles and extensive use of the Central Thai language rather than Isan. The songs are generally about disappointment in love or the hardships of life away from the Northeast of Thailand. Sexual innuendo is prominent, and feature young, fancifully dressed female dancers, called "hang khreuang". Among the most popular mor lam sing artists are the groups Rock Salaeng and Rock Sadert. Neither Rock Salaeng or Rock Sadert are morlam cing artists, they are not even morlam performers. Rock Salaeng are luktung performers while Rock Sadert are more katrum orientated. I don't know of any cing numbers either have recorded. Whilst it's true singers such as Jintara Poonlap, Banyen Raggen and Job and Joy have recorded morlam cing songs, it is not accurate to describe them as cing performers any more than it is to describe David Bowie as a reggae artist due to his recordings with Peter Tosh. Morlam cing is the whole performance, not just the recording of one or two songs. The most popular morlam cing artist in Thailand today is Burpan.
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  • Mor lam sing is a fast-paced, racy, modernized version of the traditional Lao/Isan song form mor lam. Sing comes from the English word "racing" (a reference to the music's speed and its origins among Isan's biker fraternity). A lead singer is accompanied by the khaen, a bamboo mouth organ, Western drums,electric guitar, and electric keyboards and bass.
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