For those who love a bit of world music spicing up their CD collection or just something rare and weird, Dengue Fever are pretty much the perfect ticket. It doesn’t get much more obscure than this, the Los Angeles six blend Cambodian inspired pop with psychedelic rock to produce the smoothly retro sound that abounds in this latest effort, Cannibal Courtship.
Opener and title track, Cannibal Courtship, introduces us to Chhom Nimol’s distinctive vocals (which are often in her native Khmer tongue). Barely audible at first the chorus sees her voice reach notes verging on ultrasound, all...
Ahead of their Glastonbury appearance next week, we caught up with the Cambodian-influenced Dengue Fever to chat about their name, new album and how they’re feeling about returning to the iconic festival…
MTTM: Can you tell us about how you formed the band and where the name came from?
Dengue Fever: I first heard the music in the late 90’s. I was riding in the back of a pickup truck from Siam Reap, where Angkor Watt is located, to Phnom Penh. It was a long dirt road and all of the bridges had been blown up from war. I sat scrunched up in a little ball with thirty something...
