Dalama: The Lost Chapter
| Dalama: The Lost Chapter | |
|---|---|
| Artist | praCh Ly |
| Release type | Album |
| First released | 2003 |
| Language | English; Khmer |
| Label | Mujestic Records |
| Subjects | Music & Sound |
| Creator pages | PraCh Ly |
Dalama: The Lost Chapter is a album by praCh Ly, first released in 2003. (International.Ucla)
Description
A DIY hip-hop recording about Cambodian history, the Khmer Rouge genocide, displacement, survival, and Cambodian American life. Its lyrics address bloodshed, cultural trauma, and historical forgetting, while traditional Cambodian pin peat music, played by Ho C. Chan, is incorporated into most tracks. (International.Ucla; Dokumen)
Credits
The release is credited to Long Beach Cambodian rapper and hip-hop artist praCh Ly. Ho C. Chan is credited with playing the pin peat music used on most of the tracks. (International.Ucla; Dokumen)
Context
The album was recorded in a garage studio and is described as praCh Ly’s second installment after Dalama: The End’n Is Just the Beginnin’. The supplied sources identify lyrics from “STORIES” and “Art of FaCt” as appearing on the album and discuss it as part of Cambodian American memory work. (International.Ucla; Dokumen)