Dengue Fever‘s documentary film Sleepwalking Through The Mekong, was released today! The package features a DVD and a CD soundtrack. The film chronicles the journey taken by Los Angeles-based Khmer rock band Dengue Fever to lead singer Chhom Nimol’s native Cambodia during the Water Festival. The band’s performance marked the first time a Western band has ever performed ‘60s Cambodian rock in the country where it was created. Most of the musicians who originally created the music were killed during the Pol Pot regime. The film serves up a portrait of modern Cambodia as the band tours through Phnom Penh and beyond, crossing a great cultural chasm with the same spirit of Cambodia’s original rock pioneers.
Sleepwalking Through The Mekong was directed by John Pirozzi, who was a cinematographer on Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man and Johnny Ramone: Too Tough To Die. DVD bonus material include a biography of the band Dengue Fever, live performance segments, comments from director John Pirozzi, segments on the Cambodian Water Festival, the traditional Cambodian Coconut Dance and Cambodia’s Master Musicians.
The accompanying CD soundtrack includes classic tracks from Cambodian artists Ros Serey Sothea, Sinn Sisamouth and Meas Samoun, as well as original material created by Cambodian master musicians Tep Mary and Kong Nai with Dengue Fever, and 2 previously unreleased Dengue Fever tracks.
Techno Charity is a charitable organization created in 2006 by engineers graduated from the Institute of Technology of Cambodia.
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