Radiodiffusion Internasionaal Annexe

♬ Siangpheng Thamha / ສຽງເພງຖາມຫາ

Sothipong Kong Sawath / ສຸດທິພົງ ກົງສະຫວັດ – better know as Sothy – is a bit of a mystery.

Sothy is best know for a single that was released by Parisian label Oxygène and later reissued by Akuphone with two additional remixes.

From the liner notes of the reissue:

“And then who’s Sothy? Along with the unverifiable identity of the seemingly Laotian singers, skepticism gains ground concerning the man behind the pseudonym. Is he an escaped musician from one of the first Cambodian rock bands of the 1960s? A surviving producer from the 1980s Paris? Or a composer in transit in one of the many places of the Laotian diaspora? Sothy eludes any researches and disappears behind his numerous homonyms.”

I know that Sothy released one other cassette. But beyond that… Nothing. If you have any further information about this artist or anything else about this recording, please leave it in the comment section below.

Many thanks to Stephen Slappe of Dead Media Hour for the cover scan.

Catalog number SP0018C, released 1982 by Sothy Production of France.