Jarai Ethnic Group - Music From the Mountain People of Central Vietnam (2025) [Hi-Res]

The album documents the musical landscape of Vietnam's Central Highlands from 2007 to 2023, capturing the transition from ancient traditions to contemporary forms of expression. This collection features non-ritual recordings from the Ede, Jarai, Bahnar, and Rơngao ethnic groups. It focuses on the process of transformation: the disappearance of rare instruments, the adaptation of the Western guitar, and the emergence of "neo-traditional" compositions. The juxtaposition of the elders' authentic techniques with the academic style of the younger generation reflects the impact of globalization and state policy on regional culture, rendering the project an essential sonic archive of a vanishing era.

Tracklist:
1-1 Jarai Ethnic Group - Two Gông [2:19]
1-2 Jarai Ethnic Group - Gông + Voice [2:06]
1-3 Jarai Ethnic Group - Kơni [2:21]
1-4 Jarai Ethnic Group - Tojap [0:52]
1-5 Jarai Ethnic Group - Gông + Kơni [2:00]
1-6 Jarai Ethnic Group - Gông + Kơni + Voice [2:02]
1-7 Jarai Ethnic Group - Guitar + Voice [1:12]
1-8 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Ding Djông #1 [1:30]
1-9 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Pơt Pơng [1:14]
1-10 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Brŏ [2:25]
1-11 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Ding Djông #2 [0:49]
1-12 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Lôm Ding [0:48]
1-13 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Ting Ning + Voice [2:28]
1-14 Bahnar Ethnic Group - Ting Ning [2:45]
1-15 Ede Ethnic Group - Tak Ta [1:09]
1-16 Ede Ethnic Group - Čĭng Kram [1:44]
1-17 Ede Ethnic Group - Bru + Voice [1:31]
1-18 Ede Ethnic Group - Gôč [1:12]
1-19 Ede Ethnic Group - Ding Buôt [1:28]
1-20 Ede Ethnic Group - Ding Năm + Voice [2:28]
1-21 Ede Ethnic Group - Gông Kram [0:49]
1-22 Ede Ethnic Group - Ki Pah [0:36]
1-23 Rơngao Ethnic Group;Rơngao Ethnic Group - Tô Tơn #1 [1:05]
1-24 Rơngao Ethnic Group;Rơngao Ethnic Group - Ting Ning + Voice [1:26]
1-25 Rơngao Ethnic Group;Rơngao Ethnic Group - Tô Tơn #2 [1:57]
1-26 Rơngao Ethnic Group;Rơngao Ethnic Group - Tô Tơn + Voice [2:05]