About
Chris Menist is a writer, DJ and musician based in Bangkok, Thailand. He has co-curated the ‘Sound of Wonder’ series for Finders Keepers Records, which showcases vintage Pakistani cinema soundtracks, as well as two compilations of Thai music ‘The Sound of Siam’ for Soundway, and ‘Thai? Dai!’, also for Finders Keepers. With Maft Sai, he runs the ‘Paradise Bangkok’ bi-monthly party, mixing reggae, Thai ‘luk thung’ & ‘molam’, african and jazz music.
Hi Chris,
You are a constant inspiration… I just need to push out the boundaries on my vinyl / music field of choice a bit wider sometimes… although time is always an issue… go for it my man… ;o)
Trevor Hurd
November 18, 2010 at 12:51 pm
HI CHRIS – CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST BLOG – REALLY GOOD AND BE ENCOURAGED – THE CONTENTS ARE A GREAT READ AND YOU DRAW THE READER INTO A REAL SITUATION WHICH IS BOTH FASCINATING AND REAL -WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE FOODIE SIDE OF THNGS!!
MUM & DAD
November 18, 2010 at 7:40 pm
Hi Chris,
I can book you a couple of events in Geneva and Lausanne if you’re up to.
Thanx for sharing all this wonderful music and words.
I’m djing asian/bollywood stuff for about 8 years now, but knowing Zudrangma and all the comps you’ve worked on was a new step ahead for me. I also met Nat last winter in his shop.
I’ve mailed him a couple of times about you coming to europe but he’is kind of slow isns’t he?
Looking foward to meet you at Dao Bandon show! cheers
the dude
June 14, 2011 at 1:11 pm
chris, do you have a contact for ralph thomas, the musician ?! thanks
steve
December 31, 2011 at 7:36 pm
I do – can I ask what it’s regarding? Cheers Chris
cmoriginalpress
January 4, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Hello Chris Menist!
Greetings from Finland!
Great blog you have!!!
I´m comin to Thailand early on next month ( aprill 2012) and wondering to find some 50´s & 60´s vinyl
Instrumental and beat / go go music
( collecting also malaysian & singapore & east asian guitar and beat bands of the 60´s)
plese all information all welcome !!
Cheers
Sami
Sami Ruotsalainen
March 13, 2012 at 2:54 pm
Many thanks Sami
Best shop to check in Bangkok is ZudRangMa records HQ
ZUDRANGMA HQ RECORDS STORE
7/1 Sukhumvit soi 51 Wattana
Bangkok 10110 Thailand.
Open: Tuesday – Sunday 2pm till 9pm
Tel : +66 (0) 88 891 1314
They should be able to help you out. Happy digging and thanks for your interest,
All the best Chris
cmoriginalpress
March 21, 2012 at 10:23 pm
Hi Chris,
Do you know of any online shops that might be likely to carry original vinyl copies of Waipod Phetsuphan’s Ding Ding Dong ?
Also, any idea of what a reasonable cost would be?
Thanks!
Kirk
May 29, 2012 at 11:20 am
Hey Kirk
Thanks for the message – there’s only one online store that would carry this, and that’s http://www.zudrangmarecords.com/, though their site is being updated right now. Ding Dong is very hard to find on either 7″ or LP – if you found one, it’d be around 75 – 120GBP depending on condition. Good luck, Best Chris
cmoriginalpress
May 30, 2012 at 3:49 pm