Meet Nakadia, the DJ From Rural Thailand Who is Underground Techno's Rising Star

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Meet Nakadia, the DJ From Rural Thailand Who is Underground Techno's Rising Star
Diana Hubbell

Nakadia Mungphanklang now sometimes jets between multiple countries in a day, but Thailand's most prominent underground techno DJ and producer grew up without running water, let alone turntables.

"My friends and I used to go for picnics in the rice fields," says the artist over a shaky Skype connection from a private villa near Chaweng Beach, Thailand.

"It was exciting to get away, but even then, we were never more than a few minutes from the village." Set in the northeast of the country, along the Laotian and Cambodian borders, Nakadia's home region of Isaan is the country's largest and historically one of its poorest. Despite the slow trickle of industrialization, the jade-green rice paddies are still the primary source of income for many in the region.

Most locals are forced to choose between eking out a meager living selling crops and migrating to Bangkok to support their families. Once in the capital, khon isaan (northeastern people), with their darker skin and Lao- or Khmer-inflected dialects, often face prejudice from country's wealthy elite.

Full story: https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/nakadia-mungphanklang-interview-thailand-dj-sven-vath

-- thump 2016-02-04

[frimu]

Cool story!

[ikbenhet]

Nice lady and good DJ. I like her.

[Cockwomble]

She's really cool, and a good DJ. She has been doing a lot of internationals sets for many years now, so rising star is probably not the best description, as she's pretty well established. Good story though