Three former Nangsangkhan Lao from Luang Prabang release their first album !

Three former Nangsangkhan (Miss Pi Mai Lao) girls have just released their exciting first album, and are expecting huge successes after its release on Monday.

The three young singers from the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang have spent over a year preparing themselves to record and perform for their very first video CD release.


“It is all over for our production. The first album of my life has been released and I can say I gave it my al l,” 19-year-old singer, Phouthaly Keona, said... read more >>

“I can't tell you right now how much success this album will gain, but for me it's already been a gr eat journey.”

The band, called Spikes Girls, is made up of three glamorous young singers lead by Phouthaly Keona, 19, with Vichitra Phithanong, 17, and Chintana Soupadith, 19.

Their first self-titled album has 12 songs, which are no doubt going to be hits throughout the country.

Formerly Fleshy Girls, the band released an album in 2004, but after two of the three band members moved on to study, their producer decided to form a new group, and Vichitra and Chintana were found after participating in the Miss Lao New Year (Nangsangkhan) contest.

The girls began their training in 2004, but they also needed a new catchy name, and Spikes Girls was chosen.

When hearing the name, some people may remember British pop group the Spice Girls, who still hold a special place in people's hearts throughout the world. But these three spunky young women are soon to be regarded as the new Spice Girls of Luang Prabang, and with a little more local zest than their English counterparts, the Spikes Girls also aim to retain some of their cultures and traditions.

Can you tell us a bit about your lives before joining the group, and what its like to be a Spikes Girl?

Phouthaly Keona:

I was one of the seven of Miss Sangkhan's of Luang Prabang, in 2003 before I joined.

Vichitra:

I sang lots of karaoke with my friends before joining the band. I applied to the Miss Pi Mai Lao contest in Luang Prabang in 2004, and there the boss from Fanfam Music Company heard my voice and after being a Nangsangkhan finalist, and perhaps from my heart touching song, he invited me to be one of the Spikes Girls.

Chintana:

After school we usually spend our free time doing singing training and having dan cing lessons. It hasn't been a really hard album to produce, and the video was great fun to make, because we shot most of it in the nice places around our hometown of Luang Prabang.

We have tried to fit our own style into our music, which is quite modern, and now have done one show at the National Culture Hall and the Lao-ITECC in Vientiane , as well as some performances in our province. It's all been really fun.

By vientiane times
(Latest Update May 16, 2007)

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