02 · GALLERY
Five frames.
Climb the narrow staircase above Zudrangma Records on Sukhumvit Soi 51 and you are in Studio Lam. Maft Sai, the record-shop owner and producer, built this room to play the Thai funk and mor lam he was reissuing downstairs. It is small, dim, vinyl-only, and the wall calendar is the most reliable Bangkok listening-bar gig list in the city. Friday nights frequently feature the Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band themselves. Order a Singha. Sit close to the speakers. The Thai 1970s sound, finally archived and played the way it was supposed to be heard.
Friday nights frequently feature The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band themselves. Check the wall calendar at Zudrangma downstairs before booking elsewhere.
Bangkok's listening-bar slot, deeply local programming. Different texture to the Tokyo bars.
Wednesday through Saturday nights from 21:00. Friday Mor Lam nights with The Paradise Bangkok Molam International Band are the headline residency. Avoid the Songkran week (mid-April), the bar closes.
Open Wednesday through Sunday, 18:30 to 01:00. DJ sets and live bands from 21:00. Zudrangma Records downstairs open the same hours. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, and Songkran week.
BTS Skytrain to Thong Lo, walk south down Soi 51. The bar is above Zudrangma Records on Sukhumvit Soi 51, second floor, accessible by a narrow stairwell. From central Bangkok, 15 minutes by BTS.