APICHAT PAKWAN
Amsterdam, NL / Chiang Mai, TH
Artist, Band, DJ, Presenter
Apichat Pakwan is a Dutch-Thai live band and DJ-VJ duo based in Chiang Mai & Amsterdam. Their music is a mix of molam, dub, hiphop and electro, and is also dubbed Asian tropical bass.
They perform with their own compositions, as well as with new interpretations of classic Thai and Lao folkmusic repertory. The music collective is founded in 2015 by Dutch musician Olivier Schreuder (electronics, compositions, traditional Thai instruments) and Thai musician Angkanang Pimwankum (percussion).
They compose and perform with an alternating group of musicians from the Northeast region of Thailand, also known as Isan.
The group is formed in the city of Khon Kaen. Dutch musician Olivier Schreuder studies Isan folkmusic with Thai musician Pongsapon ‘On’ Upani, who introduces him to Angkanang Pimwankum. Together with Arthit Krajangsree they record their first EP called ‘Angkanang’ in 2016, which is released on the Dutch-Thai label Animist Records. Four tracks of the EP are also released on two vinyl singles. In 2018 Thai singer Wimonmat ‘Wiw’ Kangjantha joins the group, shifting the focus from instrumental music to more songs, sung in the Isan language.