Neung Phak (pronounced: NOONG PAHK) is the Asian alter ego of the Bay Area musical collective known as Mono Pause, who in this incarnation, perform an eclectic array of South East Asian styles. Whether they draw inspiration from music heard on Asian radio broadcasts or from ravaged cassette tapes and LPs found on their travels, Neung Phak performs anything from Thai and Laotian "Isan" country Molam, to infectious Thai rock and pop, to Vietnamese mini-ditties and Cambodian songs of years gone. Armed with traditional and electric instruments and featuring singer Diana Hayes along with special guests, Neung Phak delivers a concoction of international sounds that trade the gloss and sheen of so-called World Music for the energy and unpredictability you might actually find if you were somewhere else!