I;m gonna have to make this quick. I'm supposed to be doing
Tuva today. Well, Tuva (Тува́) or the Tyva
Republic (Респу́блика Тыва́) is really
not an independent country, but a federal subject of Russia (a republic or state). It
lies in the geographical center of Asia, in southern Siberia.
The Republic shares borders with the Altai
Republic, the Republic
of Khakassia, Krasnoyarsk Krai,
Irkutsk Oblast, and the Republic of Buryatia in Russia
& with Mongolia
to the south. Its State capital is the city of Kyzyl. I wanted to present the unique throat
singing or overtone singing that is prevalent in Tuva. After I looked around I
realized that there is a great deal of current interest in all things deep
throated, so most of the music is readily available. I'm going to post a few
things as example & then move on.
The real story is Mongolia. I wasn't having any luck
finding anything worthwhile for Mongolia
& I'd been relatively successful in my journey so far so I reached out to
some of my music maven friends for help. Well my friend Waldo sent me some
Mongolian music…nearly 20 Gigabytes worth…yes, that's right, as Glenn Quagmire
says, "Giggity- giggity-giggity" Gigabytes. After sorting through the
redundancy & junk, there are still about 15 GB. I'm listening to it
as fast as I can & this is some righteous shit. So all I can say is, in the
next few days, look out…here it comes.
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For now, check these out. Yat-Kha is a band from Tuva, led
by Albert Kuvezin. Albert Kuvezin (Альберт Кувезин) is a Tuvan guitarist &
throat singer. He was one of the founding members of the Tuvan folk ensemble
Huun-Huur-Tu. Huun-Huur-Tu is probably the band responsible for the current
interest in Tuvan music. Kuvezin is the leader of the Tuvan
folk/rock/electro/post punk band Yat-Kha.
(decryption code in comments)
& here's an album of Tuvan Throat Singing in the
horekteer style so as not to leave you high & dry.
decryption code in comments
Enjoy & prepare for the Mongol Horde,
NØ