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Avg: 4.0 (40 ratings)
- Date Released: October 10, 2008
- Genre: International
- Style: Central Asia
- Label: Jaro Records / Zebralution
A staggeringly beautiful and disorienting record requiring no prior knowledge of Tuva. Just enjoy!
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We Say...
All of the reasons why I am grossly unqualified to properly assess the quality of Huun-Huur-Tu's Mother Earth! Father Sky! are the very reasons why it's important that I'm the one recommending it. Chiefly: you don't need a working knowledge — or any knowledge — of the Tuvan musical tradition (Tuva is the former Soviet land from which HHT hail) to get a lot out of this record. It's weird — very weird. The melodies are often eroded, disparate shards and outcroppings, like a prehistoric cavern. There are times — like the incredible opening "Mezhegey" — that listening to the album feels like falling down a well. It can be that disorienting. But at the same time, you get something comparatively conventional like "Daglarym," the work of Sainkho Namtcylak, who, based on her incredible contributions here, I am willing to peg as the Tuvan Carole King. The two women's ballads are not all that far apart. Really! At times it drifts a bit more towards New Age than I am normally comfortable with, but within this context, it's immaterial. Mother Earth! Father Sky! is an album of immersion and staggering beauty.
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| 01. |  |
Mezhegey
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4:21 |
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| 02. | |
Daglarym
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3:00 |
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| 03. | |
Ergim Syaryym / Song of Hope
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4:33 |
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| 04. | |
Artyy Sayir
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5:43 |
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| 05. | |
Erge Chokka / Unneeded
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6:27 |
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| 06. | |
Dembildey / Nomad Dance
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6:02 |
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| 07. | |
Chashpy-Hem / Chashpy River
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6:28 |
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| 08. | |
Ovyur Hadip
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3:56 |
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| 09. | |
Bai-Taiga
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4:22 |
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09 Total Tracks, 44:52 Total Length
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