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- Date Released: November 23, 1994
- Genre: International
- Label: Shanachie Entertainment / INgrooves
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From the first track, their second album, Orphan's Lament grabs your attention with "Prayer" -- the deep, unearthly, sounds of Tibetan Lamaist chant. Next they move to khoomei singing. Known in the West as "throat singing," the performer produces two or more high- and low-pitched tones simultaneously. The resulting sound -- somewhat eerie, somewhat haunting -- is a combination somewhere between the sounds of a long whistle and a Jew's harp. But Huun Huur Tu also adds new elements to the traditional sounds of Tuvan music. In addition to the igil, a two-stringed horsehead fiddle played with a bow, and the khomuz, a Jew's harp, (both traditional instruments) the group has incorporated percussion -- not a usual device in Tuvan music. Their use of a large goat-skin drum, generally reserved for shamanistic rituals, gives a rhythm to their music, making it very appealing to a Western ear. Similarly, their use of pouch rattle (made from a bull's scrotum filled with sheep knucklebones) adds a beat. The fact Huun Huur Tu plays together, as a group, is itself unusual. Not content to blindly follow traditional Central Asian folk music, Huun Huur Tu's four, sometimes five, performers create an ensemble that offers a complex, fascinating, and harmonious mixture.
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| 01. |  |
Prayer |
2:32 |
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| 02. | |
Ancestors |
3:55 |
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| 03. | |
Aa-Shuu Dekei-oo |
2:51 |
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| 04. | |
Eerbek-Aksy |
2:05 |
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| 05. | |
The Orphan's Lament |
6:44 |
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| 06. | |
Kaldak Khamar |
2:36 |
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| 07. | |
Steppe |
4:05 |
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| 08. | |
Borbanngadyr |
3:54 |
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| 09. | |
Chiraa-Khoor ("The Yellow Trotter") |
4:52 |
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| 10. | |
Exile's Song |
4:13 |
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| 11. | |
Eki Attar |
2:22 |
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| 12. | |
Irik Chuduk ("The Rotting Log") |
6:11 |
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| 13. | |
Sygyt |
2:53 |
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| 14. | |
Agitator |
1:55 |
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| 15. | |
Khomuz Medley |
4:50 |
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| 16. | |
Odugen Taiga |
6:55 |
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16 Total Tracks, 62:53 Total Length
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Credits
- Alexander Bapa - Drums // Alexander Bapa - Horn // Alexander Bapa - Bells // Alexander Bapa - Producer // Alexander Bapa - ? // Sayan Bapa - Guitar // Sayan Bapa - Vocals // Sayan Bapa - Doshpulur // Anatoli Kuular - Harp // Anatoli Kuular - Vocals // Mergen Mongush - Vocals // Mergen Mongush - Sygyt // Kaigal-ool Khovalyg - Harp // Kaigal-ool Khovalyg - Vocals // Kaigal-ool Khovalyg - Igil // Gennady Papin - Engineer
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