Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music, and Nature in Sahka and Tuva
byVarious Artists - Smithsonian Folkways
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- Date Released: January 19, 1999
- Genre: International
- Style: Central Asia
- Label: Smithsonian Folkways
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A surprising release from Folkways showcasing the "sound environment" of the plains of Tuva and Sakha, in Northern Mongolia and Southern Siberia. A team of ethnomusicologists trekked through the plains with members of Huun Huur Tu, among others, and recorded both the techniques of various styles of song and instruments, but also the ambient landscape noises, such as animals and general wind, etc. The highlights and surprises on the album are intertwined and many. A member of Huun Huur Tu at one point demonstrates the borbangnadyr technique of imitating a stream and using the stream itself to amplify the overtones of song. Also, wonderful demonstrations of a couple forms of xoomei emerge, most notably with the aid of a cave's reverberation on track 15. For someone even mildly acquainted with the styles of music native to Central Asia, this would be a worthwhile endeavor. For armchair (or professional, for that matter) ethnomusicologists, it is nearly a dream come true.
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| 01. |  |
Reverberant Valley, A |
1:57 |
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| 02. | |
Sakha Animal Imitations |
1:55 |
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| 03. | |
Tuvan Round-Up |
1:48 |
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| 04. | |
Fantasy on the Igil
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5:33 |
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| 05. | |
Birds and Bird Imitations |
2:21 |
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| 06. | |
Xoomei on Horseback |
2:32 |
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| 07. | |
Borbangnadyr with Steam Water
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2:43 |
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| 08. | |
Xomuz (Jew's Harp) Imitating Water
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1:38 |
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| 09. | |
Home on the (Mountain) Range |
1:28 |
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| 10. | |
Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Ottuneri (Imitation of Wild and Domestic Animals)
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1:49 |
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| 11. | |
Ang-Meng Mal-Magan Ottuneri (Reprise)
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2:12 |
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| 12. | |
Harmonics in the Wind |
2:59 |
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| 13. | |
Sonic Landscape
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1:49 |
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| 14. | |
The Legacy of Ancestors
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7:32 |
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| 15. | |
Cave Spirits |
0:56 |
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| 16. | |
Kyzyl Taiga (Red Forest)
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2:19 |
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| 17. | |
Talking Xomuz
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1:53 |
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| 18. | |
Chiraa-Xor |
4:29 |
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| 19. | |
Epilogue |
0:59 |
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19 Total Tracks, 48:52 Total Length
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Credits
- Huun-Huur-Tu - Performer // Ted Levin - Producer // Ted Levin - Engineer // Ted Levin - Liner Notes // Ted Levin - Photography // Sayan Bapa - ? // Anatoli Kuular - ? // Kaigal-Ool Khovalyg - ? // Pete Reiniger - Sound Supervision // Joel Gordon - Producer // Joel Gordon - Engineer // Joel Gordon - Mastering // Joel Gordon - Photography // Joel Gordon - Post Production // Michael Maloney - Production Coordination // Mary Monseur - Production Coordination // Scott Stowell - Art Direction // Scott Stowell - Design
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