"Intricately woven and texturally astute while outstanding in nature." - Smother magazine
Making their first appearance at Swallow Hill since 2007, Huun-Huur-Tu comes from the former Soviet Autonomous Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region of grasslands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges that lies 2,500 miles east of Moscow, at the center of Asia, north of Mongolia. This indigenous music highlights rare instruments and preserves some of the world's oldest form of music making. The best known genre of Tuvan music, xöömei (throat-singing), comprises what one might call a lexicon of musical onomatopoeia in which natural sounds are mimetically transformed into musical representations.
Huun-Huur-Tu will not only transform the sounds of the natural world into music through imitation; but also make sonic "maps" of physical landscapes which may be expressed in texted songs, throat-singing, whistling, or other types of vocal production.
For their new album Eternal, Huun-Huur-Tu teams up with electronic producer Carmen Rizzo (Coldplay, Alanis Morissette, Paul Oakenfold).On the album, Rizzo adds a contemporary feel to this already deep rooted sound, blurring the lines of traditional and modern music.
"The group is breaking new ground in this recording...There's a wonderful new world for Tuvan/overtone singing fans, and a more accessible entry for those who may just be discovering the tradition." – Soundroots
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