60 Horses in My Herd: Old Songs and Tunes of Tuva

Artist: Huun-Huur-Tu
Label: Shanachie
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 016351645029
EAN: 0016351645029
ASIN: B000000E38

Release Date: 1993-11-19

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Tracks:

Sygyt: Lament Of The Igil
Mezhegei
Foreign Land
It's Hard To Be Parted From A Friend
Kombu
Throat-Singing
Kongurei
Fantasy On The Igil
Bayan Dugai
Tuvan Internationale
Kargyraa
Song Of The Caravan Drivers

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The Orphan's Lament
If I'd Been Born an Eagle
Where Young Grass Grows
Spirits from Tuva
Tuva: Voices From the Center of Asia

Customer Reviews:

Good stuff.......2003-05-29

This is a good group to listen to in order to get an appreciation for this unique music. The music is pure Tuvan. There are no "fusion" tracks, and no throatsinging over techno beats. The melodies are hypnotic, and the instruments are the traditional instruments of the nomads. The techniques they use are amazing. Kaigal-ol's khoomei has a very unique sound to it that is worth hearing by itself. This is the best throatsinging CD I've heard yet.

art of tuva ?.......2002-07-25

I first hurd the voice form a game called Shogun and im like " Is that a Human Voice !?!?" I found many artist like Huun-Huur-Tu I love this kind of music exotic instruments if you like Huun-Huur-Tu you will also like karsh kale talvin singh and juno reactor more MID EAST techno type of music

A good album, but there's better Tuvan albums out there.......2002-06-14

By some quirk of fate, I've ended up with 9 CDs of Tuvan music (including hybrid projects like "Fly, Fly My Sadness"). It's an acquired taste, and I have friends who hate the stuff. Tuvan throat-singing techniques allow a singer to produce two notes at once, a low drone and a higher melody that is produced from the overtones of the drone note. The style originated with herders who sang it on horseback while tending their flocks; the music therefore has the same horse-gait rhythm as American cowboy music. Huun-Huur-Tu is a Tuvan group that plays old songs that were in danger of being forgotten (traditional culture was not prized when the Soviets were in power), led by Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, who was memorable as Paul Pena's host in the documentary "Genghis Blues". This album gives you plenty of khoomei (the general name for throat-singing) and several good songs. It's a pretty good album, but there are at least four Tuvan CDs I like better, including Huun-Huur-Tu's second album, "The Orphan's Lament". My favorite tracks here are "Lament of the Igil" and "Kongurei". The caravan-drivers' song, "Ching Soortukchulerining Yryzy", is my favorite Tuvan song, but the version here is surprisingly listless. (The explanation I've heard of this song in concert suggests the lyrics are not as G-rated as those in the liner notes.) For a much better rendition, check out the CD "Tuva: Voices from the Land of the Eagles", which also included Khovalyg -- that album also included the "Lament of the Igil" and "Bayan Dugai", both of which appear here. Anatoli Kuular, the best voice in Tuvan music, appears in the group photo on the back but not on the album (he joined Huun-Huur-Tu for their next CD).

Tuvaview.......2002-06-11

Tuva throat singing was impressive and enchanting. One of the songs on this CD had the deepest and most sonorous bass voice I think I have ever heard. The CD was a gift for my yoga teacher, and she was equally enchanted. (Two out of two ain't bad.) CD qualiy and condition were beyond reproach. I'm barely resisting starting a real collection of Tuvan music CD's.

Worth the $15.......2001-07-01

Being an adolescent, I am expected to listen to Eminem. But I don't. I listen to Huun-Huur-Tu. If this is a problem, please email me.

OK, I was first introduced to Tuvan culture through "Genghis Blues." Really good movie. I was introduced to Sygyt, Khoomei, and all the other styles, and I thought "This isn't Limp Bizkit." If you are interested in Central Asian culture, you're gonna like this.

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