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The band has released two albums, Foals’ Been Born an ethnic contemporary album (2004), and Made in Altan Urag, a folk-rock album (Sonor Records 2006). Four new albums will be released in early 2009-2010, marking a culmination in a prolific phase in Altan Urag’s work. Blood (folk rock), Hypnotism (contemporary), Once Upon a Time in Mongolia (ethnic) and Nation (traditional folk) use the artists’ incredible skills to explore different genres of Altan Urag’s music and demonstrate their powerful and soulful sound. |
The band has released two albums, Foals’ Been Born an ethnic contemporary album (2004), and Made in Altan Urag, a folk-rock album (Sonor Records 2006). Four new albums will be released in early 2009-2010, marking a culmination in a prolific phase in Altan Urag’s work. Blood (folk rock), Hypnotism (contemporary), Once Upon a Time in Mongolia (ethnic) and Nation (traditional folk) use the artists’ incredible skills to explore different genres of Altan Urag’s music and demonstrate their powerful and soulful sound. |
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The band has produced music videos for Surf (Foals’ Been Born |
The band has produced music videos for Surf (Foals’ Been Born), Mother Mongolia (Made in Altan Urag) and Abroad (Made in Altan Urag). Abroad featured guitarist Andrew Colwell on the track and video. Recent music videos are Requiem, Wave, The Blue Marked Nation, Rah2 and the Beast. |
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Revision as of 16:16, 13 November 2009
Altan Urag (Mongolian: Алтан Ураг, "Golden Lineage/Kin [of Genghis Khan]") is a Mongolian folk rock band. To date they have released two albums: Foal's Been Born and Made in Altan Urag. Their music was featured prominently in the 2007 Sergei Bodrov film Mongol. Formed in 2002, Altan Urag is a folk-rock and ethnic band that fuses traditional Mongolian sound with a contemporary influence.
The name Altan Urag can be loosely translated to Khan’s Kin or Golden Blood Line, referring to Chinggis Khan and his ancestors. The band’s vision is to promote Mongolian culture to the world and introduce traditional music to the young people of the Mongolia.
The band has seven members whose skills lie in playing the morin khuur (horse head fiddle), ih khuur (grand horse head fiddle), percussion, bishguur (traditional horn) and yochin. The vocalists are throat singers and long song singers and all were trained in traditional and classical Mongolian music.
The band has released two albums, Foals’ Been Born an ethnic contemporary album (2004), and Made in Altan Urag, a folk-rock album (Sonor Records 2006). Four new albums will be released in early 2009-2010, marking a culmination in a prolific phase in Altan Urag’s work. Blood (folk rock), Hypnotism (contemporary), Once Upon a Time in Mongolia (ethnic) and Nation (traditional folk) use the artists’ incredible skills to explore different genres of Altan Urag’s music and demonstrate their powerful and soulful sound.
The band has produced music videos for Surf (Foals’ Been Born), Mother Mongolia (Made in Altan Urag) and Abroad (Made in Altan Urag). Abroad featured guitarist Andrew Colwell on the track and video. Recent music videos are Requiem, Wave, The Blue Marked Nation, Rah2 and the Beast.
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