Huun-Huur-Tu

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Huun-Huur-Tu
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General information
Genre (s) Khöömei , world music
founding 1992
Website www.huunhuurtu.com
Founding members
Kaigal-ool Chowalyg, Alexander Bapa, Sayan Bapa, Albert Kuvezin
Current occupation
Singing, Igil , Doshpuluur , Chanzy, Jew's harp
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
Singing, traditional instruments
 Radik Tyulyush
Vocals, doshpuluur, marinhuur, guitar
 Sayan Bapa
Singing, percussion
 Alexei Saryglar

Huun-Huur-Tu ( Tuvinian Хүн Хүртү Khün Khürtü ) is a music group from the Russian Autonomous Republic of Tuva . She became known mainly through her further development and modernization of the Tuvinian larynx song Khöömei (Хөөмей, Tuvinian for "throat"), which she combined with traditional Tuvinian, such as Igil or Doshpuluur , but also other instruments, such as guitar or synthesizer, and made it internationally known .

history

In 1992, the musicians Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, Alexander Bapa (* 1960), his brother Sayan Bapa (* 1962), and Albert Kuwesin (* 1965) in the Tuvan capital of Kyzyl , the group Kungurtuk that a little later in Huun-Huur-Tu was renamed. This Tuvinian expression describes the rays of the sun when rising or setting. Kuwesin left Huun-Huur-Tu after the first album 60 Horses in My Herd , which focused on traditional folk songs, to make more rock-oriented music with the group Yat-Kha . Alexander Bapa also separated from the group, he went to Moscow with the band Chirgilchin , and Alexei Saryglar (* 1966) joined the group. In 1993 the group made their first overseas tour to the United States. From 1997 and the album If I'd Been Born an Eagle , Huun-Huur-Tu began to deal with newer Tuvan music. From the album Where Young Grass Grows (1999) there was a further modernization by including non-Tuvinian instruments such as tabla , harp and synthesizer , until then the guitar had been the only non-traditional instrument in the group. Today the group appears in frequently changing line-ups in a quartet or as a trio; several musicians are usually involved in studio recordings. In addition to laryngeal singing, the band members master several instruments.

Huun-Huur-Tu have worked with artists as diverse as Frank Zappa , the Kronos Quartet , Ry Cooder , The Chieftains , Johnny Guitar Watson , L. Shankar , Angelite , Michail Alperin , Sergei Starostin , Sainkho Namtchylak , Béla Fleck , Hazmat Modine and Sigur Rós together.

music

The importance of Huun-Huur-Tu today lies primarily in the further development of traditional musical forms and techniques. Until the group was founded, traditional larynx singing was performed almost exclusively solo; singing in the group and accompanying the larynx singing with instruments was unknown. Many of the instruments used by Huun-Huur-Tu were also used for the first time in Tuvan music. In addition to these innovations, the group also attaches importance to the rediscovery and preservation of forgotten folk songs . The lyrics of this music are mostly about life in the steppe and the Tuvinian nature, very often about horses and riding. It is not uncommon for these themes to be represented in music: an essential means of expression in Tuvinian music is the imitation of noises and sounds of nature, for example the imitation of horse hooves or birdsong, which are also used as a hunting technique.

Discography

  • 60 Horses in My Herd (Shanachie, 1993)
  • The Orphan's Lament (Shanachie, 1994)
  • If I'd Been Born an Eagle (Shanachie, 1997)
  • Where Young Grass Grows (Shanachie, 1999)
  • Live 1 (Jaro, 2001)
  • Live 2 (Jaro, 2001)
  • Best * Live (Jaro, 2001)
  • More Live (Jaro, 2003)
  • Spirits from Tuva (Paras, 2003)
  • Altai Sayan Tandy-Uula (Jaro, 2004)
  • Live in Munich (DVD) (Jaro, 2007)
  • Mother Earth! Father Sky! with Sainkho Namtchylak (Jaro, 2008)
  • Eternal with Carmen Rizzo (Electrofone Music, 2009)
  • Ancestors Call (World Village, 2010)
  • The Bulgarian Voices Angelite With Huun-Huur-Tu & Moscow Art Trio - Legend (Jaro, 2010)

literature

  • Andrew P. Killick: Snapshot: The Tyvan Throat Singers Huun-Huur-Tu. In: Robert C. Provine, Yosihiko Tokumaru, J. Lawrence Witzleben (Eds.): Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Volume 7: East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea. Routledge, London 2002, pp. 1023-1025.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Huun-Huur-Tu (Kyzyl / Tuva). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 15, 2008 ; Retrieved October 17, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jaro.de
  2. ^ History. Retrieved October 17, 2008 .
  3. ↑ Huun-Huur-Tu. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 17, 2008 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jaro.de  
  4. ↑ Huun Huur Tu Biography. Retrieved October 17, 2008 .