Internationally renowned Huun-Huur-Tu are a fascinating quartet of singers and instrumentalists from Tuva, a remote region of Southern Siberia near the Mongolian border. Their most distinctive characteristic is throat singing and the ability to produce multiple notes at the same time and even sing more as one melody simultaneously!
Huun-Huur-Tu’s style could be best described as profoundly mysterious. The band was founded in 1992 and have devoted themselves to learning old and forgotten songs. They can truly be seen as a leading force in popularising throat singing (or khöömei) during the past decades.
Their traditional, ritual laryngeal chants descend from Central Asian land of Tuva. This unique song technique resides on developing an enthralling sound cosmos rich in undertones and overtones. Steeped in Tuvan folklore, the ensemble wears traditional garb and accompanies themselves on native Tuvan string and percussion instruments, playing galloping rhythms that evoke the vast south Siberian steppe. Their tightly structured pieces often imitate natural sounds, so that a song can be a literal representation of a Tuvan landscape.
Since the group's inception, Huun-Huur-Tu has collaborated with musicians from many genres, such as Frank Zappa, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, the Kodo drummers,and The Chieftains.
The Tuvans will ride into your brain and leave hoof-prints up and down your spine
San Francisco Bay Guardian
… a musical miracle!
New York Times
Find out more at www.huunhuurtu.ru.
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