Thanks to the astonishing clarity of modern recording techniques, this remarkable CD documents the oldest form of music making, which producer-recorders Ted Levin and Joel Gordon refer to as "sound mimesis," or the art of imitating natural sounds through music, as practiced in Tuva. With a variety of musicians, including members of Huun-Huur-Tu and other regular folk musicians and farmers, these 19 tracks were recorded outdoors on location (with the exception of two recorded in a small living room). Musicians and singers interact with the sounds of wild and domestic animals and environmental sounds like streams, the wind, and bird song. Throat singing and xomuz echo the harmonics of a babbling brook, upturned igil (fiddle) and doshpuluur (lute) replicate the effect of a wind harp with the breeze caressing the strings, and horsemen chant in the saddle, picking up the rhythm of galloping steeds. These and many other examples illustrate a living animist tradition where the boundaries between sound and song have no clear definition; indeed, the very term "music" as the Western world interprets it has no equivalent, and Tuva, Among the Spirits may well make you reassess the latent music in your own environment. --Derek Rath
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Tuva, Among the Spirits is a sonic journey to the steppes of southern Siberia, the wellspring of Tuvan and Sakhan music, where the spiritual power of nature is manifested through its sounds. In these unprecedented on-site recordings, master musicians imitate and interact with the natural acoustic environment. Recorded in 1995-1998 on horseback, in creek beds, caves, canyons, and grasslands. Extensive notes, photographs, and discography. 1999 New Age Voice Music Awards: awarded finalist for Best Traditional World Album of 1999.
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Tuva, Among The Spirits: Sound, Music And Nature In Sakha And Tuva
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ASIN: B00000G4OG Release Date: 1999-01-19 |
Tracks:
- A Reverberant Valley
- Sakha Animal Imitations
- Tuvan Round-Up
- Fantasy On The Igil
- Birds And Birds Imitations
- Xoomei On Horseback
- Borbangnadyr With Stream Water
- Xomuz (Jew's Harp) Imitating Water
- Home On The (Mountain) Range
- Ang-Meng Mal-Magen Ottuneri (Imitation Of Wild And Domestic Animals)
- Ang-Meng Mal-Magen Ottuneri (Reprise)
- Harmonics In The Wind
- Sonic Landscape
- The Legacy Of Ancestors
- Cave Spirits
- Kyzyl Taiga (Red Forest)
- Talking Xomuz
- Chiraa-Xor
- Epilogue
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Thanks to the astonishing clarity of modern recording techniques, this remarkable CD documents the oldest form of music making, which producer-recorders Ted Levin and Joel Gordon refer to as "sound mimesis," or the art of imitating natural sounds through music, as practiced in Tuva. With a variety of musicians, including members of Huun-Huur-Tu and other regular folk musicians and farmers, these 19 tracks were recorded outdoors on location (with the exception of two recorded in a small living room). Musicians and singers interact with the sounds of wild and domestic animals and environmental sounds like streams, the wind, and bird song. Throat singing and xomuz echo the harmonics of a babbling brook, upturned igil (fiddle) and doshpuluur (lute) replicate the effect of a wind harp with the breeze caressing the strings, and horsemen chant in the saddle, picking up the rhythm of galloping steeds. These and many other examples illustrate a living animist tradition where the boundaries between sound and song have no clear definition; indeed, the very term "music" as the Western world interprets it has no equivalent, and Tuva, Among the Spirits may well make you reassess the latent music in your own environment. --Derek RathAlbum Description
Tuva, Among the Spirits is a sonic journey to the steppes of southern Siberia, the wellspring of Tuvan and Sakhan music, where the spiritual power of nature is manifested through its sounds. In these unprecedented on-site recordings, master musicians imitate and interact with the natural acoustic environment. Recorded in 1995-1998 on horseback, in creek beds, caves, canyons, and grasslands. Extensive notes, photographs, and discography. 1999 New Age Voice Music Awards: awarded finalist for Best Traditional World Album of 1999.Customer Reviews:
Awesome for Ambiance.......2006-09-30
I really love this C.D.
It transports you to another land without you having to leave your living room.
Lots of interesting real, and man made animal sounds, and man made music.
Even my pets love it !
It may not be for everyone though, so isten to the samples before you buy !
Beautiful Nature, Beautiful Culture.......2003-01-15
good but not enough throat singing.......2001-12-21
one of the best albums of all time.......2000-10-03
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