Amulet: Selected Duo Recordings, 1992-1995

1. 1st Dance

2. Tovarischi 11/Toronto

3. Urzup Kherge/Wee Hours [Saami Traditional]

4. What Shakes

5. Lake Song [Saami Traditional]

6. Ancient Garden

7. Vision

8. At Altitude

9. 2nd Dance

10. Slow Rain

11. Call & Response (Dance Reprise)

12. Low & Away

13. Tovarischi 11/Tallin

Amulet: Selected Duo Recordings, 1992-1995,Sainkho Namchylak & Ned Rothenberg,Leo Records,Avant-Garde Jazz,Experimental,Free Improvisation,Jazz,Pop,Tuva,Tuvan Throat Singing

Average customer rating: Alien song

Amulet: Selected Duo Recordings, 1992-1995 Sainkho Namchylak & Ned Rothenberg Manufacturer: Leo Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000080RL Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. 1st Dance
2. Tovarischi 11/Toronto
3. Urzup Kherge/Wee Hours [Saami Traditional]
4. What Shakes
5. Lake Song [Saami Traditional]
6. Ancient Garden
7. Vision
8. At Altitude
9. 2nd Dance
10. Slow Rain
11. Call & Response (Dance Reprise)
12. Low & Away
13. Tovarischi 11/Tallin

Customer Reviews:

Alien song.......2001-09-02

A fascinating album, pairing the Tuvan throatsinger Sainkho Namchylak with the saxophonist (& shakuhachi player) Ned Rothenberg. Namchylak's singing is some of the strangest & most compelling to ever come from a human voice, with an enormous range & an uncanny ability to move from soaringly beautiful tones to birdlike flutters to unearthly rasps & shrieks. The material on this disc ranges from traditional Tuvan song to original compositions to two solo improvisations: Namchylak's solo, "Visions", is very impressive but likely to send the uncommitted running from the room (it consists of a low throb that is relentlessly pushed towards a throaty howl).

Rothenberg's playing draws on the resources of "extended technique"--split tones, freak notes, &c.--but he is basically a melodic player, unlike the more abstract Evan Parker or John Butcher. I actually find this recording far more approachable & rewarding than Namchylak's _Mars Song_ encounter with Evan Parker (on Victo), which with the best will in the world I find unlistenable.

This is not a disc that will appeal to everyone, but it's worth checking out. I once played some of the more songful material on a (jazz) radio show & got a few appreciative phonecalls, mostly from people who were interested in various kinds of ethnic & "world" musics. It's slightly disappointing that the disc contains virtually no instance of Namchylak's solo throatsinging (which involves the singing of a low drone & the creation of high-pitched overtones by using the throat & mouth as a resonator; one can hear an instance of this towards the end of "Low & Away" here). But it's still a compelling disc.

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