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Other Tuvans, Khakass, Altaitsi, Mongols, Buryats etc.
Here are some other musical groups from TUVA and the area around it. Please email us if there are others that we have missed (like SABJILAR from Khakassia). And there must be more information out there for the likes of T. Ganbold the Altai-Mongolian singer who recorded with RUN Productions 10 years ago.
Hun-Huur-Tu
The most famous of all Tuvan bands. Started by Alexander Bapa, his brother Sayan and Albert Kuvezin with ace khoomeijis Kaiga-ool KHOVALYG and Aldyn-ool SEVEK, maybe two of the most talented singers of their generation. Kaiga-ool's live version of the song Oeskues (the orphan) is widely recognised as a masterpiece and Albert says it is fantastic when he sings it. Albert KUVEZIN was a member for their first CD "60 horses in my herd" and the CD features his singing and many of his arrangements. They made an interesting tour in 1992 to Sweden and Tommy Adolfsson has the video of the traditional part of the set though the punk-rock performance has been lost, sadly.
They are helped by Professor Ted Levin whose writings include the excellent "100,000 Fools of God" describing his PhD in central Asia. Managed by Sasha Cheparukhin of Greenwave MOSCOW who once played percussion with Yat-Kha In Yakutsk festival "Tabyk" and now is with Farlanders (Inna Zhelannaya)
Chirgilchin
A young band from Tuva - lots of them play with Sayani (see below). Sasha
Bapa now manages them and others.
www.purenaturemusic.com
Shu Deh
Signed to RealWorld, sadly Oleg Kulaar is now dead but there's a new CD with a SWiss (?) guitarist by Boris Solchak
K-Space
Featuring Gendos, this features Ken Hyder and Tim Hodgkinson from Tasliker and Henry Cow
http://www.hyder.demon.co.uk/K-SPACE.htm
Sainkho
Old CD out on Amiata Records (Italy). Sainkho played a tour with Yat-Kha in UK in November 2000. Her new CD is out on Ponderosa Records...
TUVA TRADER and Friends of TUVA
This site has lots of links and information from FoT and you can buy stuff!
www.tuvatrader.com | www.FOTuva.org
Tyva Ensemble
Led by Zoya Kyrgyz
Sayani Ensemble
The official Tuvan State folk & dance ensemble