Music of Mongolia
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Album:Music of Mongolia
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Track:Iloge de Gengis Khan
When I got this I didn't realize just how many compilations of world music that French label Buda puts out. That aside this is kind of a hypnotic and trippy album. 19 tracks of Mongolian music. I had put off getting it for a couple of years but I finally did a month ago. I had it on a list. It's very interesting and made me have strange thoughts. The recordings are top notch. That's about it. I can't find much on it except for what AllMusic says:
Recorded in 1993, this is one of the broader recent overviews of Mongolian music, including several cuts from the Kazakh minority. It covers most of the major vocal and instrumental secular forms ("long song," horsehead fiddle, etc.), as well as a fair selection of Mongol Buddhist music. Fine music and good notes aside, its main strength is its range of performers, amateur and pro, rural and urban.
Comments (10)
Unknown – Musiqe de cour 3:17
Unknown – Kly 1:54
The paralell between this and some delta blues is pretty damn startling. At least to my ears. Very cool.
In the first tune anyway..and on the third that playing is dope.
Most of the album is like the first tune. I was actually surprised at how much a lot of it reminded me of the songs that are sung when I go to my families Apache dances. Minus the throat singing and whistling of course. Some of the tracks have animal sounds peppered in here and there. I think it's largely for effect. I don't think a horse just happened to have walked up and grabbed a mic. The playing on that 3rd track is pretty hypnotic.
Interesting, aye. Effectively it kind of proves that whenever you stick a bunch of humans in an inhospitable place, they will naturally draw some strings tight over a piece of wood and make noises....
All three are wonderful, but the first is my favorite, why I'm not sure. It had an actual chord progression, going between the I and V chords, and near the end is a Mongolian-sounding IV chord. The lead singer sang the do-re-me of a major scale. On the other hand, the other two tracks sounded more like traditional Chinese music. I'm no expert here.
Baudolino - You hit the nail on the head. Or the sinew over the stick.
Spike - I like the first one the most too. There are a few other tracks like it on the album. Some are just a guy by himself wailing on the instrument and chanting in a very strange way while occasionally throat signing. It was a very pleasurable album. It was nice to get out of the comfort zone I've been stuck in.
thanks for this fistula...i was just in inner mongolia and heard some very similar types of music. crazy. it's very much a mix of many things i had heard before...traditional chinese and middle eastern/eastern europe type sounds. very cool.
hi there ardyjormkiv! You were in Mongolia recently?! Wow what an experience that must have been. I love traditional music like this. The album is mesmerizing. How great would it be to see it performed first hand.