Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan: Хүн Хүртү, Khün Khürtü) is a music group founded in 1992 from Tuva, a Russian Federation republic situated on the Mongolian border. The most distinctive characteristic of Huun Huur Tu's music is throat singing, in which the singers sing both the note (drone) and the drone's overtone(s), thus producing two or three notes simultaneously. The overtone may sound like a flute, whistle or bird, but is solely a product of the human voice. The group primarily uses native Tuvan instruments such as the igil, khomus (Tuvan jaw harp), doshpuluur, and dünggür (shaman drum). However, in recent years, the group has begun to selectively incorporate western instruments, such as the guitar. While the thrust of Huun Huur Tu's music is fundamentally indigenous Tuvan folk music, they also experiment with incorporating not only Western instruments, but electronic music as well.
Links To Peel[]
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg and Sayan Bapa from the band were among the musicians backing Nina Nastasia at her second live session from Peel Acres, on 10 June 2004. After a request from Peel, they performed a brief demonstration of their traditional throat-singing, which prompted the DJ to demonstrate his patented fox impression.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
- Kaigal-ool Khovalyg and Sayan Bapa accompanied Nina Nastasia at her live session from Peel Acres on 10 June 2004.
Other Shows Played[]
John Peel's Throat Singing Unplugged
- 2004
- 08 June 2004: Avam Churtu Dugayimny' (LP - Where Young Grass Grows) Shanachie
- 10 June 2004: Untitled throat singing unplugged (session)