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09/11/2005: This goes on the "must get" list....
Over on ANTENNA: The International Kraftwerk Mailing List, a random post directed my attention to this:
Re-Covers, by Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha.
Kuvezin, a native of Tuva (one of the members of the Russian federation, and reputed to be "the center of Asia"), is a practicioner of the Tuvan art of "throat singing" (kargyraa), a technique which allows a singer to sing four to six separate pitches simultaneously. It has to be heard to be believed, and Yat-Kha website has a number of .mp3 files that give you a taste of the technique and its results.
Kuvezin spent a good portion of his career being persecuted by the Soviet government for following his muse (which combined Western rock and Tuvan folk music, melded by Kuvezin's mastery of kargyraa), and Re-Covers is basically a "back to my roots" recording of some of the Western music (not just rock; a cover of Hank Williams's "Ramblin' Man" is one of the featured tracks) that inspired Kuvezin. Of course, as a Kraftwerk fan his cover of "Man Machine" is number one on my "gotta hear" list, but the whole album looks pretty damn good. My order's in....
Len on 09.11.05 @ 10:23 AM CST
