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Yat-Kha

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Yat-Kha
Albert Kuvezin leading Yat-Kha in 2016
Albert Kuvezin leading Yat-Kha in 2016
Background information
OriginTuva, Russia
GenresFolk rock, Tuvan music, overtone singing, ethnic electronica, heavy metal
Years active1991–present
MembersAlbert Kuvezin and others
Past membersIvan Sokolovsky and many others
Websitehttp://www.yat-kha.ru/en/

Yat-Kha is a band from Tuva, led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. Their music is a mixture of Tuvan traditional music and rock, featuring Kuvezin's distinctive kargyraa throat singing style, the kanzat kargyraa.

Biography

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Yat-Kha was founded in Moscow in 1991, as a collaborative project between Kuvezin and Russian avant-garde, electronic composer Ivan Sokolovsky. The project blended traditional Tuvan folk music with post-modern rhythms and electronic effects. Kuvezin and Sokolovsky toured and played festivals, and eventually took the name "Yat-Kha", which refers to a type of small, Central Asian zither similar to the Mongolian yatga and the Chinese guzheng, which Kuvezin plays in addition to the guitar. In 1993, they released a self-titled album on the General Records label.

Since July 21 2001, they have been performing a live soundtrack to Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1928 silent film Storm Over Asia.[1]

Their 1995 song "Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Dyngyldai)" is featured in the Apple iPhone 15 "Titanium" commercial.[2]

Discography

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Yat-Kha in Germany, 2005

Albums:

  • Priznak Gryadushchei Byedy (1991)
  • Khanparty (1992)
  • Yat-Kha (1993)
  • Yenisei Punk (1995)
  • Tundra's Ghosts (1996/97) - remastered version of Yat-Kha released by Ivan Sokolovsky)
  • Dalai Beldiri (1999)
  • Aldyn Dashka (2000)
  • Bootleg (2001, live)
  • tuva.rock (2003)
  • Re-Covers (2005)
  • Bootleg 2005 (2005, live)
  • Poets and Lighthouses (2010)

Members

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Current

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Past

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Appearing on Poets and Lighthouses with Albert Kuvezin (Voice, Acoustic Guitar)

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Donnelly, K.J. (8 April 2016). "Chapter 2: How Far Can Too Far Go? Radical Approaches to Silent Film Music". In Donnelly, K.J.; Wallengren, Ann-Kristin (eds.). Today's Sounds for Yesterday's Films: Making Music for Silent Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 19. ISBN 9781137466365.
  2. ^ AbanCommercials.com: Apple iPhone 15 Pro | Titanium TV commercial 2023