Huun-Huur-Tu

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Performance photographs taken at the Trianon Transatlantique, Rouen, France, during the 1998 European tour of HHT, on November 5. Digital pictures were taken without flash to avoid distracting the musicians during the show. Photos by Ingrid Verhamme, webmaster. Alyosha (Alexei Saryglar)

Alyosha (Alexei Saryglar) demonstrates a bone-chilling sygyt. To hear the sounds, go to Steve Sklar's video page and get Alyosha's Quicktime video file. Worth the download wait.

Alyosha imitates bird calls in the song "Ödugen Taiga". Click this link only if you have Quicktime, and want to download a 20Mb video file while surfing the web!
Kaigal-ool Khovalyg

Kaigal-ool Khovalyg singing khöömei, and playing the doshpuluur.

Kaigal-ool performs a textless version of the "Lament of the Igil". Download the Quicktime video file (9 Mb) on Steve's video page. Sayan Bapa

Sayan Bapa performing on the doshpuluur, and singing in the kargyraa style. Anatoli Kuular

Tolya (Anatoli Kuular) plays the byzaanchi, a string instrument with the bow permanently looped around the strings. Instead of pressing down on the fretboard, Tolya pushes up against the strings.

Tolya sings in the borbangnadyr style, a type of throat-singing that imitates the sound of rolling, flowing. He produces a harmonic melody of just the right rhythm, pitch and timbre to meld with the dancing harmonics produced by a rushing stream. An astonishing track of Tolya's borbangnadyr in harmony with the flowing water is featured on the CD "Tuva: Among the Spirits". A Quicktime video clip "Borbangnadyr" is also available on Steve's site.

Photo page 1 In-store performance pictures
Photo page 3 The Midwest leg of HHT's 1999 US tour, part 1
Photo page 4 The Midwest leg of HHT's 1999 US tour, part 2
Photo page 5 HHT and friends
Photo page 6 HHT in Montreal