Sainkho Namtchylak
With her shaved head and seven-octave range, Sainkho Namtchylak would stand out on any stage. Add her particular mix of Tuvan throat-singing and avant-garde improvisation, and she becomes an unforgettable figure. The daughter of a pair of schoolteachers, she grew up in an isolated village on the Tuvan/Mongolian border, exposed to the local overtone singing -- something that was generally reserved for the males; in fact, females were actively discouraged from learning it (even now, the best-known practitioners remain male, artists like Huun-Huur-Tu and Yat-Kha). However, she learned much of her traditional repertoire from her grandmother, and went on to study music at the local college, but she was denied professional qualifications. Quietly she studied the overtone singing, as well as the shamanic traditions of the region, before leaving for study further in Moscow (Tuva was, at that time, part of the U.S.S.R.). Her degree completed, she returned to Tuva where she became a member of Sayani, the Tuvan state folk ensemble, before abandoning it to return to Moscow and joining the experimental Tri-O, where her vocal talents and sense of melodic and harmonic adventure could wander freely. That first brought her to the West in 1990, although her first recorded exposure came with the Crammed Discs compilation Out of Tuva. Once Communism had collapsed, she moved to Vienna, making it her base, although she traveled widely, working in any number of shifting groups and recording a number of discs that revolved around free improvisation -- not unlike Yoko Ono -- as well as performing around the globe. It was definitely fringe music, although Namtchylak established herself very firmly as a fixture on that fringe. In 1997 she was the victim of an attack that left her in a coma for several weeks. Initially she thought it was some divine retribution for her creative hubris, and seemed to step back when she recorded 1998's Naked Spirit, which had new age leanings. However, by 2000 she seemed to have overcome that block, releasing Stepmother City, her most accessible work to date, where she seemed to really find her stride, mixing traditional Tuvan instruments and singing with turntables and effects, placing her in a creative firmament between Yoko and Björk, but with the je ne sais quoi of Mongolia as part of the bargain. A showcase at the WOMEX Festival in Berlin brought her to the attention of many, and in 2001 a U.S. tour was planned.
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Stepmother City
New age - Released by Ponderosa Music & Art on 15 jun. 2000
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where water meets water: bird songs & lullabies
New age - Released by Ponderosa Music Records Srl on 31 mrt. 2023
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亙古回響
Pop - Released by Stallion Era (Beijing) Culture Communication Co., Ltd. on 20 dec. 2019
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Naked Spirit
New age - Released by Amiata Records on 9 jun. 1998
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Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face
Wereldmuziek - Released by Ponderosa Music & Art on 8 jan. 2016
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Aura
New age - Released by Ponderosa Music & Art on 15 mrt. 2001
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Eternal songs of Ene-sai
Sainkho Namtchylak, Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Divers - Released by 北河三 Pollux Music on 20 sep. 2023
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Sainkho Namtchylak (Live at Oldie Goodie ,Tapei, 1/16/2023)
Alternative en Indie - Released by Feeling Good Music Co., Ltd. on 20 mei 2023
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Time Out (Seven Songs for Tuva)
Wereldmuziek - Released by Ponderosa Music & Art Srl on 15 jun. 2001
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When the Sun Is out, You Don't See Stars
Sainkho Namtchylak, Peter Kowald, Werner Luedi, Buch Morris
Wereldmuziek - Released by Starsing on 1 jan. 1991
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Survival Songs
Wereldmuziek - Released by Starsing on 9 jan. 2023
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Simply Live
Alternative en Indie - Released by 北京树音乐有声文化传播有限责任公司 on 1 jan. 2011
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Cyberia
New age - Released by Ponderosa Music & Art on 13 nov. 2015
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Out of Tuva
Wereldmuziek - Released by Crammed Discs on 2 sep. 1997
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Mars Song
Evan Parker, Sainkho Namtchylak
Klassiek - Released by Les Disques VICTO on 1 jan. 1996
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Forgotten Streets Of St. Petersburg
Jazz - Released by LEO RECORDS on 27 sep. 2005
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Lost Rivers Ⅱ
Wereldmuziek - Released by Starsing on 31 dec. 2022
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