huun-huur-tu
from: the
negative dialectics of poodle play, ben watson p. 530
this group, "from beyond the arctic circle", played at
"soiree" at the zappa's home in february 1993, along with the chieftains,
l.
shankar and johnny
'guitar'
watson.
this event is documented in the a&e biography as well as the late
show, produced by nigel leigh, bbc2 march 11, 1993.
from:
charles ulrich (chulrich@interchange.ubc.ca)
tuva is "beyond the arctic circle" in the same sense that eugene is--
they're both outside it. tuva ranges from 49 to 53 degrees north latitude. the
southern border is thus comparable to vancouver, bc, while the northern border
is comparable to dublin, ireland. the arctic circle is at 66 degrees 33 minutes.
from: patrick
neve
the tuvan throat singers were featured without credit on civilization
phaze III,
dio fa being the song. nevertheless
they still attended fz's "soirees" (plural) and have dedicated many a
concert to his memory. i have yet to find an official site, but here is a good
page by the friends of tuva, featuring lots of information about tuva and throat
singing in general. it features
massive discographies and even singing lessons.
http://feynman.com/tuva/index.html
from: florian
summerer (uzsdg3@uni-bonn.de)
i just went to see a concert of the tuva-band huun huur tu. at this concert the
manager told us that this band huun huur tu produced a song with frank zappa in
1993. but it was never released. so now i search for anybody who has a copy of
this song because i really would like to hear the results of this interesting
cooperation. is there anybody able to help me with adresses or names of people
who worked with zappa at this time?
from:
charles ulrich (ulrich@sfu.ca)
1. civilization,
phaze III
(barking pumpkin, umrk 01) features throat-singing by one of the members of
huun-huur-tu on the track "dio fa".
2. a brief video clip of fz, huun-huur-tu, the
chieftains, johnny
"guitar"
watson,
and l.
shankar can be seen in the fz biography shown in the uk on bbc and in
the us on a&e.
3. a different, almost as brief, audio clip from the same evening can be heard
on frank zappa: american composer, broadcast on public radio international. i
believe this is available on realaudio at zappa.com.
4. i believe that the track you're looking for will be on the album dance
me
this, which will be released by barking pumpkin shortly before the
ninth circle of hell thaws under.
--charles
from:
ingalls38 (ingalls38@aol.com)
there's an article on the tuvan throat singers on cnn.com. very brief fz
reference.
http://www.cnn.com/showbiz/music/9906/04/ondar.wb/index.html
from:
ryan davenport (sleds@home.com)
kongar-ool ondar was at zappa's house during the tuvan's visit, although he was
not a member of huun-huur-tu - only two of the four members of that group were
present. and yes, the visit occurred during the tuvan's 6-week tour of the us in
early 1993. here is a link to the
friends of tuva page which includes a lengthy story about the tuvan's visit to
zappa's house: http://www.feynman.com/tuva/txt/newsletter/wheel.html
following is a brief excerpt from another page on the friends of tuva site:
"the late frank zappa's last work, "civilization, phaze III", has
just been released. the two cd set
features an amazing composition featuring the throat-singing of kaigal-ool
khovalyg and anatoli kuular, recorded at zappa's studio in january, 1993.
the composition is awesome --- when i heard it, i imagined frank zappa
out in the cosmos, tapping into the energies of the universe. i haven't heard
the rest of "civilization, phaze III", but it is reportedly a very
powerful opus. the cd set can be ordered by first calling the zappa hotline at
(818) 786-7546 (= (818) pumpkin), which will then provide you specific
information.
postscript: as it turns out, the only throat-singing apparent on the
"civilization, phaze III" cd is some sampled kargyraa at the start of
the track "dio fa". the amazing composition referred to is actually
scheduled to appear as part of "dance me this", which has not yet been
released. --- october, 1998."
from:
ingrid verhamme (iverham@dialupnet.com)
got the video "tuvans invade america"? from the tuva trader at
http://www.feynman.com/trader/
it contains a 5min video clip with fz and chieftains, johnny guitar watson, kaigal-ool khovalyg and tolya kuular (of hht) and ondar (fwiw - the rest of the tape is pretty interesting).
from:
stu mark (stumark@earthlink.net)
here's a url for a really good article on the tuvan throat singers:
http://www.sciam.com/1999/0999issue/0999levin.html
from:
ingrid verhamme (iverham@dialupnet.com)
and note that huun-huur-tu now has their own web site:
discography:
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