Media examples from "Nomads in the Global Soundscape: Negotiating Aesthetics in Post-Soviet Tuva's Traditional Music Productions," The New Research of Tuva, Special Issue on Ethnomusicology, no. 2 (2017).

Media example #1: The Tuva Ensemble performing at “Xöömei-92,” the First International Symposium of Traditional Throat-Singing of the People of Tuva, Kyzyl (1992, from “Tuva TV Volume 2” distributed by Tuva Trader).

Ensemble "Tyva" performing at “Xöömei-92,” the First International Symposium of Traditional Throat-Singing of the People of Tuva, Kyzyl (1992, from “Tuva TV Volume 2” distributed by the Tuva Trader).
 

Media example #2: Sundukai Mongush performing “Tespeng Khoomei” from the Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia (1990, Smithsonian Folkways 40017).

Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Tespeng Khoomei · Sundukai Mongush Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia ℗ 1987 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Released on: 1990-01-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.
 

Media example #3: Ensemble Amyrak performing “Medley of various throat-singing styles” from Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia (1990, Smithsonian Folkways 40017).

Provided to YouTube by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Medley of various throat-singing styles · Ensemble "Amirak" Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia ℗ 1987 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Released on: 1990-01-01 Auto-generated by YouTube.
 

Media example #4: Xunashtaar-ool Oorzhak performing “Reka Alash” in the sygyt style (1968, Melodiya D-030773).

 

Media example #5: D. Damba-Darzhaa performing “Artyy Saiyr” in the kargyraa style accompanied by A. Laptan on byzaanchy spike fiddle (1968, Melodiya D-030773).

 

Media example #6: Huun-Huur-Tu performing “Mezhegei” from 60 Horses in My Herd (1993, Shanachie 64050).

full album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnUVxsGPIfM&list=PLTUlTwlsdlFRegG6hUsHQ-cb020Q95L0T 60 Horses In My Herd (1993) The Huun-Huur-Tu band from Tuva, Russia, practice the ancient technique of "xöömei" or throat-singing. Each vocalist simultaneously produced two distinct pitches: a lower drone and a high pitched flute-like sound. This is one of the world's oldest forms of music making.
 

Media example #7: Ay-Kherel performing “Eerbek-Aksy” (recorded in 1995 from Gennadi Tumat: My Homeland Ovür, 2000, PAN 2090) followed by Huun-Huur-Tu performing “Eerbek-Aksy” (from The Orphan’s Lament, 1994, Shanachie 64058).

 

Media example #8: Anatoli Kuular performing borbangnadyr next to a stream and then xöömei on horseback from Tuva, Among the Spirits: Sound, Music, and Nature in Sakha and Tuva (1999, Smithsonian Folkways 40452).

 

Media example #9: Huun-Huur-Tu performing Ödugen Taiga from The Orphan’s Lament (1994, Shanachie 64058) and Ancestor’s Call (2010, Green Wave Records 468108).

full album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPJSyplE9T4&list=PLTUlTwlsdlFRtOzDeVQNHBZraQYROgROf The Orphan's Lament (1994) From the first track, their second album, Orphan's Lament grabs your attention with "Prayer" -- the deep, unearthly, sounds of Tibetan Lamaist chant. Next they move to khoomei singing. Known in the West as "throat singing," the performer produces two or more high- and low-pitched tones simultaneously.
Provided to YouTube by harmonia mundi Odugen Taiga · Huun-Huur Tu Ancestors Call ℗ Greenwave Music Released on: 2010-10-12 Artist: Huun-Huur Tu Auto-generated by YouTube.