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Dombra Music Of Kazakhstan album was released Aug 11, 1995
on the World Music Library label. It was recorded at AOI Studio, Tokyo, June 12, 1991. It
features tracks by Aitzhan Toktaganov – dombra instrumentals; Kapash Kulysheva
– dombra & vocals, & Kairat Baibosynov – mouth or jew's harp.
Toktaganov’s instrumental numbers are the most melodic here,
as he relies solely on his dombra for the moods & emotions. Kapash
Kulysheva (Қапаш Құлышева) is a Kazakh folk singer, a soloist of the ensemble Gulder & Honored Artist of Kazakh Republic.
Her playing is more faster paced but combined with her
natural singing voice have a great depth of their own.
Baibasynov’s finale tune is a traditional Kazakhstan folk tune. His jew’s harp playing seem almost synthesizer-like in quality…phenomenal playing. All the songs here are first rate.
Various - Dombra Music of Kazakhstan, World Music Library
KICC 5199, 1995.
Aksak Kulan
Shubar Kyuik
Konyr Kaz
Sary Ozen
Sekirtpe
Kara Zhorga
Abyl
Kosbasar
Sary Zhailau
Balzhan
Konyr - Aitzhan Toktaganov
Sulu Kokshe
Bizdin Zhakta
Apitok
Shymyr
Dunie-Au
Zamandas
Gul'deraiym - Kapash Kulysheva
Shankobyz Tune - Kairat Baibosynov
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So here’s the theme here. Dombra or Dombyra is the
traditional Kazakhstani version of the lute that I have been encountering
across the Middle Eastern landscape, so I am posting different interpretations
of what can be done with the instrument. The first post was the traditional
sounds of the dombra. This post is a modernized take on the Kazakh rural
balladry.
Mamer is an ethnic Kazakh living in Xinjiang in the west of China. He once
had a brief flirtation with world music fame when his alt-country group IZ drew
the attention of former BBC broadcaster Andy Kershaw. This release, Eagle, is a gentle & intriguing album blowing on
the winds through the grasslands of central Asia.
While centered around acoustic guitar & the dombra, the album is full of
mild, undulating tunes bathed in a tastefully-configured arrangement of subtle
studio effects, traditional instruments (jew's harp, ghijek, & kobuz fiddles)
& a judiciously applied electric guitar. Mamer possesses a deep, even bass
voice that is often double-tracked on these bucolic Kazakhstan tunes.
Highlights include “Celebration”, a dombra/banjo duet with
Bela Fleck, & “Proverbs”, with a sonorous display of throat-singing by
Hanggai's Ilchi. Best of all are the intertwining guitar & dombra with
squawking jew's harp on the title track, & “Blackbird”, a haunting Kazakh
folk sing-along with a hypnotizing melody that feels like it's been around
forever.
Mamer – Eagle, Real World, 2009.
Tracklist -
Eagle
Iligai
Proverbs
Celebration
Man
Kargashai
Flute Song
Mountain Wind
Blackbird
Where are You Going
Mountain Wind (Hector Zazou mix)
Iligai
Proverbs
Celebration
Man
Kargashai
Flute Song
Mountain Wind
Blackbird
Where are You Going
Mountain Wind (Hector Zazou mix)
Ulytau (Ұлытау), literally meaning ‘the great mountain’, is
a popular Turkic neo-pagan instrumental folk metal trio from Kazakhstan.
Erjan (or Yerzhan) Alimbetov on dombyra, Maxim Kichigin on guitar, &
Nurgaisha Sadvakasova on violin are the core members. They have a tight group
of friends as session & live-show additions to the basic trio.
Their music combines the classical sound of the violin, the
Western sound of the electric guitar with the traditional sound of the two
stringed dombyra, an ancient instrument from their country.
On Jumyr-Kylysh, Ulytau are: Maxim Kichigin – guitar; Erjan
Alimbetov – dombyra; Roman Adonin – keyboards; Nurgaisha Sadvakasova – violin;
Evgeny Sizov – bass; & Igor Djavad-Zade – drums.
Ulytau – Jumyr-Kylysh, ABK ABK006, 2006.
Tracklist –
Adai
Winter (Four Seasons)
Kurishiler
Jumyr-Kylysh
Toccata & Fuge
Ata Tolgauy
Turkish March
Yapyr-Ai (folk song)
Teriskakpai
Kokil
Enjoy,
NØ
I am really digging Mamer, thank you!
ReplyDeleteall three of these look great. i love dombra
ReplyDeleterobert
This is definitely dombra done three very different ways. I recommend all three.
DeleteHi there brother, thanks for this exciting music and your work which I cannot overemphasise is SIMPLY FANTASTIC! I wanted to ask if you had a copy of 'Songs From The Steppes: Kazakh Music Today' and if so would you care to upload it? This has some beautiful tracks with a bowed instrument and throat-singing; equally to the point, everything else on there is just as wild!
ReplyDeleteSalutations and more strength to your arm
Welcome again. I left a more lengthy reply with your comment on Lebanon.
DeleteHere is Songs from the Steppes -
https://mega.nz/file/N74nXZpa#I-MMOB0KR5_lE8CViNumaxNQJ9J9ApJ61yDvTgzPFwE
Enjoy, & stay in touch. Strength to you as well.
thanks for steppes. i am a sucker for trad music
ReplyDeleterobert
nathan i finally got the steppes to download. for days it wouldn't. it would get stuck.
ReplyDeletebut today it went. took a long time but it downloaded. thanks
robert
These look super - any chance of a re-up? thanks FB
ReplyDeleteAll done. Refreshed & ready to go. Thanks for helping me locate dead links. Enjoy.
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