| Formed by Urmat Yntaev to fight
the threats to indigenous Altaian traditions and
their sacred land in central Asia, AltaiKAI’s
music is deeply influenced by the mighty Altai
Mountains, the ‘navel’ of their universe.
Combining ‘kai’ throat-singing (notes
fattened by ethereal overtones and undertones)
with sounds of the natural world, a range of traditional
instruments and their own songs, this prize-winning
five-piece group evokes the heroes, spiritual
beliefs and landscape of the herders and hunters
of Altai.
Click here for
details of a throat-singing workshop with Carole
Pegg and AlataiKAI.
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