1.The Boston Globe

A sonic marvel, throat singing cannot be described, it simply must be heard. And Huun Huur Tu... are among the most renowned in this ancient vocal style.

2. The New York Times

It is an eerie, riveting sound, like a growl linked to whistling winds, and it seems both raw and timeless.

3. The Village Voice

At once the most stagewise and purist of the Tuvan throat singers with Western visibility, [Huun Huur Tu] show comes complete with likable macho swagger, ... and a shamanistic rite/mini-drama that includes animal noises that will amaze even those who've had their fill of the Tuvans' signature self-harmony trick.

4 The Independent (UK)

From camel-riding songs to Buddhist ritual chanting, these four [Tuvan] throat singers have to be heard to be believed... Their evocation of primeval Siberian forests, complete with birdsong and animal cries, was quite trance-inducing and the most extraordinary

5. The Scotsman (Edinburgh, UK)

They create the most unusual sound by throat singing, which has to be one of the most astonishing musical techniques . A single vocalist produces two or even three notes simultaneously by selectively amplifying harmonics naturally present in the voice. … If Tuva sounds too remote and throat singing too exotic, that is to underestimate the extraordinary meditative power of their music

6.The Evening News (Edinburgh, UK)

It is the most incredible sound, one which is as astounding as it is breath-taking... like nothing else on earth…

7. The San Francisco Weekly

[Huun Huur Tu's] certainly some of the strangest music you'll likely ever hear, but it's also profound in ways you'll never fully understand until you try it yourself.

8. The Montreal (Canada)

The sound is peculiar, haunting, hypnotic. It is a guttural, sometimes piercing sound of vocal chords burrowing into the flesh of mother nature. It is wind and rushing water and crumbling earth, it is called throat singing… 


9. The OC Weekly (Florida)

[Huun Huur Tu's music is] some of the strangest and most obscure, beautiful and hauntingly human music on the planet... As exotic as it is, it is also immediately thrilling to hear.

10. The Denver Westward (Colorado)

Huun Huur Tu, direct from the lonely Siberian steppes, join forces... for an evening of haunting harmonics and astounding mimetic vocal tones. World music has never sounded so wonderful... 

11. The San Francisco Chronicle

[Siberia's] centuries-old mysteries are beautifully conveyed through Tuvan music. 

12. The Evening Times (Glasgow, UK)

otherworldly, hypnotic and expressive music  

13. The Independent (UK)

[Huun Huur Tu bring its distinct] blend of gravelly vocal drones and unearthly split-note harmonics to a Western audience.

14. The Warsaw Voice (Poland)

boasts an unusual vocal technique: khoomei. The technique was born as an attempt at imitating the sounds of the wind, rivers and animals. In practice, this means husky singing coming from the throat, which allows for-as incredible as it may seem-singing in chords.

15. [?The Warsaw Voice (Poland)]

The four smiling men of Tuva use ancient vocal techniques unique to north Asia; the throat is a reed from which any sound can be played, and one singer issues a deep, constant bass layering melodies on top and rising to a high whistle which modulates in and around the rest of the sounds.

16. The Scotsman (Edinburgh, UK)

The control these humble virtuosos have over their voices and instruments is awe-inspiring. And it all seems to be as natural to Huun Huur Tu as breathing. … This performance offers sounds and experiences which will open ears and minds.

17. The Denver Westward (Colorado)

To begin with, who ever thought that a rough and ready, wild bunch of range rovers could make some of the most soulful ambient music on earth? The remarkable ensemble Huun Huur Tu, Throat Singers of Tuva, horsemen who hail from the far-flung border region between Siberia and Outer Mongolia, use difficult harmonic singing techniques similar to those employed by Tibetan monks to mimic natural sounds including birdsong, jingling stirrups and waterfalls. 


18. The New York Times