Pop Matters,
Best World Music of 2010
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The four members of this premier Tuvan folk ensemble are not enfants terribles in the style of ex-member Albert Kuvezin; no, they’re turtles to his hare, and on this album they’re recording one of the songs for the third time (“Orphan’s Lament”) and others for the second time. But the way they do it: that’s the key! The acoustic layering of igil, flute, etc, is getting darker and richer in the style of a very deep electronic soundscape without losing its traditional shape, and the throat singing is as good as ever. Back at the beginning of the ‘90s, when this ensemble was formed, Tuvans were known, where they were known at all, for throat singing alone, a novelty niche style, but Huun Huur Tu have built themselves up into something more than exponents of xoomei. Even without it, they’d be superb. 12/16/10
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