My coworker sent me this link to a new covers CD by “Tuvan throat singing punk band” Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha. Russian throat singing (called xöömej) is hard to explain. According to some website I just lost the link to: “The mouth cavity is shaped to select overtones of the fundamental produced by the vocal folds, resulting in the simultaneous singing of multiple pitches.” Anyway, you might’ve heard of it ’cause Björk experimented with xöömej on her last album.
Hear the Tuvan throat singers tackle Joy Division.
And you thought Paul Anka‘s CD was weird.
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WTF Mate?
No…no, not Love Will Tear Us Apart…Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Ian Curtis is spinning in his grave
Yes, yes I did think Paul Anka’s CD was weird.
I actually think Ian Curtis would like that. How ridiculous.
The documentary Genghis Blues is a really good look at an american blues singer who travels to Tuva to perform in a throat singing competition. Its an amazing film.
http://www.genghisblues.com/
Very cool!
Paul Pena was brilliant as a throat singer *and* he wrote “Jet Airliner”.
i’ll vouch for ghengis blues. a great movie.
The July issue of Mojo has a decent piece on Yat-kah and on how Russia tried to ban throat singing.
i’ve always wanted to be a tuvan throat singer
I saw Yat-Kha in concert and they are amazing. Really powerful.
I too believe ian curtis would appreciate this version. lemmy on the other hand is probably pissed about the cover of orgasmatron.
Sounds like Buffalo Bill singing.
Yat-Kha OWNZ. Check them out live sometime. They do a live soundtrack to a movie. It OWNZzZ
Mash-up with K-fed
oh my gosh. where can i find more of that? i just can’t get enough.
It’s like they found the perfect frequency where my anus opens up and I crap myself. Not that that’s a bad thing.
ha! oh my – dan and propervillain – thanks for best laughs all day.
Did Matt Pinfield start his own band?
don’t forget old time relijun.
This is just a teaser for Jabba The Hutt’s heavily anticipated Salt n Pepa cover album.
It sounds like the Cookie Monster has a cold…awww.
worst cover ever.
20+ comments, and not one mention of Ondar or his minor hit “Tuva Groove”…
Who knew Henry Kissinger liked Joy Division?