Various Artists - Melodii Tuvi: Throat Songs and Folk Tunes of Tuva (2007)

Single CD featuring recordings of Tuvan folk music and throat-singing from 1969 with liner notes by noted world music scholar Dr. Pekka Gronow of the University of Helsinki.

With the advent of the folk music revival in the 1960s, a new interest in Tuvan music swept through Asia and Eastern Europe. Capitalizing on this appeal, these recordings were issued in 1969 in the Soviet Union. Dust-to-Digital is proud to reissue for the first time on compact disc these traditional performances including several khoomei songs plus one modern take on the classic Tuvan sound. In khoomei, the singer simultaneously produces two more distinct musical notes: a low, sustained bass note and a flute-like higher note. Tuvan sheep herders often practice khoomei in an effort to calm animals and appease spirits. The effect is hypnotic, eerie, and drone-like, unlike any sound you've ever heard come out of a cowboy.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Oorjak Hunashtaar-ool - Reka Alash (Alash River) (3:24)
1.02 - Oorjak Hunashtaar-ool - Bayan-kol (5:13)
1.03 - Oorjak Hunashtaar-ool - Vse Ravno Khoomei ne Broshu (I Won't Give Up My Khoomei) (1:36)
1.04 - Oorjak Hunashtaar-ool - Mansthurek (1:11)
1.05 - Oorjak Hunashtaar-ool - Brat Moy, Spoyu Borban (My Brother, I'll Sing Borban) (2:29)
1.06 - Kara-sal Ak-ool - U Miloy Sergi (My Beloved Girl's Earrings) (3:04)
1.07 - Sat Mantsakay - Tuvinskiye Narodniye Napevy (Tuvan Folk Tunes) (1:31)
1.08 - M. Dakpay - Pesnya Khomeyzhi (Song of Khoomeizhi) (2:33)
1.09 - D. Damba-Darja, A. Laptan - Artyy Sayyr (2:03)
1.10 - Kara-sal Ak-ool - Fantaziya na Tuvinskiye Narodnye Temy (Fantasy on Tuvan Folk Tunes) (3:36)
1.11 - Kara-sal Ak-ool - Pesnya pro Igil (Song for Igil) (3:07)
1.12 - Kara-sal Ak-ool - Tri starinnye melodii (Three Old Melodies) (3:07)
1.13 - Kara-sal Ak-ool - Dembildey (3:34)
1.14 - Kara-sal Ak-ool - Uzun-khoyug (3:24)
1.15 - N. Olzey-ool - Tuvinskiy Naigrysh (2:10)
1.16 - Kara-kys Munzuk - Na Letnye Pastbishtsha (On Summer Pastures) (1:47)