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Listen to Sainkho Namtchylak, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Sainkho Namtchylak

Worldbeat

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Listen to Red by Jessie Cook, Djivan Gasparyan & Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
RedJessie Cook, Djivan Gasparyan & Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Naked Spirit by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
Naked SpiritSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Lost Rivers by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
Lost RiversSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to 1. Sainkho Namtchylak (Live at Oldie Goodie ,Tapei, 1 / 16 / 2023) [feat. Feeling Good Combo] by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
1. Sainkho Namtchylak (Live at Oldie Goodie ,Tapei, 1 / 16 / 2023) [feat. Feeling Good Combo]Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Old Melodie by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
Old MelodieSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Dance of Eagle by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
Dance of EagleSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Let the Sunshine by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
Let the SunshineSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Tuva Blues by Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
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Listen to Deadly to Your Ears (feat. Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, Sainkho Namtchylak & Dirk Sengotta) by Expo's Jazz & Joy, see lyrics, music video & more!
Deadly to Your Ears (feat. Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald, Sainkho Namtchylak & Dirk Sengotta)Expo's Jazz & Joy
Listen to Old Boat by Trio & Sainkho Namtchylak, see lyrics, music video & more!
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More albums from Sainkho Namtchylak

Listen to Eternal songs of Ene-sai by Sainkho Namtchylak & Kazuhisa Uchihashi
ALBUMEternal songs of Ene-saiSainkho Namtchylak & Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Listen to where water meets water: bird songs & lullabies by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMwhere water meets water: bird songs & lullabiesSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Survival Songs by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMSurvival SongsSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Lightkeeper - EP by Sainkho Namtchylak & Slumberland
ALBUMLightkeeper - EPSainkho Namtchylak & Slumberland
Listen to Earth by M.I.N.I.M., Sainkho Namtchylak & Kuba Wójcik
ALBUMEarthM.I.N.I.M., Sainkho Namtchylak & Kuba Wójcik
Listen to Echo of the Ancestors by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMEcho of the AncestorsSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Like a Bird or Spirit, Not a Face by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMLike a Bird or Spirit, Not a FaceSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Cyberia by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMCyberiaSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Not Quite Songs by Sainkho Namtchylak & Nick Sudnick
ALBUMNot Quite SongsSainkho Namtchylak & Nick Sudnick
Listen to Tea Opera by Sainkho Namtchylak & Dickson Dee
ALBUMTea OperaSainkho Namtchylak & Dickson Dee
Listen to In Trance by Jarrod Cagwin & Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMIn TranceJarrod Cagwin & Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Nomad by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMNomadSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Tuva-Irish by Roy Carroll & Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMTuva-IrishRoy Carroll & Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to 20th Anniversary - Forgotten Streets of St. Petersburg by Trio & Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUM20th Anniversary - Forgotten Streets of St. PetersburgTrio & Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Who Stole The Sky? by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMWho Stole The Sky?Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Stepmother City Remixes by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMStepmother City RemixesSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Time Out - Seven Songs for Tuva by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMTime Out - Seven Songs for TuvaSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Aura by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMAuraSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Temenos (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Sainkho Namtchylak, Shelley Hirsch & Catherine Bott
ALBUMTemenos (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)Sainkho Namtchylak, Shelley Hirsch & Catherine Bott
Listen to Stepmother City by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMStepmother CitySainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Amulet by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMAmuletSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Naked Spirit by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMNaked SpiritSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Mars Song by Evan Parker & Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMMars SongEvan Parker & Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Out of Tuva by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMOut of TuvaSainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Dancing On the Island by Irene Becker & Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMDancing On the IslandIrene Becker & Sainkho Namtchylak
Listen to Lost Rivers by Sainkho Namtchylak
ALBUMLost RiversSainkho Namtchylak

About Sainkho Namtchylak

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Hometown
Tuva
Born
March 11, 1957
Genre
Worldbeat
With her shaved head and seven-octave range, Sainkho Namtchylak would stand out on any stage. Add her particular mix of Tuvan throat-singing and avant-garde improvisation, and she becomes an unforgettable figure. The daughter of a pair of schoolteachers, she grew up in an isolated village on the Tuvan/Mongolian border, exposed to the local overtone singing -- something that was generally reserved for the males; in fact, females were actively discouraged from learning it (even now, the best-known practitioners remain male, artists like Huun-Huur-Tu and Yat-Kha). However, she learned much of her traditional repertoire from her grandmother, and went on to study music at the local college, but she was denied professional qualifications. Quietly she studied the overtone singing, as well as the shamanic traditions of the region, before leaving for study further in Moscow (Tuva was, at that time, part of the U.S.S.R.). Her degree completed, she returned to Tuva where she became a member of Sayani, the Tuvan state folk ensemble, before abandoning it to return to Moscow and joining the experimental Tri-O, where her vocal talents and sense of melodic and harmonic adventure could wander freely. That first brought her to the West in 1990, although her first recorded exposure came with the Crammed Discs compilation Out of Tuva. Once Communism had collapsed, she moved to Vienna, making it her base, although she traveled widely, working in any number of shifting groups and recording a number of discs that revolved around free improvisation -- not unlike Yoko Ono -- as well as performing around the globe. It was definitely fringe music, although Namtchylak established herself very firmly as a fixture on that fringe. In 1997 she was the victim of an attack that left her in a coma for several weeks. Initially she thought it was some divine retribution for her creative hubris, and seemed to step back when she recorded 1998's Naked Spirit, which had new age leanings. However, by 2000 she seemed to have overcome that block, releasing Stepmother City, her most accessible work to date, where she seemed to really find her stride, mixing traditional Tuvan instruments and singing with turntables and effects, placing her in a creative firmament between Yoko and Björk, but with the je ne sais quoi of Mongolia as part of the bargain. A showcase at the WOMEX Festival in Berlin brought her to the attention of many, and in 2001 a U.S. tour was planned. ~ Chris Nickson

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