Namgar

[mdstmprs]

Last weekend I went to the Vancouver Folk Festival and came upon a group more suited for Aural Moon listeners than the local public access folk music programming. Namgar is the name of the lead female vocalist and of the group/collective of musicians that perform with her. They are based in Moscow, but perform music of the Buryat people, whose whole culture is only about 500,000 people, living at the crossroads of Mongolia, China, and Russia. They performed with all indigenous instruments, but later were also comfortable with a couple of DJ's who mix indigenous recordings with modern grooves to create tribal-ish house music. I was impressed. I bought Namgar's more ethnic CD "Hatar" which has a simpler production value, (although recorded well) than their newest release called "Nomad," which still uses their folk instruments, plus drum kit, synths, and higher production values. I discovered their newer sound from their myspace page. In a search for their "Nomad" CD, I found a Russian site where it was downloadalbe as a zip file for free. Now I feel guilty for not paying for it, and would like to absolve myself by buying a copy for Aural Moon. It's available at CD-Baby and other sites. Everyone should go to Namgar's myspace page and listen to Yokhor and Tunka to get an idea of how this mongolian-style music is by its nature, prog rock. This stuff is the REAL Siberian Khatru! One killer tune in 5/4 time, that isn't available for preview on their myspace page is entitled "Whisper Rain." Check it out also, if you can preview it somewhere else. I would love to turn on the Aural Moon community to Namgar, and create some sales for these people's worthy music. How do I go about donating a CD to Aural Moon?

[mailotron]

very intersting thread, for your request "How do I go about donating a CD to Aural Moon? ' please PM Jim Brennan ( aka progdirjim) who is the boss in the factory :-), bye

[TheFish]

Maybe Vax should put some music donation info on the 'Support Aural Moon" part of the home page. Or maybe even in Station News. Which isn't news but it's in the middle of the page. Something like that anyway.

[progdirjim]

I have sent a PM, thanks for wanting to contribute to AM!

[KeithieW]

How do I go about donating a CD to Aural Moon?

This info is listed under the FAQ tab at the top of the home page.

[mdstmprs]

The CD is finally on its way. I'm hoping everyone will give Namgar a listen and request them on Aural Moon. Then go find them online to buy. I know that there is no such thing as "pushing" a certain group or CD on Aural Moon, but these people are from a part of the world we have little interaction with. Their culture is divided between three different countries. (No homeland/government of their own.) "Whisper Rain" is perhaps the song most likely to catch the interest Aural Moon listeners but her voice soars on "Aspiration" and "Medley-Lake Bunting & Yokhor" has a chant reminiscent of the chant at the end of Siberian Khatru (Yes) but it's the real thing. The first song on the CD, "Tunka" really rock too. Here is a link for anyone interested in seeing the band in their full glory. Still, the recorded material holds something all its own. The link below is from the Kennedy Center in DC.
http://www.kennedy-center.org/explor...d=M4094&type=A
I am happy to share and promote, only out of interest and compatibility with other prog rock fans, this band from a far off land.
Sincerely,
Steve Mazepa
Olympia, WA

[mdstmprs]

I see the CD has arrived and been put into circulation. Thank you AM team. I encourage everyone to request various songs from this album, with the knowledge that there is a diversity of material, so if you find one song a little slow or whatever, request another. Namgar's voice is amazing. I've included a link reviewing their electric who in Ottawa recently. Enjoy.

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/41137/