The soundtrack to one of the most unlikely tales (and a film nominated for a 1999 Academy Award), {#Genghis Blues} is the story of blind American bluesman Paul Pena (who wrote Steve Miller's "Jet Airliner") who heard Tuvan throat singing and finally taught himself to do it, meeting one of the greats, Kongar-ol Ondar, at a concert the throat singer performed in Pena's home of San Francisco. The fairy tale comes with Pena traveling to Tuva, the center of Asia, to compete in a throat singing...   [ read more ]

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A truly fascinating, if bizarre project, Electric Eel is a composition which pairs Tuvan throat singing techniques (and other vocals) with duets on newly invented versions of the jaw harp. The Electric TrSmpi is not played with the fingers; it is instead controlled by electronic impulses that are capable of producing continuous sounds. The left hand holds the instrument up to the mouth as usual, but the right hand is free to add additional resonators, like tubes or pots. The Hydro TrSmpi, or water harp,...   [ read more ]

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Originally released as a limited-edition vinyl-only double EP on the tiny Little Brother label in 1997, The Mill Pond is one of John Fahey's rarest later releases, little heard until this 2008 CD reissue. These four tracks, recorded in the Oregon hotel room in which Fahey was living at the time, are an eclectic and not always satisfying mix. The spectral opening track, "Ghosts," features Fahey moaning and wailing over his frail, disjointed acoustic guitar strums, sounding at first like on...   [ read more ]

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