Dalai Beldiri - Yat-Kha

You can almost always trust the Ruskies to come up with something quirky. although the basis of this album is not exactly new. Somewhere between Russian blues, Leonard Cohen gargling with sulphuric acid after too many cigars and an ancient monster, this is a slightly watered down version of Tuvan folk music. This southern Siberian part of Russia shares the odd habit of throat singing with nearby Mongolia. Yat-Kha are the band to have made the music more well known by modernising it through the integration of pop and rock elements such as the electric guitar. This seemingly ancient sounds as strange as it does deep and spiritual. One of the problems though is ...  Read the complete review