Listen to this

[Plane]

http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/ketjack.html

http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/ethno/ketjack/mp3/Ketjak-the-Ramayana-Monkey-Chant.mp3



Try to imagine 200 brightly gtarbed men seated in a tightly packed pattern of concentric circles swaying together and raiseing their arms as they chant.

In the center, actors in costume portray the epic struggle of gods.

[Plane]

http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/ethno/inuit/mp3/Inuit-Throat-Singing_05.mp3



Don't try this at home.

Originally, the lips of the two women were almost touching, each one using the other's mouth cavity as a resonator . Today, most singers stand straight, facing one another and holding each other's arms. Sometimes they will do some kind of dance movements while singing (e.g., balancing from right to left). The sounds used include voiced sounds as well as unvoiced ones, both through inhalation or exhalation. Because of this, singers develop a breathing technique, somewhat comparable to circular breathing used by some players of wind instruments. In this way, they can go on for hours.

http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/inuit.html

[Plane]

http://www.ubu.com/ethno/soundings/sainkho.html

http://ubu.wfmu.org/sound/ethno/sainkho/mp3/Namtchylak-Sainkho_Tundra%20und%20Taiga.mp3


Tuvan Jazz



Turn the volume down.