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Bernard Kleikamp
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Ay Kherel ensemble, consisting of Gennadi Tumat, Orlan Chudekpen, Leonid Oorzhak, Vladimir Soyan. — Tuva kozhannar
Ay Kherel ensemble, consisting of Gennadi Tumat, Orlan Chudekpen, Leonid Oorzhak, Vladimir Soyan. — Khovu kargyraazy 11 Jun
Gennadi Tumat — Borbangnadyr song
Gennadi Tumat — Verse
Ay-Kherel (Gennadi Tumat, Orlan Chudekpen, Leonid Oorzhak, Vladimir Soyan) — Dürgen chugaa (Tongue twisters)
Vizöntö — Fúnak a fellegek (The clouds are blowing)
Profile
- Hometown:
- Leiden, Netherlands
- Overtones Since:
- 1991
- Members:
- ICTM
Folk Alliance
Muziekinstituut van de Kathedraal St. Bavo
- Instruments:
- Piano, recorder, vocals
- Influences:
- Singing: Ma and grandma.
Music in general: J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Pink Floyd, Planxty, Kolinda, Muzsikás.
Ethnic music: the high-pitched grassland songs of north Tibet, mugam from Azerbaijan, mouth-bow music, khöömei, Russian accordions, harps in Venezuelan dance music, Sicilian "Settimana Santa" songs.
- Record Label:
- PAN Records
- Type of Label:
- Independent (ethnic and traditional music)
- About me:
- I can at least answer the question how I got interested in music. I think it runs in the family. Apparently my father's father was an amateur musician in his bachelor's days. He then lived in the village of Tudderen in Germany, near Sittard in the south of The Netherlands, and was playing the flute in a sort of local flute marching band. And during carnival he would play the accordion and sing songs. I got this information from my 84-year old aunt the other day, who told me that after he married, my grandfather was never seen performing music again... My mother's mother lived in West-Frisia and was a singer. I think she was one of the informants of Dr. B. Veurman and Dr. D. Bax in their classic folk song collection "Songs and Dances of West-Frisia" ("Liederen en Dansen uit West-Friesland" published in 1944). My mother was a singer too, all her life she was an alto in a fairly reputed choir in the town of Hoorn, where I was born. She taught me all the songs that she had learned from her mother. And I was always interested in music, I went to music school, had piano lessons, but at an early age decided I did not want to be a performing musician. I felt much better at ease off stage than on stage. After secondary school I went to university (in Amsterdam), studying drama and ethnomusicology, and got involved in the organisation of the local folkclub and folkfestival in Leiden (where I live since 1969). And from there it gradually expanded. There's a story about the early years of PAN Records and how I got to be its owner in the liner notes to the Crooks CD (PAN 151), the CD is sold out now, but may be available again via digital distribution.
I have a special interest in overtone singing and the music of Tuva. As far as I can tell, PAN Records (the record company that I own) was the first company in the West (there were already a few LPs on Melodiya) to release a CD with overtone songs from Tuva (maybe with the exception of Smithsonian Folkways, I am not sure when that one was released). My company was also the first to organise tours with overtone singers from Tuva (1991), and I also brought them to the USA and Canada where later they became world famous as Huun Huur Tu, but I wasn't involved then anymore, as the band had split up and I decided to stay loyal to Gennadi Tumat (see PAN 2090), whom I thought to be the more talented. He was also the most whimsical, and for years we talked about making a solo-CD, but he could never find the discipline to do studio work for long periods. You can read all about that in the liner notes to PAN 2090.
I am actively promoting the traditional music from Holland, and you'll see quite a lot of such CDs in the PAN catalogue (PAN 2004, 2025, 188, 157, 159, 179, 191, 192, 204, 205, 208, 210, 211, 214).
- Homepage:
- http://www.panrecords.nl
In the past 20 years I've collected and released over 10 CDs with overtone music on PAN Records. Two of those were with jew's harps, the other with overtone singing from various regions (Tuva, Altai, Mongolia, Bashkortostan). In preparation is a DVD with Gennadi Tumat, the lamented khöömei master from Tuva, for which PAN Records is still actively searching for extra materials.
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thanks a lot for accepting my friend request. Yes that right: I am the founder, initiator or network creator of this new community on www.overtone-network.org and I am happy that you joined us and you will share all your rich records. Good to have you here and that you are a member of this platform. Take care and stay well,
yours Jens
So nice to hear from you. I think it was before '94 that we met. Anyway, now I will be staying in Europe indefinitely. At the moment I am in Albania, having just performed at the Int'l polyphonic festival here. In mid June I will be in Aachen. I wish to play and teach all over Europe. Let's keep in touch, okay?
kiva
Fijn je hier te zien en al die mooie foto's van je. Leuk om zo lang niet meer geziene vrienden nog eens te zien en te horen ...
groeten
Raphael
thank you for your comment.
Keep in touch.
Koichi
We have known each other for many years , and above we worked together for the CD on the Jew's Harps in 2006.
Keep in touch and present us your publications on overtones and Jew's harps .
Best,
Tran Quang Hai
I am glad that you are now a member of the Overtone Music Network. You will know other throat singers, researchers, composers of overtones .
Hope you are happy with us
Best,
Tran Quang Hai