After the first few months of my stay in Mongolia I complained to my brother David that I was finding the social scene here difficult due to every Mongolian's complete lack of taste when it comes to music. Bless his heart, my brother told me to stick to it because something nice would turn up. And sure enough, he was right. I have found a band worthy of my attention, the one AltanUrag. It means, roughly, the bloodline of the Khaan, Chinngis.
These guys rule! They play traditional Mongolian instruments with traditional throat singing and whistling along with a western drum kit, all amplified and rendered in a hard rock style. Its dark and its ill and I love it! Check them out at their MySpace page. Notice the alien-head fiddle!
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