Mogi yatak player.
Carlos Nakai Native-American flute player.
Shinee khoomei throat singer and morin khurr player.
Stephen Kent on didgeridoo
Earth Sounds is a cross-cultural collaboration between Native-American flutist R. Carlos Nakai, Mongolian khoomei throat-singer Shinetsog Dorjnyam, Mongolian yatak (zither) player Munkh-Erdene and didgeridoo player Stephen Kent.
Earth Sounds debut performance at Globalquerque on September 21st, 2012.
Founded by Aziz Rahman in 2012, he gave the group the name Earth Sounds because of his abiding interest in bringing together ancient indigenous music forms with deep tonal resonances which bring forth the sounds of wind, water, wild creatures and the earth.
The Earth Sounds musicians first met in September, 2012 and with only three days of rehearsals were able to develop musical connections with each others music and were ready for their first concert at the Globalquerque Festival on September 21st, 2012.
By combining the Native-American flute playing with Mongolian khoomei throat-singing, Mongolian yatag music and Indigenous-Australian didgeridoo playing, the musicians hope to create a deeply evocative musical resonance that brings forth a meditative, healing, and inspiring musical creation that is rooted in nature-inspired indigenous musical forms from three ancient cultures.
Musically harmonizing with the sounds of nature crystallizes a kinetic connection with the earth and nature and is the root-inspiration for the music of all four musicians comprising this group. The ancient traditions of the three cultures comprising this group of musicians are intrinsically linked with the experience of nomadic life, seasonal migrations, the sounds of nature, and ultimately the earth itself. Working together collaboratively the musicians aim to develop a universal musical language built on melodic rhythmic patterns, powerfully resonating overtones and inventive interpretations of venerable musical practices.
Shinee giving a khooemi throat-singing workshop at Globalquerque.
