Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China, by Hani from Yunnan China

Hani Polyphonic Singing in Yunnan China

by Hani from Yunnan China

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beardguy A special, unique but strangely nostalgic experience. Immensely calming and emotionally cooling, like a large piece of sonic shade. Feel incredibly grateful to have been privy to this experience via Sublime Frequencies, I probably never would have been exposed to this otherwise! Always a wonderful time with them! Favorite track: BIA TSA TSA (SONG OF THE BEE).

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Hani Polyphonic Singing In Yunnan China

Mystic choral beauty drifting far into the outer cosmos, this other worldly traditional music ensemble creates a contemporary-sounding avant-garde vocal fusion combined with strange instrumental accompaniment.

The HANI are linguistically derived from the YI branch of the Tibeto-Burmese and number a million and a half in the southern part of Yunnan province in China above Laos and Vietnam where smaller Hani communities also live.

As with many other ethnic groups of the area, an original traditional singing pattern is used with each singer adapting the words to the context. The choir that gathers all singers at the same time is considered to be a very unique style of vocal polyphony or heterophony. The cascading, mournful feel of this music is powerfully transcendent and you’ve never heard anything like it.
Many of these songs express intimate strong emotions that bring tears to the performers while they are singing.

Instruments used by the ensemble include the BABI (single tree leaf ) and MEPA (rolled up tree leaf in a shape of a horn or mirliton), a CHIWO (3-stringed bowed instrument), a LABI (6-holed bamboo flute), a LAHE (3-stringed small lute) and a MEBA (vertical reed instrument).

Recorded by Laurent Jeanneau in 2011

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1.	WU CHU ACI (RICE TRANSPLANTING SONG) 09:03	buy track
2.	AZHA TSE (SONG TO GATHER FOOD FOR THE PIGS) 08:00	buy track
3.	TUDZA (INSTRUMENTAL WITH CHOIR AT THE END) 04:45	buy track
4.	SHA TSI GU (NOSTALGIC SONG ABOUT GETTING OLD) 10:05	buy track
5.	BIA TSA TSA (SONG OF THE BEE) 04:25	buy track
6.	IYU GU (RESPONDING COURTING SONG IN THE MOUNTAIN) 05:46	buy track

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Hani Polyphonic Singing In Yunnan China

Mystic choral beauty drifting far into the outer cosmos, this other worldly traditional music ensemble creates a contemporary-sounding avant-garde vocal fusion combined with strange instrumental accompaniment.

The HANI are linguistically derived from the YI branch of the Tibeto-Burmese and number a million and a half in the southern part of Yunnan province in China above Laos and Vietnam where smaller Hani communities also live.

As with many other ethnic groups of the area, an original traditional singing pattern is used with each singer adapting the words to the context. The choir that gathers all singers at the same time is considered to be a very unique style of vocal polyphony or heterophony. The cascading, mournful feel of this music is powerfully transcendent and you’ve never heard anything like it.
Many of these songs express intimate strong emotions that bring tears to the performers while they are singing.

Instruments used by the ensemble include the BABI (single tree leaf ) and MEPA (rolled up tree leaf in a shape of a horn or mirliton), a CHIWO (3-stringed bowed instrument), a LABI (6-holed bamboo flute), a LAHE (3-stringed small lute) and a MEBA (vertical reed instrument).

Recorded by Laurent Jeanneau in 2011

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