Buryat Nomadic Music Special Event: Namgar／Rid

Namgar, the most symbolic, cross-over musicians of Buryat will be having their first show in MAO Livehouse Beijing(Wukesong), along with Rid,our most energetic band who perfectly mix Mongolian music and Reggae together. Please come and join us and have a wonderful night of their great music!

11.25 21:00 MAO Livehouse Beijing(Wukesong)
Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing No. 69 Huaxi Live hi-up G23

Presell 100 RMB / At Door 160 RMB

NAMGAR//

"Namgar Lhasaranova’s voice is as immense as her Siberian homeland.
The Buryat vocalist/instrumentalist fronts the group Namgar, which fuses traditional Buryat and Mongolian music of its region.

Buryatia, a republic of Russia — with elements of pop, jazz, folk, ambient soundscapes and art-rock that doesn’t sound quite like anything else. Lhasaranova’s impressive vocal range can go from playful and childlike to gigantic and soaring within the space of a few minutes.

The band uses traditional Mongolian instruments, including the yatag (a 13-stringed zither), the chanza (a three-stringed lute) and the morin khuur (a two-stringed bowed instrument), along with electric bass and drums to craft its unique sound, which it has been taking to festival stages around the world from Norway to Malaysia to the United States since forming in 2001.

Born in the Aga Region of South Central Siberia, Namgar Lkhasaranova, the
nimble, powerful vocalist first learned to sing on the steppe, herding animals. Her　voice—nurtured by her native places, by later experimentation with jazz and rock　and electro　acoustics, and by the encouragement of elders from around the　Mongol world—tells tales of tragic histories and passionate loves, of the　exuberance of festive dances and the beautiful melancholy of wide-open　grasslands.

Namgar started her musical career in the late 1980s by becoming a student of　arts college in Ulan Ude, capital of her native Buryat Republic and singing in　various ethnic pop collectives.　Ten years later she moved to Moscow with her husband Eugene Zolotarev, who　has been her music partner since the college years, and completed a course of　studies at the department of jazz and pop vocals at the top Russian music　college, Gnessin School.

RID//

Rid was established in 2014, when 5 members of the band met in Xilin Gol Grassland. “Rid”, the ancient Mongolian word, means “mysterious power”. Inspired by the grassland, Rid has mixed traditional Mongolian music with various modern music genres and created a unique style of music. Each song conveys the love and peace rooted in grassland , mountains, and rivers, showing the mysterious power of the nature.

Rid enjoys the happiness of playing music and appreciating the inclusiveness of music. Wherever in a noisy public place or cocooned in sofa, we can track back to the homeland of spirit through music, embracing the cultural heritage left by ancestors, and inheriting them in the way of creation.

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