Comments for "Tuvan throat singers on a frozen river in Siberia" Video at VideoSift.com

By rogersm

rogersm (http://www.videosift.com/member/rogersm) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:33:40 -0800

So, what exactly is 'throat singing' then? Basically, it involves overtones that are heard in new music, applied to voices. Höömeï is the name applied to it though it is really only one of three or four styles also including sygyt and kargyraa. You hear a deep humming groan, mixed with a high pitched whistling sound.

http://www.furious.com/perfect/tuva.html

By firefly

firefly (http://firefly.videosift.com) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:15:14 -0800

Reminds me of this guy.

By ant

ant (http://www.videosift.com/member/ant) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:04:28 -0800

Is that voice for real? Ugh.

By evilernie

evilernie (http://www.videosift.com/member/evilernie) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:25:42 -0800

Those guys better watch out they are making some frogs very excited.

Very amazing though, it would of taken ages to condition their throats and voices to handle those tones at extended lengths.

By bamdrew

bamdrew (http://www.videosift.com/member/bamdrew) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:12:44 -0800

i remember figuring out how to do this one night when i was a sophomore in college walking around my apartment. it was really late at night and my voice was kinda messed up. had a really impressive whistle going. it was really fun.

By legacy0100

legacy0100 (http://www.videosift.com/member/legacy0100) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:47:03 -0800

frogs excited haha, good one

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:13:14 -0800

I wonder what they are singing about... It sounds happy to me... but it could be sad too... I love it...

Oh and <ahref="http://www.videosift.com/video/Werner-Herzog-Loves-the-Amazon-Jungle">Werner Herzog for the world!!!

By cybrbeast

cybrbeast (http://www.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:12:33 -0800

Wow, so this is the sound Shpongle sampled in the beginning of the track Divine Moments of Truth. In this clip Divine Moments of Truth is used as background music. After the annoying fly bit, the good stuff starts. Though Shpongle should only be listened to in full CD quality

edit: the song also appears to have been sifted

By ren

ren (http://ren.videosift.com) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:16:33 -0800

i thought that was a girl on the left to be honest

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:06:13 -0800

In Soviet Russia, throat sings you!

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:07:06 -0800

It's interesting but not exactly... listenable for long periods of time.

By Spoon_Gouge

Spoon_Gouge (http://www.videosift.com/member/Spoon_Gouge) — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:16:21 -0800

I remember one of the last shows I saw on Richard Feynman and how he had set up a trip with a bunch of his friends to visit Tuva (somewhere deep in Russia I think). This is similar to the videos taken by one of his friends who wound up going.

By mangomaz

mangomaz (http://www.videosift.com/member/mangomaz) — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:05:29 -0800

I thought it sounded familiar to the beginning of that shpongle track! Mmmmm shpongle..

By RichTheNoun

RichTheNoun (http://www.videosift.com/member/RichTheNoun) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:09:58 -0700

I think the banjo-playing guy is channeling Wolfman Jack...

By K0MMIE

K0MMIE (http://www.videosift.com/member/K0MMIE) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:38:53 -0700

*dead

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:38:53 -0700

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by K0MMIE.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:17:05 -0800

silvercord has fixed this video's dead embed code - no star awarded because silvercord was awarded too recently.

By Farhad2000

Farhad2000 (http://farhad.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:19:03 -0800

*art *travel

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:19:06 -0800

Adding video to channels (Art, Travel) - requested by Farhad2000.

By Eklek

Eklek (http://eklek.videosift.com) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:33:14 -0800

ay, *documentaries *livemusic
*dead
replacement here:

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:33:15 -0800

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by Eklek.

Adding video to channels (Documentaries, Livemusic) - requested by Eklek.