UZBEK DOTAR IN XINJIANG CHINA, by KINK GONG 2016

UZBEK DOTAR IN XINJIANG CHINA

by KINK GONG 2016

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	1.	SONG FROM THE 60s 04:13
	2.	LUCK NEVER SMILES TO YOU 05:04
	3.	FATE 05:56
	4.	TWO EYES 06:18
	5.	KING OF BABU 04:36
	6.	DARK EYES 06:51
	7.	REGRET 05:00
	8.	THE LOVED ONE LOOK AT YOU IN THE MIRROR 06:16
	9.	IF NECESSARY 05:42
	10.	LIFE 06:03
	11.	WHICH DAY 05:17
	12.	TO SEE YOUR FACE 04:31
	13.	17 CENTURY MASHRAP 03:45
	14.	DOTAR SOLO 03:34

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UZBEK DOTAR IN XINJIANG CHINA

The majority of 30 millions Uzbek people live in Uzbekistan (24 millions) and Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kirgizstan, only 15 000 live in the southern part of Xinjiang, being the largest Turkic ethnic group in central Asia.

Tracks 1 to 4 performed by ABDUSALAM 46 years old Uzbek man in Xinyuan, Yili, northern Xinjiang, playing DOTAR (2 stringed lute) and singing
1 song from the 60s
2 good luck never smiles to you
3 fate
4 two eyes

Tracks 5 to 10 performed by SADIKEJIANG MERKHEM 67 years old in Xiling city, Yili, northern Xinjiang, playing DOTAR (2 stringed lute) and singing
5 king of Babu
6 dark eyes
7 regret
8 the loved one look at you in the mirror
9 if necessary
10 life

Tracks 11 to14 performed by PAIZLA YISAKEJIANG 60 years old Uzbek man in SHACHE, southern Xinjiang, playing DOTAR (2 stringed lute) and singing
11 which day
12 to see your face
13 mashrap (festive ritual) from the 17th century
14 dotar without singing

RECORDED BY SHI TANDING in may, june 2016
PHOTO STEFAN REUTER

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released June 12, 2016

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kinkgong Berlin, Germany

Under the name KINK GONG you find 2 activities, the 1st one is to record ethnic minority music mostly in south-east Asia, the 2nd is to transform, collage, recompose the original recordings into experimental soundscapes.

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