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Uploaded by on Nov 14, 2008

he main intention of this youtube-account is to feature mixes and tracks somewhere between deep-minimal-dub techno/house and sounds from detroit/chicago.

well, it's sometimes hard to categorize and some tracks won't fit into that pattern at all. let's eclecticize a bit. anyway, it's music that i would like to share with others.

constructive comments are highly appreciated!

- support the music : buy vinyl -

track: chuncho
artist: yma sumac
label: capitol
year: ???

taken from the best-of LP "chanto incas". yma sumac died on november 1, 2008. RIP.

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  • oh my god. i've never heard this woman before. this is the one of the most breathtaking pieces of music i've ever heard in my life. WOW. i cannot believe that is her actual voice.

  • My parents were big fans of hers in the late 50s & 60s, I grew up listening to her incredible voice after we moved back to the US and could get her recordings.

    No other known human has had such an incredible vocal range. Though perhaps some sopranos could reach higher notes, none had (or have) her sweetness and purity of tone. So many of today's sopranos are just sceechers...

    Thank you for sharing your gift with the world...RIP

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  • Not a bit of it faked - Sumac had a range of up to 5 octaves! One of the nost remarkable voices

  • OMG look at her face, she was so beautiful and her voice amazing!

  • increíble, la parte final es... te deja como estatua, tremendo talento del Perú.

  • Her voice sounds like pan-flutes...astonishing!

  • Essa voz... Não gosto do estilo musical dela, mas essa voz. É impossível parar de ouvir. D:

    Que magnífica. Coloca qualquer soprano no bolso.

  • Nunca había escuchado una voz, más maravillosa se me crispó la piel al escucharla es sensacional.

  • "No other known human has had such an incredible vocal range."

    Violetta Villas had even slightly wider range. Polish singer during the communist era, her career in the West was cut short when she went back to Poland, the communist tried to make a spy out of her, she declined, and then her career was ruined. So, she was not as well known as Sumac.

    To zulutron:Thank you for sharing this amazing video!

  • Ok,ok...I don't deserve to live anymore. This is amazing....I'm speechless!!! <3

  • Wow!

  • @regi989 ahaha I had the same reaction 6 years ago when I first listened to her voice!!!

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