Ulytau - Ata Tolgauy

Ulytau literally meaning "the great mountain", is a popular instrumental folk metal trio from Kazakhstan. Their music combines the sound of the violin and electric guitar with the dombra, a traditional two stringed instrument from their country.

Tim Palmer:

"I have always tried to work on as many styles and genres of music as possible, from Ozzy Osbourne to Tears for Fears, there has always been something new to learn and enjoy from a complete change of style.

The ULYTAU project was sent to me by producer Tabriz Shakhidi from Russia and I immediately enjoyed their fusion of Hard Rock and Traditional styles. The twisted combination of screaming rock guitar with more ethnic instruments like the dombra and violin make for an exciting aural treat. The musicians in the band really know how to play and make their instruments sound good that, coupled by the fact that the album was very well engineered made the mixing process a joy.

Max is a virtuoso on the guitar, he follows in the path of such guitarists as Zack Wylde and Steve Vai. The Dombra and Violin playing are beautifully executed, traditional yet still perfectly connected in the more modern surrounding. I wish them all great success with this recording."

Biography

Ulytau was conceived as a project by producer Kydyrali Bolmanov in 2001 to merge Western and Eastern music with arrangements of classical music from such composers as Kurmangazy Sagyrbayuly, Antonio Vivaldi, Niccolò Paganini and Johann Sebastian Bach. The name of the group translates to "Big Mountain. They have since toured Germany, England, Scotland, Poland, USA, Turkey, China, Japan and Russia. The band was awarded the "Golden Disc" in 2001 for their song "Aday" that was based on a composition from Kurmangazy of the same name. The song was also featured on the Rough Guide compilation to the music of Central Asia. The debut album "Jumyr-Kylysh" from 2006 will be released on 17 June 2009 as Two Warriors in Germany.

Line-up * Erjan Alimbetov - Dombra * Maxim Kichigin - Guitar * Alua Makanova - Violin

Session musicians * Roman Adonin - Keyboards * Oleg Tarnovskiy - Guitar * Serik Sansyzbayev - Bass * Arslanov Rafael - Drums

Discography * Jumyr-Kylysh (2006) (In Germany released 2009 as Two Warriors)

Fan : http://www.ulytau.ru/eng_index.mhtml
Official: http://www.ulytau.kz/index.php?til=1
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/ulytau

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Ulytau
• Ata Tolgauy
• Folk
• Rock
• Klassik
• Progressive
• Kazakhstan

[1ILovePoems]

One word - WONDERFUL!!!

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[EddieEssence]

@1ILovePoems

this is for me a really good mood music.

:-)))

[musicaroo22]

Great job on this video! Love Ulytau!