
11/07/2025
Release date: 20250801
Gennadi Tumat's Ay Kherel
Aldyn Dashka / Golden Cup
Historic recordings (1992 - 1995) from the archive of Pan Records
Pan 237
Ay Kherel (Moonlight) was the name that Gennadi Tumat gave in 1994 to his ensemble. After Tumat died in 1996, the name of Ay Kherel was continued, illegally in our opinion, by one of the ex-members of the first Ay Kherel line-up. To distinguish between the latter and Gennadi's Ay Kherel, we decided to release this CD under the name of Gennadi Tumat's Ay Kherel.
Gennadi Tumat (1964 - 1996) was considered one of the greatest khöömei throat-singers of Tuva. Over the years there have been several different line-ups of the ensembles around Gennadi Tumat. On this CD we also included line-ups of ensembles prior to the advent of Ay Kherel, which we mentioned proto-Ay Kherel, for convenience sake.
UPC: 71395802372323 tracks, 79+ min., studio and live recordings from Canada, Switzerland. Germany, and Netherlands
File under: traditional, Tuva, throat-singing