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Yol Bolsin
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Price: $5.99
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724354320620
Label: Real World
Manufacturer: Real World
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Real World
Release Date: 2003-02-25
Studio: Real World
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Customer reviews of Yol Bolsin
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Summary: Emphatically not authentic Uzbek folk music, but sometimes entertaining pop
Comment: It's important to be aware of what you are getting here. The Uzbek musician Sevara Nazarkhan began her career singing the traditional folk music of her country, and she was a talented performer on the dutar (Central Asia lute) as well. This album, however, has her adopting pop stylings, with World music producer Hector Zazou providing electronic beats and loops. The only thing traditionally Uzbek about the album are the Uzbek-language lyrics and dutar plucking by a backup musician (who must often fight to be heard above the electronics).
If approached as a chill-out pop album, something to make for a relaxed and social atmosphere in your home like a Thievery Corporation, the album is entertaining enough. The material ranges from more active tracks like "Yor-yor" and "Ei Nozanin" to ballads like "Galdir" and "Alla". It's not an album for attentive listening, however, as the limitations of Zazou's musical abilities become painfully evident.
If you want real Central Asian folk music with female singers, the recent Smithsonian Folkways release Central Asian Series, Vol. 4: Bardic Divas is worth seeking out.
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Summary: unforgettable
Comment: Even if you don't know a word in Uzbek, this music will please you and touch your soul. Modern and traditional instruments, plus her wonderful voice, sensual and unforgettable.
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Summary: Hi Sevara!
Comment: I'm biased becasue my wife grew-up with the artist, Sevara Nasakhan, but the album is truely lovely, and reminds me of great days in Tashkent. Highly recommended. And Sevara; we met Neguma in a bazaar the other week, and Tanya says give her a call when you can. As for me, I love this album, thanks. - Andrei
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Summary: What a voice!
Comment: In retrospect, it was quite funny when I first saw Sevara perform at a concert - at some point my hair was literally standing on end in disbelief at what she is able to do with her voice. I don't speak Uzbek and can't tell what any of her songs are about, but the joy, longing and passion expressed in her singing will get to you as well, for sure. Her voice is unbelievably versatile and beautiful. I had never in my life even imagined someone sing like a Ney flute before - until she did!
Perhaps the album would have benefitted from a bit more live experience spent playing these songs - I found Sevara live charismatic and her music fabulous, whereas the studio album in comparison seems not quite as outgoing and engaging. However, it's still a great album and I recommend it highly to anyone interested in world music. If you can - go see her live.
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Summary: This album blew me away--I play it all the time.
Comment: Can you mix synthesizer, electronic sampling, electric guitars and the sounds of--get ready for this, Uzbekistan? If you are Sevara Nazarkhan, you sure can. This is a beautiful album of hypnotic songs, recorded in exotic Tashkent and (not so exotic) Paris on the doutar (played by Sevara) and backup mixed with electronic instrumentation. Sevara's sweet, soothing voice threads through each song and is entirely engaging. This is a fresh, fine sound, relaxed and laid-back, ultra-modern and ancient all mixed together with exquisite taste.
Yol Bolsin ("Where are You Going?") is the title cut and comes in the middle of the album. It's an ancient song from the time of the Silk Road caravans. It's one of the best on the CD, but each song here moves seamlessly to the next--nothing jarring. Soqinomai Bayot, the second piece, starts out sounding like the opening bars of Satie's "Gymnopedie #3." It's one of my favorites and a bit reminiscent of Japanese songs. Just makes you want to hear more.
This is an exciting album. So will YOU like it as much as I do? If you like Japanese Anime Techno-pop, Indian-Pop, or World music, I'd be willing to bet you will love "Yol Bolsin." The pace of the songs make this a possibility for yoga practice (sedate and steady, with tabla-like drums in the background.) Write me and tell me if you like this cd--because I think it's one of the best World music albums to come along in quite a while. This is a keeper. MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Editorial Reviews:
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Yol Bolsin is an intriguing new export traveling west on Asia's Silk Road. The debut of 25-year-old Uzbeki singer and doutar player Sevara Nazarkhan, the album combines the rich musical tradition of her Central Asian country and fuses it with the modern sounds of noted French-Algerian producer Hector Zazou. Like much of the best stuff to come out on Real World, the combination here is timely and timeless, with Zazou's modern sounds simply providing a tasteful backing to the plucked, lutelike lines of Nazarkhan and fellow doutar player Toir Kuziyev. A pop star in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, Nazarkhan has a soaring, conservatory-trained voice that conveys myriad emotions with range and an intonation enriched with deft shading. It's a voice that puts her in a league with such modern global pop divas as Natacha Atlas, Gigi, and Sheila Chandra. Particularly strong are the hauntingly ambient "Galdir," the undulating "Moghulchai Navo," and the surprisingly funky title track. --Tad Hendrickson
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