Yat-Kha, (a.k.a.
Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha, Russian:
Ят-Ха) was founded in Moscow in 1991, as a collaborative project between
Albert Kuvezin (russian:
Альберт Кувезин, formerly of
Huun-Huur-Tu) and Russian avant-garde, electronic composer
Ivan Sokolovsky. The project blended traditional
Tuvan folk music with post-modern rhythms and electronic effects. Kuvezin and Sokolovsky toured and played festivals, and eventually took the name “Yat-Kha,” which refers to a type of small, Central Asian
zither similar to a Chinese Guzheng that Kuvezin plays in addition to the guitar. In 1993, they…
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