October 23, 2019

The Hu - Mongolian hard-rockers playing the "sound of nature"

"Human beings and nature are connected. What we’re trying to do is imitate the sound of the water, and the sound of the wind. Nature is right in our voices” - Jaya from the Mongolian hard-rock band The Hu tells in a Guardian interview about what his band is about. The four of them play hard rock on Mongolian instruments, all of them are masters at the traditional art of throat singing, and they sing in Mongolian. Band's name "hu" comes from the Mongolian word for human being, and the name for their recently released debut album 'The Gereg' comes from the name for the first diplomatic passport, established by the Mongol Empire in the 1200s.