Khan Party 23, by Yat-Kha

Khan Party 23

by Yat-Kha

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Cassette + Digital Album
The «Khan Party 23» tape + an exclusive long-sleeve shirt designed by Kota Tones, hand-printed by Portland merch legends Grilka Press! Limited to 100 orders.

As a bonus, each bundle includes a cassette of «Fuck Off Hairy Hands»—home recordings by frontman Albert Kuvezin made between 1986 - 1988, before the formation of Yat-Kha. Originally released on vinyl by Suburban Symphonies in 2022.

Includes unlimited streaming of Khan Party 23 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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Brand new cassette tape containing our 30th Anniversary restoration of Yat-Kha's 1993 album «Khan Party». Featuring an updated rendering of the original cassette artwork, plus an exclusive collage with rare archive photos & international press.

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	1.	Albys-Shulbus (Calling of Spirits) 01:40
	2.	Anthropophagy 02:51
	3.	Spring Hunting On Sable 04:15
	4.	Mezhegei Valley 02:19
	5.	Shaman 03:37
	6.	Burial 08:38
	7.	Ergim-Sarym (Tuvan Love Song) 03:50
	8.	Heart of Asia 02:48
	9.	Haiyrakan (Mountain Spirit-Hider) 05:54
	10.	Shambalyg (Old Shaman Song) 03:00
	11.	Chaa-Khol (New Lake) 06:15
	12.	Samdan (Tramp) 02:54
	13.	Teve-Khaya 07:50
	14.	Ivan Sokolovsky - [Bonus Track] Из Жизни Ботаника И Шаман (From the Life of a Botanist and a Shaman) 08:58

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Kota Tones is proud to present our 30th Anniversary restoration of Yat-Kha's debut cassette «Khan Party 93», remastered from the original analog mixes of the rare audio tape—not to be found on the subsequent CD «Yat-Kha/Anthropophagy» from General Records or later remixes.

Recorded in Moscow between 1991-92 as the Soviet Union crumbled, this album represents the earliest manifestation of the legendary Tuvan rock band. Those familiar with their later music may be surprised by this early iteration: a predominantly industrial, psychedelic, and techno oriented experiment of juxtapositions and synthesis—encapsulating a conversation between the cutting-edge of modernity (at the time) and ancient shamanic & esoteric traditions.

«Khan Party» is the result of a collaboration between Tuvan rocker & throat-singer Albert Kuvezin and Russian post-modern composer Ivan Sokolovsky (also of the seminal Soviet darkwave band Nochnoi Prospekt). The two met in Moscow in the 1991. «It was a challenge to work with Kuvezin» Sokolovsky told the Moscow Times in 1993, «because Tuvinian singing is totally outside the European tonality».

After touring extensively with this eclectic material—performing at festivals throughout Russia as well as in Finland, Germany, and more—creative differences brought this collaboration to a close after 1993. Albert Kuvezin continued Yat-Kha along a predominantly rock & Tuvan folk inspired trajectory, and their subsequent releases such as 1995's «Yenisei-Punk» cemented the band's legacy as one of Tuva's most well-known & respected acts internationally—appealing to world music & alternative audiences alike with their iconoclastic approach to ethno-rock. In 2023 the song «Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Dyngyldai)» from «Yenisei-Punk» was featured in the iPhone 15 Titanium Pro commercials, broadcasting Kuvezin's iconic «kanzat kargyraa» style into homes & headphones around the world.

Ivan Sokolovsky continued as a composer & electronic musician, reworking the «Khan Party» material in «Tundra's Ghosts» (1995), and collaborated on various projects over the years such as acid jazz group Soft Animals, as well as reviving Nochnoi Prospekt in the 2000s. Tragically, he passed away from a stroke in May of 2005, not long after a final performance alongside Sainkho Namtchylak & Sergei Letov. This release is dedicated to the memory of Ivan Sokolovsky (1962 - 2005), and includes a digital bonus track of «Из Жизни Ботаника И Шаман (From the Life of a Botanist and a Shaman)» from the 1991-92 recording sessions, in honor of him.

credits

released December 15, 2023

Albert Kuvezin: Kargyraa vocals, yat-kha zither, byzaanchy, vorgans, homus, gongs & ethnic percussion.

Ivan Sokolovsky: Arrangement, keyboards, drums & percussions.

Produced by Andrey Sinyaev.
Recorded & mixed at Moscow Music Service Studio (MMS Ltd) 1991-1992.
Engineered by Andrey Sinyaev.
Remastered by Kota Tones from the original cassette audio.

SPECIAL THANKS to Renee Radermacher, Henning Küpper & Suburban Symphonies.

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