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Tuvan throat-singing, in which the singer, Kongar-ol Ondar, simultaneously sings a bass note and a tune made up of overtones.

With apologies for the cringingly inane introduction by the American presenter.

Beautifully self-accompanied throat-singing. No “overtone singing” in this despite the title on YouTube, but use of a technique for singing impossibly low notes in the outer sections, and high falsetto in the middle section.

I don’t know the name of the string instrument, but do know I admire how expressively it’s played.

Thoroughly excellent. :-)

bytesushi:

Hitler reacts to ‘Hitler reacts’. Über meta.

Kathryn Tickell - ‘Air Moving’ (by newparkfilms)

An enthusiastic percussion player remembered in anecdote and then in music.

The Barrel Organ—effectively a 12-minute cadenza including bits of Paganini etc. Alexei Arkhipovsky, balalaika.

Mission Impossible theme on balalaika. Alexei Arkhipovsky.

More virtuoso balalaika playing. Eastern by Alexei Arkhipovsky.

Think you know what balalaika music sounds like? Listen to this. Balalaika Amok played by Alexei Arkhipovsky.

“Man balances sticks” really doesn’t do this justice. Amazing act somewhere between sculpture and performance art.

Interview with Simon Tofield, creator of Simon’s Cat.