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{{Short description|Tuvan rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Yat-Kha
| image               = File:Albert Kuvezin 03.jpg
| caption             = Albert Kuvezin leading Yat-Kha in 2016
| image_size          =
| landscape           =  yes
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Tuva]], [[Russia]]
| genre               = [[Folk rock]], [[Tuvan music]], [[overtone singing]], [[ethnic electronica]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| years_active        = 1991–present
| label               =
| website             = [http://www.yat-kha.ru/en/ http://www.yat-kha.ru/en/]
| current_members     = [[Albert Kuvezin]] and others
| past_members        = [[Ivan Sokolovsky]] and many others
}}
'''Yat-Kha''' is a band from [[Tuva]], led by vocalist/guitarist [[Albert Kuvezin]]. Their music is a mixture of [[Music in the Tuva Republic|Tuvan traditional music]] and [[Rock music|rock]], featuring Kuvezin's distinctive ''[[kargyraa]]'' [[Overtone singing|throat singing]] style, the ''[[kanzat kargyraa]]''.
==Biography==
Yat-Kha was founded in Moscow in 1991, as a collaborative project between Kuvezin 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 the Mongolian ''[[yatga]]'' and the Chinese ''[[guzheng]]'', which Kuvezin plays in addition to the guitar. In 1993, they released a self-titled album on the General Records label.
Since July 21 2001, they have been performing a live soundtrack to [[Vsevolod Pudovkin]]'s 1928 silent film ''[[Storm Over Asia (1928 film)|Storm Over Asia]].''<ref>{{cite book |last=Donnelly |first=K.J. |date=8 April 2016 |editor-last1=Donnelly |editor-first1=K.J. |editor-last2=Wallengren |editor-first2=Ann-Kristin |title= Today's Sounds for Yesterday's Films: Making Music for Silent Cinema |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |page=19 |chapter=Chapter 2: How Far Can Too Far Go? Radical Approaches to Silent Film Music |isbn= 9781137466365}}</ref>
Their 1995 song "Karangailyg Kara Hovaa (Dyngyldai)" is featured in the Apple iPhone 15 "Titanium" commercial.<ref>[https://abancommercials.com/apple/iphone-15-pro-titanium-commercial/226294/ AbanCommercials.com: Apple iPhone 15 Pro | Titanium TV commercial 2023]</ref>
==Discography==
[[File:2005-10-13_Yat-Kha_Live_in_Frankfurt.jpg|thumb|right|Yat-Kha in Germany, 2005]]
Albums:
*''Priznak Gryadushchei Byedy'' (1991)
*''Khanparty'' (1992)
*''Yat-Kha'' (1993)
*''Yenisei Punk'' (1995)
*''Tundra's Ghosts'' (1996/97) - remastered version of ''Yat-Kha'' released by [[Ivan Sokolovsky]])
*''[[Dalai Beldiri]]'' (1999)
*''Aldyn Dashka'' (2000)
*''Bootleg'' (2001, live)
*''tuva.rock'' (2003)
*''Re-Covers'' (2005)
*''Bootleg 2005'' (2005, live)
*''Poets and Lighthouses'' (2010)
== Members ==
=== Current ===
* [[Albert Kuvezin]] ([[Singing|vocals]], [[Overtone singing|Throat singing]], [[Guitar]], [[Bass guitar]], Chanzy, [[Jew's harp|Khomus]], Yat-Kha)
* Sholban Mongush ([[igil]], vocal)
* "[[Theodore Scipio]]" ([[Bass guitar]])
===Past===
* [[Evgeny "Zhenya" Tkachov]] ([[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|Percussion]])
* [[Radik Tiuliush]] ([[Singing|vocals]], [[Overtone singing|Throat Singing]], [[Morin Khuur]], [[Igil]])
* [[Sailyk Ommun]] ([[Singing|vocals]], Yat-Kha)
* [[Makhmud Skripaltschchikov]] ([[Bass guitar]])
* [[Aldyn-ool Sevek]] ([[Singing|vocals]], [[Overtone singing|Throat singing]], [[Morin Khuur]], [[Igil]])
* [[Alexei Saaia]] ([[Singing|vocals]], [[Morin khuur]], [[Bass guitar]])
* [[Ivan Sokolovsky]] ([[Synthesizer]]s, [[Percussion instrument|Percussion]])
===Appearing on Poets and Lighthouses with Albert Kuvezin (Voice, Acoustic Guitar)===
* [[Simon Edwards (musician)|Simon Edwards]] (Acoustic Bass guitar, Double Bass, Marimbula, Mbira, Appalachian Dulcimer)
* [[Giles Perring]] (Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Harmonium, Backing Vocals, Drums, Percussion)
* [[Sarah Homer]] (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Recorder)
* [[Melanie Pappenheim]] (Backing Vocals)
* [[Lu Edmonds]] ([[Cumbus]])
* [[Neil Cameron (musician)|Neil Cameron]] (Scottish Small Pipes)
== Awards ==
* 1991 recognized by [[Brian Eno]], one of the international judges at the first [[Voices of Asia Festival]] in [[Almaty]], [[Kazakhstan]]
* 1995 French RFI "Decouvertes Est" prize for ''Yenisei Punk''
* 1999 [[German Critic's Prize]] for ''Dalai Beldiri''
* 2002 [[BBC Radio 3]] "[[Award for World Music]]"
== External links ==
*[http://www.yat-kha.ru/ Official Russian site]
* {{Discogs artist|artist=Yat-Kha|name=Yat-Kha}}
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=1cabb3c9-01cd-4678-be4b-29c0e7042f1b|name=Yat-Kha}}
*[http://www.raig.ru/sokol.asp Ivan Sokolovsky]
*[http://www.realityfilm.co.uk/ Reality Film: Storm over Asia]
== References ==
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[[Category:Tuvan throat singing]]
[[Category:Russian rock music groups]]
[[Category:Russian world music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Tuva]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1991]]
[[Category:Russian electronic music groups]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Russia]]