STEPANIDA

Hulu Project feat. Stepanida Borisova

"TranceSiberia"

"The music of Sakha (Yakutia) originates 3000 Years before Christ. It has relations with Sankrit music from India, which is thought of as one of the earliest musics of this earth." (Paul Amrod/N.Y.C.)

Stepanida Borisova
Stepanida Borisova was born in Megino-Khangalaas in Yakutia (it´s called Sakha today), which is in the most northeast part of Russia. Educated in the renowned Shepjin Theater School in Moscow, she was awarded the Ojunsjki Prize. Today she is a highly celebrated actress and singer in Russia. She has mastered many various stylistic directions of the traditional Yakutian vocal music, which are rooted in Shamanism. The shamans have, with their knowledge, actualized the past and brought it to memory with their singing. In Stepanida´s singing one feels the lost spirit of the ancients and the power of the old culture of Sakha. Their culture is as old like the stones.

Hulu Project
As for Stepanida as well as for the Hulu Project tradition does not mean static conservation. It can as well encompass modern tendencies in music. Both the Hulu Project and she are looking for this type of intregration into their music. And therefore so it is with the CD "TranceSiberia". It was brought together from Hubl g and Luigi Archetti. These two musicians are known through other projects for testing the validity of border-setting in music.

Luigi Archetti has played with, to name a few, TIERE DER NACHT, LOW TIDE DIGITALS and the Swiss Jazz legend WERNER LÜDI while Hubl g was the founder and producer with the German band The Blech and he has as well produced many acts and artists. To name a few Hubl g has produced the Czech violinist and singer IVA BITTOVA, the Swiss band THE JELLYFISH KISS and the Austrian band DIE KNÖDEL.

Press reviews
Beautifully produced, wonderfully packaged, and with liner notes that detail the aims of the recording, TranceSiberia is an amazing disc. Already climbing the World Music charts in Europe, it's sure to become a classic in the experimental sub-genre. It makes you think, it makes you listen, and at times it is danceable. So much for my preconceptions about what dance music can accomplish: TranceSiberia breaks barriers most musicians wouldn't even consider, let alone ponder. A must have. // Folk-tales, Portland USA 2001.

A Masterpiece // zdnet 2001

Musicians:
Stepanida Borisova (Sakha/Siberia) vocals
Hubl g (Germany) drums, programming, sampling, percussion
Luigi Archetti (Italy) guitars, guitar effects
Eric Babak (Belgium) sampling
Tunji Beier (Australian) percussion, kendan, jews harp
Anton Bruhin (Switzerland) jews harp, electric jews harp
DJ Rebel (France) turntables
Jens Volk (Germany) bassguitar
Dandarvaaching Enkhjargal (Mongolia) khootschirr, backing vocals
Rüdiger Oppermann (Germany) oppertronic electric harp, celtic harp
Ewald Hügle (Germany) sopran sax
Paul Amrod (USA) string arrangements
Misha Maltsev (Great Britain/Sakha) naturesounds from the Taiga
Martin Redlitz (Germany) didgeridoo
Harry Raiser (Germany) translator

Titles:
1. Barastylahyy (Song Of Parting) 5.02
2. Kuhungngu Kustuhuu (A Hug In Autumn) 5.19
3. Uruu Tulluk Ere Molbystuur (The White Bullfinch) 5.17
4. Aar Tataj Ogoloor (A Pleeding Song) 3.59
5. Keghe (Cockoo) - a capella 1.45
6. Serejuem Ajmakhtyy Duuhany (I Will Recognize A Soul Partner) 8.16
7. Kuorakka Kurus Ardakh (There Is A Sad Rain Above The City) 4.22
8. En Kellergin (When You Come To Me) 6.13
9. Serejbekkuen (You Won't Feel It Coming) 5.41
10. Osuokhai 4.31
11. Udagan Yryta (1st song f the 1st shaman) - a capella 5.00
12. Dvakhtar Sanaata (Thoughts Of A Woman) 4.37

All songs composed by Hubl Greiner and Luigi Archetti. Conceived, arranged and produced by Hubl g. Vocals by Stepanida, lyrics by Natalia Charlamp'eva, Anna Parnikova, Platon Ojuunuskaj, A. Safronov, K. Urastyrov and trad. Sakha lyrics.