Hosoo

Gender

Male

Location

Mongolia Khovd Chandmani

About me:

I was born in 1971 into a family of khoomii singers from the province of Chandman Sum in Khovd, in the Altai mountain region of Western Mongolia. This is the only region in Mongolia where khoomii is sung and where the khoomii technique is passed on to each generation. I have been practising throat singing since I was seven years old. After finishing school in Khovd I started my career as a singer in Ulaanbaatar (the capital of Mongolia). I worked in a Mongolian song and dance ensemble until 1993. The reward for my musical efforts came in 1995 and 2001 when I won a singing contest in Ulaanbaatar and was awarded the title of »Best Mongolian Singer«.

Since 1993, I have toured China, Russia and the whole of Europe as a member of the Manduchai, Egschiglen and Uyanga ensembles. During this time I produced the CDs »Gobi« with Egschiglen and »Uyanga-1« with Uyanga. I can also be heard as a guest musician on the »Istanbul-Casablanca - Tour ‘89« by the jazz formation »embryo«, on »autoloop« by Giorgio Li Calzi and on the »Masters Of Chant Chapter II« of the »Gregorian« series.


	1. My debut solo album »ALTAI« was released in October 2000 under my name, Dangaa. On this CD, I combine traditional Mongolian throat singing with modern arrangements. The CD was awarded five stars (excellent) by the magazine »InMusic«, blue flame records production
	2. »Khoomii Legend«, 2001, own production. (The Khoomii legend: The moving story of a camel that loses its baby in a flood and is consoled by the imitation of camel sounds by a herdsman)
	3. »HOSOO Transmongolia«, 2004, own production. (In this album, I combine my throat-singing skills with instruments such as the shaman drum, didgeridoo, horse-head fiddle, percussion, mouth bass and Mongolian banjo)


	»Gesang des Himmels«, 2005, own production. (Allow yourself to be transported by the beautiful sound of Hosoo's music recounting ancient times)
	»Memories of My Homeland«, 2007, own production. (My Mongolia is where I am at home in this world, a home like a horse galloping towards you from a far)