Galing Galing [Import]

Mokhira | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 1, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Blue Flame
• ASIN: B00000JQJJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #810,537 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Gate to the Silkroad

2. Galing Galing (Come to Me)

3. Yetmasmu (The Is No Life Without Singing)

4. Galar Galar (Here He Comes)

5. Yulimiz Boshka (Our Ways Are Different)

6. Salom, Kalam Kosh Yigit (Hello, Nice Man)

7. Gunokh Nadur (What Did I Do Wrong)

8. Bir Sen Bilursan, Bir Khudo (Only God Knows It and You)

9. Parvona Bulib (Adore You)

10. Mungli Bokma (Don't Look at So Sadly)

11. Eslagin

12. Galing Galing [R'N'B Mix]

13. Adol Tanovar (You Are My True Love)

14. Intro for Seni Sevdim-Gate to the Silkroad

15. Seni Sevdim (Falling in Love)

Editorial Reviews

Mokhira Asadova is a native of Tashkent, Uzbekistan and is one of the most wanted musicians in her country. Mokhira is considered the "Shooting Star" in Uzbekistan and performs at all festivals, at the world famous Bolshoi Theatre and at the national independence day festivities. She can be heard daily on radio stations around the country.

Her career started at the music conservatory in Taschkent, where she first gained experience by performing traditional music. She began to appreciate her own culture after being taught to sing and play the traditional Uzbek 2­string instrument, the Dutar, and she very much enjoyed the old folksongs from the ancient time of Timurlenk ­ the great ruler of the enormous empire, with its capital Samarkand in Central Asia. The second step of her musical education was learning to sing the traditional Makom style. Makom singing, described by Safi­ad­din as a solo vocal and instrumental musical form, which goes as far back as the 13th century, when bards travelled throughout the country, spreading news and informing people about the latest happenings. Today, Mokhira is the most famous Makom­Singer in Uzbekistan and a World Music star. She masters more than 500 Makom songs, of which one ­ "Adol Tanovar" ­ is on her debut album "GALING GALING", her first production with western music elements. The encounter of traditional Uzbek folksongs and western pop culture was a big challenge for Mokhira. It is a very exciting experience to hear how she blends her soft oriental voice into the western rhythms. The songs on her new album give the listener the feeling that it is no problem to unite two such different music cultures. Songs such as "Galing Galing", "Yetmasmu" and "Yulimiz Boshka" involving Hip Hop grooves, slip into a new dimension by means of this symbiosis.

During her concerts, she skillfully unites the traditional Makom song culture with new pop elements. Her public appearances in Uzbekistan, Kasakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand and Turkey are always a fascinating experience. Her band members, all coming from Uzbekistan, are, on one hand, the rhythmic group consisting of drums, Doira (a traditional Uzbek percussion instrument), Tarabuka, various percussion instruments, Kairoks (stones) and, on the other hand, string instruments such as the Dutar, the Turkish Saz, Tanbur, bass, keyboards and vocals. A further supplement to her live gigs are the dancers in traditional costumes performing Asian­Oriental dance culture. Together with Mokhira, they turn the concert into an "Arabien Nights" experience. Exotic charm, musical variety, grace and temperament are the aspects Mokhira emphasizes in her songs.

The producer Lenny Mac Dowell brings in the experience he has had with production of previous albums. Together with the Japanese musician and producer Jario Lee and the musicians from Uzbekistan, the complete album was recorded and produced in Germany.

Mac Dowell: "GALING GALING (Come to me), prooves how World Music can be produced today without losing the authentic charachteristics of the traditional elements. Mokhira has brought her ethnic musical background to an international level of understanding. I am sure, that she will continue her successful career in Europe and the USA."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fine Modern Music From A Traditional Makom Master, May 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Galing Galing (Audio CD)

A phenomenal first album by a woman of extraordinary talent. With a background in ancient Makom singing, she blends western and eastern music styles, old and new, in a refreshing new pop sound. (She's a master of over 500 Makom songs. I'd love to have a disc of her favorites. One is on this disc.)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a new star from the East, January 24, 2000

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[e-mail] (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galing Galing (Audio CD)

Mokhira is the New Star in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. I listened to this album while flying from Singapore to Frankfurt in a A340 from Lufthansa. They have a program called "World Music" and this album was featured. It is a fresh, new sound, a combination between Eastern sounds and instruments and Western music. Very well combined. The catalogue that comes with this CD shows much more examples of World Music, worth listening to. january 2000

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tash Gibi KIZ (A girl as Strong as a Rock), January 25, 2000

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Ayhan Gedik (Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Galing Galing (Audio CD)

Very well oriented music, even the music arranged on the cd is specific, the music and the words takes you into a deep and wonderfull world that you think that you are somewhat inside the album, I am from turkey and specifically because I do not understand some of the words "which all are in my native language" the cd gives me somewhat a very wonderful joy while listening, I am really pleased to have this cd, try the remix on track 5 its wonderful. Thank you mokhira. PS: I first heared this track on a Lufthansa Flight to LA from Frankfurt and believe it or not I had to go and ask the pilot on who is singing this song, and then one of the stewerts specifically searched for the song with me by listening and then from a list that he had on their entertaintment program on the plane they found out her name, which I immediatly ordered from amazon because thats the only place I found this cd.