Watch now for free: The film “Space – Sound – Voice” by Minghao Xu

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Minghao Xu’s 2009 film brings us close to the mystery of overtones, which seems to become the stranger the deeper you look into it. The film illuminates the phenomenon from the perspective of some of the greatest experts in the field of overtone singing, with some exciting and well-researched scientific and philosophical backgrounds. This documentary film portrays seven international musicians and tells the story of the director’s personal fascination with ‘overtone singing’ and the fractal geometry of sound. An amazing journey into a mysterious world of sound.

With

  • David Hykes
  • Wolfgang Saus
  • Christian Bollmann
  • Danny Wetzels
  • Hosoo & Transmongolia
  • Jill Purce
  • Mark van Tongeren

Director and producer: Minghao Xu
2009 Traumzeit publishing house, David Lindner

You can buy the DVD of the film with some extras in German/English here.

Minghao Xu about his film (quote from facebook):

My first production – a documentary about overtone singing – was published in 2010. Now after 10 years I am making it available for free on YouTube.

A big Thank You to Danny Wetzels who introduced me to overtone singing, who was and is a musical inspiration and a friend to me throughout the years.

Big Thank You to Wolfgang Saus who has a deep understanding of the human voice, who is brilliant in teaching how to hear and sing overtones and who supported me massively in creating this documentary.

Thank You to David Hykes who touched me as a singer as much as an inspirational being.

Thank You to Christian Bollmann, Hosoo Dangaa Khosbayar, Jill Purce and Mark van Tongeren – without your presence, knowledge, voice and contribution this project couldn’t have manifested. And Thank You to David Lindner for your help to publish this project through the Traumzeit Verlag.

 

Interesting new Video by Vincent Tournoud – Istana

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I noticed this recording by the French artist Vicent Tournoud because it represents the transition from the Mongolian Khöömii technique (throat singing) to Western overtone singing.

It is apparent that the two styles will eventually mix. Mongolian singers adapt western music, currently mainly from the rock/pop direction, Western overtone singers integrate throat singing, currently with a preference for undertone singing. I have subscribed to his YouTube channel and am looking forward to his future creations.

Vincent Tournoud learned overtone singing at the age of 26 in West Mongolia in the centre of the Mongolian throat singing Chandman with Tserendavaa Dashdorj and Sengedorj Nanjid. He lives in Grenoble, France, where he teaches overtone singing.

More about the artist:

Website
YouTube
Facebook
Soundcloud

 

How Achim Winter (German TV channel ZDF) set out one morning to learn overtone singing…

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Note: The video does not work in some countries.

Achim Winter is going on another adventure and attends an overtone singing class with Wolfgang Saus. A cheerful German television team, Achim and his cameraman Hans-Jürgen Schmitz, meet on a Sunday morning in the former synagogue in Freudental for an equally cheerful weekend course group and film, participate and interview participants. As you can see, we had a lot of fun. The participants: Bettina Güßmann, Michael Volz, Diana Leo, Dorothea Niedecken, Ottschke Hemmerlein, Nicola Kaupert, Peter Schneider, Roland Wagner, Edwin Lengl, Achim Winter.

Impressions from the shooting

Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
ZDF Achim Winter in the overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
ZDF Achim Winter in the overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
ZDF Achim Winter im Obertonkurs bei Wolfgang Saus
ZDF Achim Winter im Obertonkurs bei Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus
Achim Winter, German television ZDF, in overtone class with Wolfgang Saus

Links

⇒ZDF Website

Wang Tang – O.Ton Project with Daniel Pircher

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Overtone vocals & classical guitar – Daniel Pircher
Didjeribone – Marc Miethe
Written by – Daniel Pircher
Camera – Vincent Dzikowski & René Gamsa
Video Editing – Daniel Pircher
Recording & Engineering – Marco Birkner at Studio H2 Berlin

I like Daniel Pircher’s wonderfully clear and light overtones.

 

Lutang – for Accordion and Overtone Singing by Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis

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“solo accordion piece developed through close collaboration with Goran Stevanovic. The vocal control is as crucial as the accordion playing. The sung notes and the sound as a result of overtone singing, as well as whispering, are important materials in this piece.”
Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis about lu:tαŋ [Translated by ws]

Since Karlheinz Stockhausen’s “Stimmung” (1968) overtone singing has had a place in serious music as “extended vocal technique”. The Philippine composer Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis, who lives in Austria, wrote this work for the accordionist Goran Stevanović. Goran Stevanović studied accordion in Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover. The award-winning musician currently lives and works in Hanover and is involved in contemporary music and music education.

https://www.felizmacahis.com/

http://goranstevanovic.com/

Overtone Singing from Bohemia with Alto and Cello – Ivana Rea & Michal Pustay

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Ivana Rea’s beautiful alto, cello, overtone singing by Michal Pustay. Ivana Rea is a well-known singer from the Czech Republic. Ivana will be touring with her new album in 2019/2020. Go when there is a concert near you. By the way, Ivana also sang in the European Overtone Choir.

Sōmei Satō – MANDARA, Music for Tape (1982)

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Sōmei Satō creates a multi-track overtone choir with his own voice and uses vowel overtone singing as an effect. I have heard something similar from Roberto Laneri’s “Two views of the Amazon” from 1981. At the beginning of the 1980s, this probably sounded more like electronic music to most listeners, as overtone singing was still virtually unknown in the West.

Premiere 1982. Tokyo.
Commitioned by Japan Foundation
RD:ALM/AL-26, NEW ALBION/NA-099, NA-016

Sōmei Satō – マントラ MANTRA, Music for Tape (1986)

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One of the very early compositions for western overtone singing. At that time overtone singing was hardly known.

23′
World premiere Tokyo 1986.
RD:NEW ALBION/NA-016, NA-099

Singing with Dogs – Mini Wolf Duet 1

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Sofie, my neighbor’s dog, loves it when I sing with her. She is rhythmic to the yodelling. We want to develop that now. Maybe she’ll learn overtone singing.