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Albert Kuvezin (Russian: ??????? ???????) is a Tuvan
Tuvans

Tuvans or Tuvinians are a group of Turkic peoples. They are historically known as Uriankhai, from the Mongolian language designation....
 guitarist and throat singer.

Kuvezin was one of the founding members of the Tuvan folk ensemble Huun-Huur-Tu
Huun-Huur-Tu

Huun-Huur-Tu is a music group from Tuva, a Russia republic situated on the Mongolia border.One of the distinctive elements of their music is throat singing, in which singers sing both the note and the note's overtone, thus controlling two tunes simultaneously....
, and is the leader of the Tuvan folk/rock/electro/post punk band Yat-Kha
Yat-Kha

Yat-Kha is a band from Tuva, led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. Their music is a mixture of Tuvinian traditional music and Rock music, featuring Kuvezin's distinctive kargyraa Overtone singing style, the kanzat kargyraa....
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2001 06 14 Yat Kha in Karlsruhe Albert
Albert Kuvezin (Russian: ??????? ???????) is a Tuvan
Tuvans

Tuvans or Tuvinians are a group of Turkic peoples. They are historically known as Uriankhai, from the Mongolian language designation....
 guitarist and throat singer.

Kuvezin was one of the founding members of the Tuvan folk ensemble Huun-Huur-Tu
Huun-Huur-Tu

Huun-Huur-Tu is a music group from Tuva, a Russia republic situated on the Mongolia border.One of the distinctive elements of their music is throat singing, in which singers sing both the note and the note's overtone, thus controlling two tunes simultaneously....
, and is the leader of the Tuvan folk/rock/electro/post punk band Yat-Kha
Yat-Kha

Yat-Kha is a band from Tuva, led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. Their music is a mixture of Tuvinian traditional music and Rock music, featuring Kuvezin's distinctive kargyraa Overtone singing style, the kanzat kargyraa....
. He is known for his unique, contra-bass style of Tuvan kargyraa throat singing, which he calls "kanzat kargyraa." According to Russian critic Artemi Troitsky, "There are two unique voices on Earth right now; they belong to Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti Italian orders of merit was an Italian opera tenor, who also crossed over into popular music. He was the most commercially successful tenor of all....
 and Kuvezin."

In addition to his work with Yat-Kha
Yat-Kha

Yat-Kha is a band from Tuva, led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. Their music is a mixture of Tuvinian traditional music and Rock music, featuring Kuvezin's distinctive kargyraa Overtone singing style, the kanzat kargyraa....
, Kuvezin has contributed to albums by Alisa
Alisa

Alisa is a Russian hard rock band, who are credited as one of the most influential bands in the Russian rock movement....
 ("Duren", 1997), Susheela Raman
Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman is an acclaimed British Tamil musician. Raman has released four albums since 2001. Her debut album Salt Rain was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001....
 and Värttinä
Värttinä

V?rttin? is a Finland folk music band which was started as a project by Sari Kaasinen and Mari Kaasinen back in 1983 in the village of R??kkyl?, in Finnish Karelia, the southeastern region of Finland....
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