We just launched our new project on Kickstarter. Our goal is to raise enough funds for Chirgilchin to record a new album, in collaboration with two very talented artists - Lian Ensemble and Stephen Kent. We are asking for your help in this project!

Kickstarter works on a system of pledges. You pledge your donation now, but you are charged when we reach our goal. If we do not reach our total goal, you are not charged. If we surpass our goal, we can use more money for production and promotion of the album.

We always try to find some new sounds with different kind of musicians. Here you can listen experiments with Canadian drummer Peter Valsamis. We call this project - Kurut - very hard style tuvan dryed cheese.

This project was created to introduce the Western audience to legends and fairytales from different Central Asian nations. In our 2005 tour, this project included Khakassian folk group Sabjilar, female throat singer Choduraa Tumat, and Altai storyteller Sarymai. This year, we decided to invite other musicians into the project. We hope that Igor Koshkendey from Tuva, Battuvshin from Mongolia, Sarymai from Altai, and Evgeny Ulugbashev from Khakassia will be able to show you the beauty of legends and fairytales from Central Asia.

Karashay, translated from Tuvan means black tea-or tea without milk. We created a musical project where each musician can add their own color to the music. We are calling it 'add milk to the black tea' - make it tastier.
The only rule - the milk has to be fresh.

Süttüg-Shay (salty tea - süt means milk and shay is tea)