"Native Tongue", by Fletcher Tucker (Yurt)

"Native Tongue"

by Fletcher Tucker (Yurt)

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1.	Spore Port (Hmong, Thai harp) 04:51	buy track
2.	Written in Delight (Reeded Mouth Bow, American) 01:17	buy track
3.	Crystal Tech. (Apalacian harp) 01:52	buy track
4.	Smoke Signals (Temir Komuz, Kyrgiz harp) 01:36	buy track
5.	Geo Logic (3 tongued Dan Moi, Vietnamese harp) 01:29	buy track
6.	Glad Passing (Kou Xiang, Chinese harp) 01:44	buy track
7.	Unearthed (Clackamore, American) 01:16	buy track
8.	Sky Burial (Murchunga, Tibetan harp) 02:05	buy track
9.	Behind the Breath (Maultrommel, Bavarian Harp) 02:08	buy track
10.	Dark Spectrum (2 tongued Dan Moi, Vietnamese harp) 01:15	buy track
11.	Crumbling Empire (bambook Kubing, Filipino harp) 01:58	buy track
12.	Medicine Pouch 03:34	buy track

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Originally released in 2012 under the pseudonym 'Yurt', now presented under the artist's actual name – "Native Tongue" by Fletcher Tucker is comprised of 12 improvised (channeled) jaw harp compositions. The first 11 tracks are solo improvisations, the 12th track is a layered composition with 4 different harps and a drum. The jaw harp is known by many names throughout the world, in English alone it is called Jew's harp, jaw harp, juice harp, mouth harp & trump. Hundreds of cultures around the globe have independently discovered this mystical instrument... "Native Tongue" utilizes 11 different harps from 10 different regions/cultures, the personal collection of Fletcher.

Harps in order of appearance: Hmong, Thai harp – Reeded Mouth Bow, American – Tuned Jew's harp, American – Temir Komuz, Kyrgiz harp – 3 tongued Dan Moi, Vietnamese harp – Kou Xiang, Chinese harp – Clackamore, American – Murchunga, Tibetan harp – Maultrommel, Bavarian harp – 2 tongued Dan Moi, Vietnamese harp – bamboo Kubing, Filipino harp.

Jaw harps are exceptionally unique instruments because the mouth and throat serve as the resonance chamber for the metal or wood reed. The sound enters the body of the performer, the internal universe, before being "released" into the external world. Given this simple fact it seems unsurprising that jaw harps (in their various forms) feature largely into much indigenous sacred music and ritual, from Mongolia to Peru. Additionally the sounds of these instruments are appropriately other worldly and magical.

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released August 1, 2011

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