{"id":22,"date":"2005-11-16T08:08:18","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatplanet.com.au\/blog\/2006\/01\/11\/albert-kuvezin-and-yat-kha-jackson-and-his-computer-band\/"},"modified":"2021-01-31T05:13:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T05:13:22","slug":"albert-kuvezin-and-yat-kha-jackson-and-his-computer-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/2005\/11\/16\/albert-kuvezin-and-yat-kha-jackson-and-his-computer-band\/","title":{"rendered":"ALBERT KUVEZIN and YAT-KHA, JACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nALBERT KUVEZIN and YAT-KHA <\/strong>[TUVA]
\n<\/strong>love will tear us apart<\/a>
\n<\/strong>orgasmatron<\/a>
\n<\/strong>over recent months, i seem to have drifted into playing at least one cover version each week on the radio show – from germany’s beige gt <\/strong>rendering dj rolando<\/strong>‘s ‘jaguar’ as a symphony for guitar, to belgium’s ranco saint de baker<\/strong> covering qotsa<\/strong>‘s ‘no one knows’ whilst seemingly gurgling a glass of water. the reason why i find international cover versions appealing is that it creates a bridge between the familiar (i.e. the song we already know) and the unfamiliar (a new artist from somewhere other than the anglo-american axis). it makes the transition into the unknown that little bit easier, and naturally it can be a great thrill to hear a well-known track reflected back at you from cultures other than your own. it’s gone through a double-translation – from english to the native language and back again. check out japan’s towa tei<\/strong> & buffalo daughter<\/strong>‘s recent ‘my sharona’ cover (originally by the knack<\/strong>) where, of course, ‘sharona’ becomes ‘shalona’. comedy pronunciations aside, nowhere is this cultural ping-pong better exemplified that with albert kuvezin and yat-kha<\/strong>, hailing from the tuva republic in southern siberia. their latest collection ‘re-covers’ takes us through a familiar songbook, performed in the ‘throat singing’ vocal style that tuva is renowned for – covers of joy division<\/strong>, kraftwerk<\/strong>, motorhead<\/strong>, hank williams<\/strong>, led zepplin<\/strong> and captain beefheart<\/strong> performed as we’ve literally never heard them before. on his take on ‘love will tear us apart’, albert says: “this band wasn’t well known in russia but some band made big name and good career during USSR time copying and imitating the likes of joy division<\/strong>. i like the mood and guess our manager jim likes them very much.” many of these songs are particularly precious to albert and the band – for a long time, rock’n’roll was essentially outlawed under the former soviet regime, it could be neither performed nor listened to. ‘re-covers’ therefore is albert’s life journey – the songs that he grew up with, but with was rarely allowed to sing. for more info on this self-proclaimed ‘throat singing punk band’, head to yat-kha.com<\/a>.
\nJACKSON AND HIS COMPUTER BAND [FRANCE]
\n<\/strong>utopia<\/a>
\nwhen someone describes you as ‘the future of electronic music’, you’re in trouble. jackson<\/strong> naturally doesn’t pull off that particular coup (who could?), but the album is a treat for anyone who likes dance music for the mind. at times reminiscent of the ideology that daft punk once attempted to convey, with the album ‘smash’ jackson<\/strong> calls to the table every contemporary production trick at his disposal, and appropriates them all for himself. an unholy mix of punk, funk, glitch, techno, electronica, even r’n’b, jackson<\/strong>‘s ‘computer band’ might be in danger of seemingly like a flashy parlour trick were it not for the fact that it is so much fun – a hugely enjoyable romp from start to finish. more at warprecords.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ALBERT KUVEZIN and YAT-KHA [TUVA] love will tear us apart orgasmatron over recent months, i seem to have drifted into playing at least one cover version each week on the radio show – from germany’s beige gt rendering dj rolando‘s ‘jaguar’ as a symphony for guitar, to belgium’s ranco saint de baker covering qotsa‘s ‘no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[445],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fat-planet","tag-fat-planet-blog","missing-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15618,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions\/15618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stuartbuchanan.com\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}