7th February 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.

Friday Tonic (free event).

Country: China - Inner Mongolia. Style: Mongolian traditional Music / Punk Rock.

Lineup: Yiliqi [Ilchi] (topshuur/banjo/tuur/bell/v[Hoomei]), Hurizha [Hurcha] (v/shaker/aman khuur/whip), Yilalata {Ileta] (g/banjo/v). Batubagen [Bagen] (morin khuur/v[Hoomei]), Ailun (sanxian/g), Niu Xin (bass g), Yin Bao (d).

Founded in 2004 by Ilchi and the now departed Xu Jingcheng, the band includes members from Inner Mongolia (in the north of China), Qinghai’s Haixi Mongolian Prefecture in northwest, and the capital Beijing in the east. The music blends traditional Mongolian music (including Hoomei (or Khoomei) - throat singing) with Rock (Ilchi’s background is in Punk Rock), traditional instruments like the morin huur (or morin khuur) and topshuur (or tobshuur) with electric guitars and banjo.
More information: www.worldmusic.co.uk/hanggai, www.facebook.com/hanggai.

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7th February 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.

Friday Tonic (free event).

Country: China - Inner Mongolia. Style: Mongolian traditional Music / Punk Rock.

Lineup: Yiliqi [Ilchi] (topshuur/banjo/tuur/bell/v[Hoomei]), Hurizha [Hurcha] (v/shaker/aman khuur/whip), Yilalata {Ileta] (g/banjo/v). Batubagen [Bagen] (morin khuur/v[Hoomei]), Ailun (sanxian/g), Niu Xin (bass g), Yin Bao (d).

Founded in 2004 by Ilchi and the now departed Xu Jingcheng, the band includes members from Inner Mongolia (in the north of China), Qinghai’s Haixi Mongolian Prefecture in northwest, and the capital Beijing in the east. The music blends traditional Mongolian music (including Hoomei (or Khoomei) - throat singing) with Rock (Ilchi’s background is in Punk Rock), traditional instruments like the morin huur (or morin khuur) and topshuur (or tobshuur) with electric guitars and banjo.
More information: www.worldmusic.co.uk/hanggai, www.facebook.com/hanggai.

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7th February 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.

Friday Tonic (free event).

Country: China - Inner Mongolia. Style: Mongolian traditional Music / Punk Rock.

Lineup: Yiliqi [Ilchi] (topshuur/banjo/tuur/bell/v[Hoomei]), Hurizha [Hurcha] (v/shaker/aman khuur/whip), Yilalata {Ileta] (g/banjo/v). Batubagen [Bagen] (morin khuur/v[Hoomei]), Ailun (sanxian/g), Niu Xin (bass g), Yin Bao (d).

Founded in 2004 by Ilchi and the now departed Xu Jingcheng, the band includes members from Inner Mongolia (in the north of China), Qinghai’s Haixi Mongolian Prefecture in northwest, and the capital Beijing in the east. The music blends traditional Mongolian music (including Hoomei (or Khoomei) - throat singing) with Rock (Ilchi’s background is in Punk Rock), traditional instruments like the morin huur (or morin khuur) and topshuur (or tobshuur) with electric guitars and banjo.
More information: www.worldmusic.co.uk/hanggai, www.facebook.com/hanggai.

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7th February 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.

Friday Tonic (free event).

Country: China - Inner Mongolia. Style: Mongolian traditional Music / Punk Rock.

Lineup: Yiliqi [Ilchi] (topshuur/banjo/tuur/bell/v[Hoomei]), Hurizha [Hurcha] (v/shaker/aman khuur/whip), Yilalata {Ileta] (g/banjo/v). Batubagen [Bagen] (morin khuur/v[Hoomei]), Ailun (sanxian/g), Niu Xin (bass g), Yin Bao (d).

Founded in 2004 by Ilchi and the now departed Xu Jingcheng, the band includes members from Inner Mongolia (in the north of China), Qinghai’s Haixi Mongolian Prefecture in northwest, and the capital Beijing in the east. The music blends traditional Mongolian music (including Hoomei (or Khoomei) - throat singing) with Rock (Ilchi’s background is in Punk Rock), traditional instruments like the morin huur (or morin khuur) and topshuur (or tobshuur) with electric guitars and banjo.
More information: www.worldmusic.co.uk/hanggai, www.facebook.com/hanggai.

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7th February 2014 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.

Friday Tonic (free event).

Country: China - Inner Mongolia. Style: Mongolian traditional Music / Punk Rock.

Lineup: Yiliqi [Ilchi] (topshuur/banjo/tuur/bell/v[Hoomei]), Hurizha [Hurcha] (v/shaker/aman khuur/whip), Yilalata {Ileta] (g/banjo/v). Batubagen [Bagen] (morin khuur/v[Hoomei]), Ailun (sanxian/g), Niu Xin (bass g), Yin Bao (d).

Founded in 2004 by Ilchi and the now departed Xu Jingcheng, the band includes members from Inner Mongolia (in the north of China), Qinghai’s Haixi Mongolian Prefecture in northwest, and the capital Beijing in the east. The music blends traditional Mongolian music (including Hoomei (or Khoomei) - throat singing) with Rock (Ilchi’s background is in Punk Rock), traditional instruments like the morin huur (or morin khuur) and topshuur (or tobshuur) with electric guitars and banjo.
More information: www.worldmusic.co.uk/hanggai, www.facebook.com/hanggai.

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