SORIAH E

The NEW ALBUM "ATALN" is available through the link belooow!



The Portland musician and

ritual artist known as Soriah

(a.k.a. Enrique Ugalde) first

came into being more than 10

years ago. His unique vision

has evolved to draw equally

from performance and musical

traditions both modern and

ancient–raga, shamanism, the

revisionist arts of electroacoustics,

noise, butoh, and

free improvisation.

One element which pervasively

informs his work, is traditional

Tuvan throat singing. Soriah

has extensively trained in, and

received recognition for his

achievements with, this style of

overtone singing. Most

recently, he was honored as the

Third Place winner in the International Symposium of Khoomei

Competition, and "Best Foreigner" in the 2008 Ustuu-Khooree World

Music Festival in Tuva, where the form originated.

As much as the complex musical underpinnings of Soriah's music

reach back to Central Asia, he traces his roots back to his father’s

homeland of Mexico. His explorations of the cities and wilderness of

Mexico and considerable research into the Aztec mysteries, as well as

the present-day animism of Tuvan Shamanism, have deeply

influenced his pan-cultural ethos.

Through costume, movement and meditation Soriah evokes an

otherworld of profound mystical import. Though the settings for his

performances have ranged from arenas, concert halls and churches,

to swamps, caves, tree tops and even an abandoned nuclear reactor,

his project carries its own sense of place and time, which transcend

the concrete world.

The newest official recording, "ATLAN"--- in collaboration with

Ashkelon Sain (Trance to the Sun, Submarine Fleet) is recently available from Projekt Records.projekt.com

The previous recorded works of Soriah are available from Beta-Lactam

Ring Records; along with compilation appearances on URCK's

"Post-Asiatic" series, Sonick Sorcery's "Visions From The Garden",

and Mobilization's "How To Destroy the Universe Part 5".

Other credits include live and recorded guest appearances with Blixa

Bargeld, Perry Ferrel, The Master Musicians of Jajouka, The Legendary Pink Dots, Jarboe, Master

Tuvan Throat Singers Chirgilchin, Psychic TV, The Church, Chrome,

GWAR, The Polyphonic Spree, and The Dresden Dolls, as well many

others



My Third Place "Award" in the 5th International Khoomei Symposium



and my Best Foreigner Award from the Ustuu-Khoree World Music Festival in Chadanaa, Tuva



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