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Eagle

Mamer

Mamer is a cult figure, an underground hero playing venues of Beijing's leftfield music scene. 'Eagle' is haunting, lyrical, ambient and subtle - a modern soundtrack to the wild open Kazak grasslands. The music is beautifully textured and the vocals deeply emotional. With this album he is revitalising the ancient songs and instruments of his heritage in windblown western China, with an alt-country aesthetic.

This is a seminal album, touched with the renegade spirit of everyone from the Flying Burrito Brothers to the Velvet Underground and Nick Cave. Here are traditional Kazak folk songs and Mamer's own compositions, and guests including Grammy winner Bela Fleck (on a Chinagrass duelling-banjos-style duet) and the late, great French producer Hector Zazou.

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