ANDAGAI BAND

The Andagai Band was formed in 2008. The name of the band, Andagai, comes from the Mongolian saying “one’s word is worth millions. It is not to be forsaken. It is not to be gone back on”. The group adheres to a vision of “casting a choice ethnic cultural product and creating a brand that will be passed on for centuries”. With the group’s main focus being a plan to advocate the original music ecology of Mongolia (including such integral components as the matouqin, urtiin duu and khoomei throat singing), they have successfully put on many concerts dedicated exclusively to this cause.

The reason and motivation behind the forming of Andagai are the deep love and respect for traditional culture. The Mongolian people and their profound culture are the basis for the group’s musical creations which meld elements drawn from the diversity of modern music. This brings traditional Mongolian culture back to its natural countenance while the incorporation of contemporary music achieves a new aesthetic and harmony. The members’ bold and unconstrained passion birthed in the grasslands makes it possible to see the whole of their adept skill and profound style all in one glance.

The band is comprised of a group of young people who have an intense passion for their ethnic culture. Each of them hails from the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and their abilities are comprehensive in that they include production, creation, musical arrangement, performance, etc. Thus they exhibit the bearing of the new generation of young Mongolian musicians.

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