This piece was in collaboration with Demogorgon (Stephen Shieberl)as the soundtrack to an art installation entitled "Abduction" which was displayed at PS211 in Winston-Salem, NC in 2004.

Abduction soundtrack

A live performance of Soriah (Enrique Ugalde), Power Circus (Lana Guerra)and Let's Go Outside (Steve Shieberl)recorded January 25th, 2006 for the KBOO 90.7FM show, Night of the Living Tongue.

CHARON

Axca translates to "Now" in the pre-columbian Mexica language of Nahuatl. This is an ancestral call to rise in action against generational injustice and police brutality. To stand up not only for your ancestors but for your descendants as well.
written and performed by Soriah
trap kit drums by Marc Slutsky

Cathartes

Axca

This is the live arrangement of the song "Atlan" originally released on the album "Atlan". This version conveys the evolution of this piece and how it would be heard in a live performance. The Tuvan language in the intro invokes the very moment of transformation from nature, in this instance a river into voice.
My river...
I'm singing with my river
My rivers song
the water's song
my heart's song
I'm singing with my river
Listen....
The lyrics of "Atlan" are in Nahuatl and speak of a story of unbridled love where a young couple together in a forest at night are overcome by the inestimable beauty of the moonlight dancing on the river and decide to remain together at the bottom forever.

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Atlan

Cehui is the second track on the album "Atlan" by Soriah with Ashkelon Sain. 
It is a prayer for the dead to pass into the new state of being. The vocal style is reminiscent of Classical Indian Raga and is based off the Midnight Raga, "Malkauns".

Cehui

Xiuhcoatl's lyrics are in Nahuatl and describe a ritual to invoke a communion with the cosmic serpent. The high whistling sound throughout this piece is known as Sygyt. It is a traditional Tuvan style of harmonic overtone singing Soriah mastered under instruction during his travels to the Central Asian Republic.

Eztica

Xuicoatl

Xiuhcoatl

Uger Khan (Pliedian King) is the Tuvan name bestowed on to Enrique Ugalde by the minister of Culture of the Republic of Tuva, Aldar Tamdyn. Uger Khan Kargyraa is Soriah's own personal expression the techniques passed down from the Tuvan masters as produced through the sense of his own cosmic and psychedelic experiences.

Uger Khan Kargyraa

SORIAH is the stage persona of Enrique Ugalde, an internationally-acclaimed throat singer and ritual artist who generates experimental soundscapes where ancient traditions are revealed through the lens of modern experience.
Birthed in one of the most historically isolated locations on the planet, Tuvan throat singing is a musical sound like no other. Mysterious, primordial and awash in a deeply visceral drone, it invokes the full range of the natural world – from deep mountain roots to the whistle of birds in flight.
SORIAH weaves Tuvan throat singing, pre-Columbian sounds, classical Indian raga, and modern Western styles, looping and processing his voice and traditional instruments into lush sonic tapestries. His lyrics are often written in Nahuatl (Mexica/Aztec) or Tuvan, preserving and expressing cultural mysteries with reverence and wonder.

"SORIAH’s truly stunning extended vocal technique is peerless...beautifully odd, elevatingly dark and utterly lovely."
– Thomas Jones (Crossroads Music)

In 2008 SORIAH was awarded “Best Foreigner” at the Üstüü-Khüree Festival in Tuva and received the “Third Laureate” award in the 2008 Fifth Quinquennial Ethnomusicology Symposium, the highest honor a non-native Tuvan had yet achieved in this field. In 2019 he won the award for best Kargyraa in the International “Khöömei in the Center of Asia” Festival, and in 2020, he was awarded the title “Magical Musician of Khöömei”. His entry into the Tuvan Anthropological Museum speaks to the deep impact his work has within its native culture.

"Totally breathtaking. SORIAH conjures up a haunting sonic otherworld, drifting, dreamy, menacing and malefic, a rumbling, whirring dark ambient dronescape, thick with natural timbre and dense with subtle overtones."
– Aquarius Records

When not visiting or competing in Tuva, SORIAH showcases to sold-out crowds in Europe, Japan, Mexico, and the United States. He has shared the stage with artists including Peter Murphy and David J (Bauhaus), cEvin Key (Skinny Puppy), Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction), Liberation Movement, and Clan of Xymox. He has contributed to studio recordings of Modest Mouse, The Dandy Warhols, Thor and Friends and Hans Joachim Roedelius. He was also a noted performer at the 2009 Peace Ball to celebrate Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C.
Through his extensive humanitarian work, SORIAH remains dedicated to reminding audiences of traditions that transcend time and cultural boundaries, heightening awareness and revealing the divinity of each precious moment.

"(SORIAH and Ashkelon Sain) are somehow reawakening the old and sleeping powers of the earth."
– Justin Patrick (brainwashed.com)

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