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Misha Maltsev comes from Pokrovsk in the Republic
of Sakha, Siberia. Before moving to London in 2000 he was involved
with the organisation of
the TABYK music festival,
producing a variety of alternative and world music radio programmes for Sakha
State Radio and independent stations, publishing a music fanzine and working
with local musicians.
As well as freelancing for the BBC through radio
contributions and documentary programme making, he is also one
of London's most eclectic
DJs. His film journeys include a Siberian winter expedition on a husky dog
sled team and more recently a trek in the jungles of Laos to film the Hmong
rebels. Misha is currently studying for his MA in ethnomusicology at the
School of Oriental and African Studies
Stepanida
Borissova is an extraordinary
singer from Sakha (Yakutia) in North-Eastern Siberia. The Sakhans
are an ancient Asian people, long conquered by Russia, whose
culture
is deeply rooted in shamanism. They see themselves as one of the
last outputs of a pantheist, non-Westernised culture where
there
is no > separation between culture and nature - where sound and
voice belong to both. Stepanida Borissova is also Sakha's most
renowned
exponent of folk theatre. In this duo program she improvises over
the nature based soundscapes created by Misha Maltsev.
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