Did you hear wind, birds, water, wolves, dogs, rain and the mountains echoing the last farewell cry of the young man who is forced to leave his homeland around Samal Mountain?
This is not more a song This is a spiritual and transcendental song So beautiful Make in a studio with two musicians More a masterpiece from the incredible Dimash Nice reaction
КРАТКИЙ ПЕРЕСКАЗ ДЛЯ ТЕХ, У КОГО НЕТ СУБТИТРОВ //////////////////// Металлический Джефф получил много рекомендаций, посмотреть «Самал Тау» с токийского джазового фестиваля. «Я рад проверить это, услышать, как Димаш поет вживую, тем более, что это выступление было недавно, в мае 2020 года», - сказал Джефф. На 1:31 наш Железный Джефф "прыгнул" в песню и сразу не понял инструментал на кобызе, который ему показался маленькой виолончелью - «крошечное тело и всего две струны!». «Этот инструмент звучит великолепно, хотя выглядит очень простым, но может многое рассказать, а играющий на нём джентльмен очень талантлив.» Это вступление показалось Джеффу чем-то неземным с такими эфирными, красивыми звуками, которые его «уже взорвали». На 4:11 при первых звуках голоса Димаша глаза Джеффа округлились - не ожидал. Потом посетовал, что нет перевода слов, и решил - «сначала послушаю голос, а потом найду слова». Про аппаратуру в студии Джефф сказал, что она «красивая». Дальше слушал молча, а на 5:11 на мгновение отключился, ушел в астрал, потом вздрогнул и вернулся в наш мир. Джефф сделал паузу и сказал, что «разные части песни просто притягивают тебя. У Димаша такой красивый голос, что он просто втягивает вас прямо в эту потрясающую песню». Джефф сделал замечание про микрофон, которое я не поняла. К середине песни мне показалось, что наш Железный Человек «посыпался». Он сказал: «Это просто гипнотическая песня, это такое красивое и неземное!». На 8:16 случился краткий, на долю секунды, полет в астрал № 2. Вокализ Джеффу очень понравился, он назвал его «прекрасным» и далее сказал: «Димашу не нужно заходить далеко в свой верхний диапазон, чтобы я мог соединиться с ним, потому что у него есть эта сила, великолепная сила в его среднем диапазоне. И большая часть (этой песни) сделана в его среднем диапазоне. Даже та высокая нота, которая была прекрасна, явно не из верхней части его диапазона. … Кажется, что он (Димаш) застрял (в этой песне) в своем среднем диапазоне… Поскольку я все больше и больше слушаю его музыки, он становится моим любимым (певцом). И он может делать эти безумные высокие ноты, которые просто потрясают. Но есть что-то такое удивительно гладкое и красивое в его среднем диапазоне. Боже мой, я просто поражен каждым выступлением (Димаша). Говорю это искренне». Дальше Джефф сказал, что посмотрел текст песни, но, на мой взгляд, не понял его правильно - «песня о солдате на войне, думающем о семейной жизни…». Сказал, что такое содержание близко многим людям по многим причинам, потому что люди не обязательно находятся на войне, но им нужно чувство обретения внутреннего мира. Именно такие чувства получил Джефф, когда узнал содержание песни. Джефф уделяет повышенное внимание содержанию песен вообще и просит зрителей прислать ему, если у них есть, хорошие переводы этой песни. Еще раз повосторгался относительно деревянного двухструнного инструмента, имя которого он забыл, и, который звучал так хорошо. Даже если взять дорогой деревянный инструмент, например, среднюю или маленькую виолончель, то не сравнить с тем, что джентльмен делал на двухструнном кобызе великолепно. Джентльмен с дождевой палкой отлично играл на флейте. Звук дождевой палки вызвал у Джеффа ностальгию по детству. Он вспомнил, как его мама водила в торговый центр, когда они жили в Грузии, где в магазине была куча таких палок со звуком типа облаков… и т.д. //// пересказано с автопереводчика.
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@@elyaiztleu2233 Спасибо, дорогая Эля! Признаюсь, до Димаша ничем подобным не занималась. Если Вам нравится, значит, всё не зря. Вас с наступающим Новым Годом! Годом без вирусов и карантина, надеюсь!
Hello from Russia. Your reactions are sincere, it's a pleasure to watch you! I recommend listening to some songs in two versions - the same song at different performances may sound a little different, but it's still magical. For example, the song "Know" in two versions: with the text and just vocalization, they are different. The song "Scream" is performed live on "hits of idols" and the official music video. Good luck to you. Merry Christmas. Continue your reactions to Dimash. "know" (performance in the Moscow Kremlin) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rUSvj8UvFLo.html "Know" (vocalization in Ukraine) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UCbpt48KntY.html "know" (vocalization in Moscow) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LKva896GDgg.html
Daididau and Samaltau are my son's favorite two songs because they are representing ancient Kazakh culture ( my son is a Historian) , these songs are hauntingly beautiful & the words are lovely too. You can find translations to the words on another video of Smaltau.
They are on my top 10 . I’m Irish and my husband was Native American ( and an historian). It was important to us to raise our kids with ancestral connections. The further back people go they find out sounds that are similar and come from the same place . The soul .
If you like the Qobyz (the string instrument) played by Olzhas Qurmanbek, you will meet both again in Qairan Elim, Dimash's directorial debut of his own music video. Very much recommended as a piece of art, musically, visually and intellectually.
At the beginning of the song, the sounds of the Great Steppe of Kazakhstan at night were masterfully imitated on the Kazakh ancient folk instrument KOBYZ. We hear howl wolves, barking dogs, the cries of cranes, the noise of water in the river... /// The song "Samal Tau" is considered folk. Its plot is connected with the events of 1916. That year, many men were mobilized for World War I, which was in Europe. /// The guy walks along the steppe road at night and sings a song about having left his native home and old parents, native mountains "Samal Tau". The guy doesn't know what lies ahead in the war. He doesn't know if he'll return from the war to his home. /// Dimash sings this song in Kazakh. The song premiered on October 20, 2019 in China at the closing of the 6th Silk Road International Film Festival ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1NkoFc-bQ_s.html
If you love his low-mid range, try Qaragym-ai (Apple of My Eyes) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HilvUOOPRvE.html . This was very recent, a few months ago. It was sung as a dedication to the composer who was also Dimash's professor, who recently passed away from Covid. Check out the backstory of the song here: dimash.fandom.com/wiki/My_Dear . I can't find a decent written lyrics though, but there is one embedded to a video of Dimash performing the song when he was younger, during the 70th birthday of the same composer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wVfQu1Cd5CA.html
Samaltau is beautifully simple yet complex. The Kobyz is the stringed instrument (I’d love - as a cellist - to try this beautiful instrument.) that lends itself to the sounds of wilderness from the Samal mountains. The back story to this piece is steeped in Kazakh history and of a young man being torn from his homeland to fight for the Russian army during WWI. The music truly reflects the lyrics and I’m sure you’ll appreciate the meaning. Love the reactions! :). There is a beautiful video of a live performance on stage of this one too.
Dimash doesn’t need any stage settings, light shows, dancers just his voice and a little instrumentation are enough to create atmosphere and to pull you into the song, the story of the song. You can find many of his songs with pretty good subtitles in several languages on the channel of Dimash Fanclub Deutschland here on RU-vid and you can get a lot of informations about Dimash, his songs with backgrounds, the people around him and his culture in the group „Dimash multicultural club“ on Facebook. Samal Tau is a historical song. 1916... World War I...The Russian Tsar issues a decree on the draft of Kazakhs aged 19-39 years in the army. Samal Tau is the song of these recruits. The place where they came from was called "Samal Tau" in the North Kazakhstan region. The name of the author is not preserved in the memory of the people. The song contains the words: “We wander tired, very tired for 15 days, almost reached Omsk. Samal Tau, where I was born and raised, was left behind. Elderly parents stayed at home. How are they supposed to live without me? ". The song also has information about the age of the author. He is a little over two mushels old. He was born in the year of the cow, which means in 1888, so he is 28 years old. (Credits to Dimash multicultural club)
Nice reaction to Dimash singing Samaltau. Great performance by Dimash. Loved the traditional instruments as well (kobyz en sybyzgy). The man playing the 2-snared instrument (Kobyz/Qobyz) is also playing in the newest clip by Dimash. Greetings from Amsterdam.
Interesting fact I just found out listening to his very recent interview on Kazakh tv is that he said this song is very special to him and he needs to prepare himself mentally to sing it, not because it's hard technically but because of the whole history behind it and what it means for his country. This was filmed in his home studio in Astana as he couldn't go to Japan because of the pandemic. There is also a very good performance of SOS filmed at the same time in this studio.
THANKS for your reactions to Dimash!!!!.....Samaltau. Samale Mountain is a sad song about a young soldier. He sing about what will happen with his family when He goes away about Mountain and Sea. This a tresure song of kazakhstan and Dimash sing this like no one. The musical instrument is from Kazajistán and name KOBIZ . This live performance with his instrumentalists friends is a firm favourite of mine. His live singing is impeccable like always, even sitting cross legged on a piano stool. Streamed from his home, his music room it wen down a storm at his first appearance at the Tokio Jazz Festival although he was disappointed when it was canceled he was overjoyed when they decided to livestream it. Greetings from a Mexican Dear!......❤️🇲🇽🇰🇿
The song is about the senselessness of wars, the killing of our youth, the suffering of people forced to migrate, leaving their loved ones, their parents behind.
Great reaction! This performance is one of my favorites by Dimash. The song is based on real events (someone already shared link in the comments to the backstory). In one of the recent interviews Dimash said it was emotionally difficult for him to sing that song.
👉The Kobys is an old Turkish stringed instrument, has two horsehair strings, the wooden resonance body is covered with goatskin and is played with a bow. According to legend, an angel appeared to Korkyt Ata (8th-9th century, is considered the founder of Kui) and gave him the task of building an instrument that resembles the human voice: the Kyl Kobyz. Traditionally, kobyzen were sacred instruments owned by shamans and bakses (traditional spiritual medicine practitioners). The instrument is mainly played by men, women with kobys are considered shamans. Legend has it that the Kobyz and its music could banish evil spirits, disease and death. According to a Kazakh legend, nobody dared to bring the terrible news of the death of his son Djuchi to world ruler Chingishan. According to a custom, any person who brought him bad news was killed by Chingishan. Desperate, people turned to the famous singer Akyn. Then he came to the chan with his traditional kobys and played the strings of the instrument so piercingly and sadly that the tough warrior was moved to tears and learned of the death of his heir. (www) 🌼🇩🇪 👉The Sybyzgy is a flute made of reeds or wood 50-70 cm with 3-5 holes, which is particularly common in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The instrument was particularly popular with shepherds, although difficult to play, and was also used by storytellers. These storytellers, called Akyn in Kyrgyzstan, are a central element of Central Asian culture. They went across the country and told stories and legends in chants and with music, for example with a Sybyzgy. (www)🌼🇩🇪
I've been following Dimash for about 2 years now n he never fails to stun me... I love this performance... it's a crying shame this man is not as well known as he should be... ok I get the language barrier, well actuslly I don't.... it's so ridiculous to me ( I'm Irish so am attuned to western music) that this man is seems is obscure in the West... it's a crime we have pop STARS thst can barely sing and are auto tuned get more than Dimash... don't get me wrong I like a good hook in a song but this man here is true above and beyond talent... n he's worked n trained for it.... I only hope he becomes more widely known becsuse he deserves it and also full of integrity and yours missing some thing so beautiful... I try to share him as much as I can... a once in a generation talent...
Merry Christmas! I saw your Dimash playlist that you haven't yet seen his operatic side. There is Ti amo cosi where he sings with Aida Garifullina and Lara Fabian, or Ulise together with Aida, just beautiful!
👉Because of the pandemic, the annual Tokyo Jazz Festival took place online. Dimash sings 2 songs, “SOS” and “Samaltau”, live in his home studio. His first performance 2019 at the closing ceremony of the Silk Road International Film Festival: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1NkoFc-bQ_s.html (you should watch it) For Dimash this song 'Samaltau' has a special spiritual meaning. He prepared for the performance with a special responsibility. This song, very well known in Kazakhstan, is sung about the hard mass of people, about their suffering. It was written when the Tsar forcibly recruited the young men from Kazakhstan during World War I. They marched endless distances. Many did not understand what to do in a foreign country. Their fields withered and their wives, children and elderly parents were left alone. The Tsar, then the Soviets, attacked the country and harassed, recruited and decimated the population. In 1934, after a great famine, 2 million Kazakhs had survived. Today 18 million people live in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 70% of them Kazakhs, 19% Russians and other ethnic groups. Fan Club USA has a background story video: www.youtube.com/watch?V=GVcs7wkfyC4 Tragedy of the Kazakh people: "Samal tau 1916" - HasSak folk band (True Saka) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KMPgRS9OR6I.html 🌼🇩🇪 👉 Samaltau (names a beautiful place. In Kazakhstan, many women's names have 'samal' as the first syllable) Mountain breeze Mountain breeze, my amazing country, my endless lake, What days await me as a soldier, You keep coming into my mind from time to time, My amazing homeland, where I was born and raised I wasn't riding, I was walking, Even slower than walking, Been strolling for 15 days In the direction of Omsk I'm at the age of two cycles, the year of the cow By the will of Fate, I went farther away Mountain breeze, my amazing country, you're left behind From the hollow field, we are the only ones I had parents, Of progressed age, Since this song was written, It's been 16 years. Mountain breeze, my amazing country, my endless lake, What days await me as a soldier 🌼🇩🇪
Ok my last comment but you can reslly feel the sorrow n longing in this performance.... after two years and lots of dimash I love this.... it's soul touching... I know most of his sings are but something about this transports me to another place... Dimash is not only vocally talented n trained, he puts his soul into every song and it's amazing .... I just totally transported by him.... that's a very difficult thing to do when your singing to an audience that knows nothing of your history or culture ..but he does it
Here's lyrics: Mountain breeze Versions: #1#2 Mountain breeze, my amazing country, my endless lake, What days await me as a soldier, You keep coming into my mind from time to time, My amazing homeland, where I was born and raised I wasn't riding, I was walking, Even slower than walking, Been strolling for 15 days In the direction of Omsk I'm at the age of two cycles, the year of the cow By the will of Fate, I went farther away Mountain breeze, my amazing country, you're left behind From the hollow field, we are the only ones I had parents, Of progressed age, Since this song was written, It's been 16 years. Mountain breeze, my amazing country, my endless lake, What days await me as a soldier lyricstranslate.com/en/samaltau-mountain-breeze.html
Its incredible that this is the same guy that sang SOS, and Olimpico and Daybreak. Each is so different, and yet you can hear its the same voice deep down, somehow. Amazing.
You do well in listening first, so you are not distracted by reading the lyrics, but as others have suggested before, the story of this song is especially touching and interesting. btw, there are two more songs in this kind of a package which Dimash worked on while in "home office": Karagym-Ay and Qairan Elim. Real artworks! Cheers from Vienna (have just subscribed to your channel, very much like your reaction videos and you have a pleasant voice)
That was performed from his own home studio. That violin is a tradicional Kasak instrument called kobiz ... and the flute is a traditional one from Kasakistan and if you noticed is played with half the mouth of the musician, leaving the space to let go his breathing sounds at same time... Here you hear water, wind, wolves yowling, birds and rain drops over the stones of the mountains echoing... This is a story about a man who is leaving because he was called to war by the Tzar and he may not return alive to see his beloved land again, now invaded by war...
A voz desse gênio produz eco no universo. Causa microfonia na atmosfera! The voice of this genius echoes in the universe. Causes feedback in the atmosphere!
The thing that is different about the kobyz (the stringed instrument) is that if you notice, the musician does not press the strings all of the way down to the fret board or neck of the instrument. He slides his fingers up and down on the strings to give you that haunting variation in pitch and tone.
Isn't he wonderful and I agree, this folk song doesn't have to be extreme in any way to get the story across. Another Kazakh song is Daididau. Just beautiful. Please look up Gloria Wu for the back story for this and many other of his songs as they are so important to our understanding of the emotion of the songs. Another gentle mid range song is MARIGOLDS which made his mum cry. You really need the words for that. Gloria Wu wlll help you. Thanks. Looking forward to the next one.
Although Dimash's 6 octave voice is not used for this story song of a Russian teen called to War in 1916 ) the instruments, song structure, language and haunting story are so different from western choices yet come across so powerfully. ...how do you sing from this position ?
Hi there, the instrument is a QOBYZ(CO-BEEZ). It is played like a Cello and it's a highly revered instrument in Kazakhstan. They usually use it to produce animal sounds/effects in their traditional music.
Dimash explained that this song is not difficult to sing, but it involves emotions of suffering that he must interpret himself. This song is difficult because of that.
Kobyz used steppe bucks (shaman-healers) for rituals: Inside the kobyz, on the back wall, they attached a mirror, and the head was decorated with a bunch of owl feathers. In the darkness of the yurt, the mirror gleamed from the tagan with a reddish color, the kobyz sang its ancient, howling song, the bucks shouted their spells in a heart-rending voice: “Nak! Nak! ”, And the feathers of an owl from his cry began to move and tremble.
Versions: #1#2 Samal tau1, wondrous my land, immense my lake, What my life is going to be as soldat2? Comes to my mind over and over again My poor land, where my navel-cord cut, washed me3. I am not riding, I’m trudging, Even slower, just drag myself. It’s been about fifteen days On way. I’m approaching Omsk. My age is double mushel4, from year of Cow5. The Fate has swept me away, far from my home, Samal tau, my motherland is left behind, We’re just a foal-herd that has lost its pastures. I have father and mother, They both would reached elderly age. I was compelled to make this song By the grievous year of sixteen. Samal tau, wondrous my land, immense my lake, What my life is going to be as soldat? lyricstranslate.com
This was performed on his 26th Biirthday on May 24th 2020 in his home studio in Almaty Kazakhstan for the Tokyo Jazz Festival that had to be online due to the pandemic. Dimash is a native Kazach, who were and in some cases still are a nomadic people, and the instruments have a long history, the Kobyz is a 5,000 year old instrument with two strings made of horsehair, played with a bow also of horsehair, it has no fretboard . The noises made represent the sounds Wolves, Cranes and other wildlife of the Kazakh Steppe, vast, beautiful plains where the population lived and herded horses which they rode, milked and ate. Here is a very good article if you are interested in the Korbyz/ Qorbyz abaicenter.com/nomadic-culture-through-sound-qyl-qobyz The other instrument is a Kazakh side blown flute called a Sybyzgy makes the sound of birds together with the rainstick, a bamboo pipe filled with tiny pebbles to make the sound of the wind blowing the grasses of the Steppe. The instruments on the wall are various styles of Dombra plus a Jetigen, a 7 stringed Zither all gifts from his Dears. Hope this is of interest to you, and also this, it's what the song is about dimash.fandom.com/wiki/Samaltau_(Самалтау)💙🇰🇿"
Well done, Fluffys Mum. It is a big help not only for our Metal Guy, but also for those who haven't known anything about these things. Thank you for it. Lili from Hungary
@@liliharaszti7583 hello Dear friend from beautiful Hungary, its a pleasure to help and I am so glad you found it useful. Please stay safe and well and don't forget Dimash's online concert on 16th January, tickets are very cheap and available from Tixr.com. Hugs ❤❤❤❤❤
Dimash fez uma apresentação espetacular dessa música Folck e histórica Cazaque! Dimash quando canta não precisamos traduzir pois sua voz e sua interpretação magistral transcende qualquer idioma! Simplesmente Sublime!! Único! Inigualável ! Os músicos com seus instrumentos tradicionais são extraordinários!! O estúdio de Dimash estava com uma atmosfera muito especial! Continue apreciando Dimash em Elim Menin ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sSQw-4pke5Q.html I Miss You ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-riEQJWvA_vk.html Entre outras apresentações! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏻👏🏽👏🏽👏🏿👏🏿🎶🎶🎶💞💞🇧🇷🇧🇷
The Kobyz is an ancient string instrument and was considered sacred played by shamans believed to able to banish illness and even death. The song was written by an unknow young soldier taken to fight in WWI when Kazakhstan was part of the Russian empire - the natural horsemen forsed to walk to the battlefield, leaving their families, their homeland behind.
Kobyz is one of the oldest Kazakh folk instruments. It is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument. Kobyz is made from a single piece of wood. This is one of the oldest ways of making musical instruments in the history of mankind, and it is explained by the fact that, according to the ancient beliefs of many peoples, the living singing soul of the tree, which will sound in the instrument, will be preserved only in a single piece. An open body, just like kobyz strings from a bunch of 30-60 untwisted horsehair, gives a very thick timbre rich in overtones. Two strings on an old kobyz were made from horse hair or camel sinews. Hence the name of the instruments: kylkobyz (kyl - horse hair), narcobyz (nar - one-humped camel). Later there were instruments with metal strings - zhezkobyz.
I'll throw my two cents in.... this song as I believe was about the kazakh men called to war on behalf of another nation... the instruments are meant to represent animal sounds .. I first thought of a wolf... it's about these men saying goodbye to their homeland , the SAMALTAU mountains... please feel free to correct me im not good at long answers 😁but the vibe of the song is so amazing and emotive ... I love it
The history of this song: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sZIrWZJLs04.html (rus) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GVcs7wkfyC4.html (eng)
Man, imma just keep bothering you because I'm am ass to react to Ed Sheeran - You Need Me I Dont Need You. The live room version. I promise you will be amazed, and it wont be what you're expecting! I'll make sure to just comment once per video instead of spamming you, there are just zero high quality reactions to it and you got a high quality channel.
