Hanggai - Baifang (2014)

Hanggai, from the steppes of Mongolia by way of Beijing, is a crossover band that blends traditional music and rock. The band’s members come from Inner Mongolia which covers a vast portion of China’s north, Xinjiang in China’s far northwest, Qinghai’s Haixi Mongolian Prefecture in northwest China and Beijing, China’s capital which lies far to the east. - “Distills everything powerful about Mongolian folk music and makes something new from the ingredients…transcendently powerful music that anyone from anywhere can understand.” (Pitchfork) - “This is Asian crossover music at its best”. ( The Guardian ) - “Like Tinariwen, Hanggai were put on this planet to revive your love for old-school riffage, embrace them” ( Mojo )