Plenty of rebelion in the air and fire in the belly was during performance on Martin Place six member band from Inner Mongolia and Beijing called Hanggai. They vocalist, former punk rocker IIchi traveled to Inner Mongolia to learn
hoomei - throat singing, an Mongolian technique in which singer simultaneously emits two or even three pitches.
Clad in traditional Mongolian costumes, playing Mongol instruments and singing folk songs, they seek to transport audiences back to the original place of the music they make - Hanggai, which refering to an idealised landscape with grassland, mountains, rivers, trees and blue sky.
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