Epi

EPI (1968, Ulaanbaatar) with his singing and music sustains the traditions of his native country Mongolia in a modern fashion. As a virtuoso throat singer and player of the morin khur, a typically Mongolian two-string horsehair instrument, Epi, born Enk Jargai, is extremely versatile. He cherishes the age-old nomad songs from his fatherland, but doesn’t mind sharing the stage with jazz musicians or hiphoppers. Epi grew up in a small village with Mongolian nomads, but because of his penchant for music he ended up at the conservatory. In 1993 he played in Germany for the first time, which is now his adopted country. Epi performs worldwide as a soloist or with other musicians. So far he has released one solo-cd, entitled Hoirr Öngö, which means ‘between two worlds’.