The Portland musician and ritual artist known as Soriah (a.k.a. Enrique Ugalde) first came into being more than 10 years ago. His unique vision has evolved to draw equally from performance and musical traditions both modern and ancient–raga, shamanism, the revisionist arts of electroacoustics, noise, butoh, and free improvisation. One element which pervasively informs his work, is traditional Tuvan throat singing. Soriah has extensively trained in, and received recognition for his achievements with, this style of overtone singing. Most recently, he was honored as the Third Place winner in the International Symposium of Khoomei Competition, and "Best Foreigner" in the 2008 Ustuu-Khooree World Music Festival in Tuva, where the form originated.

Ashkelon Sain ::: .. .. Current Recording Projects: SORIAH.. Current Live Projects: SORIAH .. .. Most Recent Album Releases: Soriah with Ashkelon Sain: ..Atlan.. (Projekt Records, 2009).. Trance to the Sun: ..Spiders, Aether & Rain.. (Projekt Records, 2007).. Submarine Fleet: ..A Very Strange Sight in the Distance.. (BSL Recordings, 2007).. Submarine Fleet: ..In A Case Of Fire.. (2005).. Recent Guest Appearance:.. Dead Fly Ensemble: ..An Entire Wardrobe of Doubt and Uncertainty.. (Trisol Music, 2006).. .. .. .. {{{about me}}} .. (~) I record music, write music, collaborate with others on music, and play music live. And I think it's fair to say that my music falls somewhere between Ambient, Psychedelic, Gothic & Shoegaze. I like it moody. I like it to be dripping with effects. (~) .. .. (~) I am also an avid gardener and I love the outdoors. I drive a 1980's Volvo and I have a cat named Fellini. (~) (~) Projekt/Darkwave is a good vendor for my CDs. If you want to collect them all, though, you're going to have to resort to ebay. I've played on over 35 commercially released CDs, and even I am missing one or two from my collection. ..Projekt/Darkwave Music Store... (~) .. .. (~) During 2008-2009 I've been focused primarily on recording and playing live with ..Soriah... From 1993-2001 I led the critically acclaimed Darkwave band ..Trance to the Sun.., and more recently I performed as a member of the Portland psych-goth group ..Submarine Fleet... .. (~) These are other artists whom I have collaborated with: ..Scarlet Slipping..; ..Cinema Strange..; ..Dead Fly Ensemble..; ..Claire Voyant..... The Ghosts Project... .. .. .. .. .. ..
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