Lumino (band)
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Lumino is a famous Hip-Hop band from Mongolia
founded in 1996. Their music is dance-friendly and often melodic, with frequent contributions by external vocalists. Like most Mongolian bands, they like to include elements of traditional Mongolian music into their songs.
The creation of the band was inspired by a person named "Jason" who had worked as an English teacher in Mongolia in 1996 and 1997. Besides giving language lessons, he also introduced his students to Hip-Hop music. Five of them then came together to form Lumino, but few years after the formation of the band two of their members Chinzo and Hülgüü stopped performing with the band. At one point Lumino consisted from more than a dozen members, headed by Skitzo, including the main MCs Skitzo, MC, Chinzo, and Lizard and MC's from groups Old School and Skitzo's Free Style. Around 1999 the group went through a major restructure and changed their strategy in terms of songs they were producing. They also cut their members to five. Mostly known for their hard core rap, since this change Lumino started to make softer songs for mainstream audience and the head of the band was replaced by MC. A number of songs such as Zam and Hüniih were made into video clips and repeatedly played on TV, while the video for Namaig dagaad tseng was censored because of its too explicit imagery.
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
founded in 1996. Their music is dance-friendly and often melodic, with frequent contributions by external vocalists. Like most Mongolian bands, they like to include elements of traditional Mongolian music into their songs.
The creation of the band was inspired by a person named "Jason" who had worked as an English teacher in Mongolia in 1996 and 1997. Besides giving language lessons, he also introduced his students to Hip-Hop music. Five of them then came together to form Lumino, but few years after the formation of the band two of their members Chinzo and Hülgüü stopped performing with the band. At one point Lumino consisted from more than a dozen members, headed by Skitzo, including the main MCs Skitzo, MC, Chinzo, and Lizard and MC's from groups Old School and Skitzo's Free Style. Around 1999 the group went through a major restructure and changed their strategy in terms of songs they were producing. They also cut their members to five. Mostly known for their hard core rap, since this change Lumino started to make softer songs for mainstream audience and the head of the band was replaced by MC. A number of songs such as Zam and Hüniih were made into video clips and repeatedly played on TV, while the video for Namaig dagaad tseng was censored because of its too explicit imagery.
Discography
(End garch irev, 2001) (Ireed butssan khair mini, 2002) (Gerelt khorvood , 2003) (Lamba guain nulims , 2005) (Khuuchin surguuli "Old school", 2007)Members
- D. Temujin (MC) (The General of Mongolian HipHop)
- B. Bat-Khishig (Baji)
- D. Ankhbaatar (Skitzo) (a.k.a CUTHBERTH)