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Kerning Cultures
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'Song of the Day'
The song is so iconic in our menian culture that it's always sung with the same melody and pretty much the same arrangement. The person who transcribed and recorded an early version of it was the composer and priest gomitas, probably the most famous armenian composer that ever lived. She does this whole crazy vocal, you know, pyrotechnic or she goes way up and the kind of descends. That's partly what makes this such a tour de force. And if you listen to other recordings of grunk they're not going to sound like that.
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