Love the song! I am a Dear for life !!! So happy for all the people who have discovered DIMASH and opened their hearts 💕 to the the god given talent!!!
Dimash es mucho, mucho, mucho más que un cantante extraordinario. Toca tu alma, la atrapa y la sientes ligada a él irremediablemente. Es extraña esta sensación, nunca imaginé que un artista llegara a fusionarse así conmigo... pese a admirar a muchos de distintas artes, sin embargo él...
You were right when you said the instruments in the beginning sounded like animals. The kobyz (stringed instrument) makes the sounds of dogs barking and howling and birds screeching as their home on the steppe is disturbed by the foreigners approaching on horseback. They come to take the young man away from his homeland and his aging parents, and force him to fight their war for them. You can also hear the wind in the grass and the jangle of the horses' reins. It's beautiful, but quite ominous and mournful once you know the meaning. Thank you so much for your thoughtful reaction!
This song should be listened to by all those politicians who play wars and the fate of ordinary people. Feel the pain and fear of ordinary people who are being pushed to death. This is an ode to all the innocent young soldiers who die in senseless wars.
This is one of my favorite songs of Dimash. He has the ability to create a movie when performing a song. In the beginning one can hear the wind in the mountain, the water, the howling of the wolves ect. I love it when he "throughs" his voice in the air like he did on that long note. He does it in other songs as well. Thank you so much for this reaction.
At the beginning of the song, the sounds of the Great Steppe of Kazakhstan at night were masterfully imitated on the Kazakh ancient folk instrument KOBYZ. We hear howl wolves, barking dogs, the cries of cranes, the noise of water in the river... /// The song "Samal Tau" is considered folk. Its plot is connected with the events of 1916. That year, many men were mobilized for World War I, which was in Europe. /// The guy walks along the steppe road at night and sings a song about having left his native home and old parents, native mountains "Samal Tau". The guy doesn't know what lies ahead in the war. He doesn't know if he'll return from the war to his home. /// Dimash sings this song in Kazakh. The song premiered on October 20, 2019 in China at the closing of the 6th Silk Road International Film Festival
Dimash did another performance of this at his home studio during lockdown. It was live streamed for the Tokyo jazz festival. Dimash sits cross legged and it is spectacular. The Kobyz gives off sounds of the animals and rivers of the Samaltau mountain homeland.
Dimash has 3 other performances of this song. The one you mention and the latest one from his Digital Show are my favorite, although all of them are amazing.
Esta es una canción hermosisima, la voz de Dimadh es un deleite a los oídos, los instrumentos son increíbles, suenan tan bien!!!! en resumen una obra de arte por donde se le mire, Dimash es un genio musical que no se veía en siglos, digno de elogios y admiración, sin hablar de él como persona, ahí tenemos otra lista larga que enumerar!! Gracias por esta reacción y esta bella canción!🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱💜❤💟❤💓🇨🇱🇨🇱
Hello Larry. This is traditional anonymous song, other comments told you what is it about, so I wont repeat, but I'd like to give you some background and say that this song means a lot to Dimash. Actually, he has said that this is one of the most difficult songs for him to sing, that he needs to take some time and prepare himself mentally to be able to do it. When I heard him say that in an interview, I wondered "why? why something that happened to someone else a century ago is so heartbreaking?"... then after a little research about Kazakh history, I understood. Quote; “Between 1906 and 1912, more than a half-million Russian farms were established as part of reforms by Russians; the farms pressured the traditional Kazakh way of life, occupying grazing land and using scarce water resources” “Starving and displaced, many Kazakhs joined in the Basmachi movement against conscription into the Russian imperial army ordered by the tsar in July 1916 as part of the war effort against Germany in World War I. In late 1916, Russian forces suppressed the widespread armed resistance to the taking of land and conscription of Central Asians. Thousands of Kazakhs were killed, and thousands more fled to China and Mongolia”. So, that were the options if you were a Kazakh young man in those times: let others take your land and resources, and go die fighting wars that meant nothing to you, or try to avoid it and get killed anyway. Dimash belongs to a resilient and brave people who has endured a lot of pain and losses through centuries, and in the last 150 years particularly under Russian Empire first, and then under the Soviets (2 "by design" famines that were true genocides, and took away- depending on who do you ask, between 40% and 70% of the population). Dimash loves his country, he was raised in the traditional way by his grandparents, so it is most likely that he respects also the "Jetyata" tradition, where every Kazakh has to be able to name his ancestors till at least 8 generations. This is not just another song, this one and other few (like Daididau) are really heart-wrenching for him, when he sings them he carries all the suffering of his people, he is there giving voice to and honoring all those men and women with all his soul.
Una absoluta belleza! Como nos abraza con la hermosura de su talento este artista...como logra elevarnos y transportarnos: ES IMPRESIONANTE!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇱
Kobyz is an ancient tool of the peoples who lived in the East, including nomads. It was used in ancient times by steppe shamans-healers for various rites. Kobyzy is made from a single piece of wood. This is one of the oldest ways of making musical instruments in the history of mankind. It is not due to technical backwardness or the lack of metal devices. According to the ancient beliefs of many peoples, only in a single piece will the living singing soul of the tree remain, which will sound in the instrument. The open body and strings of the kobyz from a bunch of 30-60 untwisted horse hair give a very thick, overtone-rich timbre.
Listening to this is like taking a walk in an ancient village with mountain and river surrounding me😊Please react to Dimash performance for Know (Vocalise)
Good reaction my friend...Dimash is the best male singer of the world....And if you like Dimash, you have to react to the Dimash's idol, the amazing, the Queen Lara Fabian....Lara is the best female singer and performer of the world....For Dimash and for me...She speaks 5 languages and sings like in 12 languages....That's why she is the inspiration for Dimash and several singers around the world...Please react to her masterpiece songs in this order: Je Suis Malade (1999 Live version Singing in french)...Caruso (1999 Live version Singing in italian)...Je T'AIME (2002 Live version in Paris Singing in french)...Perdere L'Amore (1999 Live version Singing in italian)...Adagio (1999 Live version singing in english)...Broken Vow (1999 Live version)...And Ti Amo Cosi (2019 Live version Singing a trío with Dimash and Aida Garifullina)....Thank you.
Moving interpretation of a song that portrays the sad story of an oppressed people. The strength of Dimash's love and respect for his homeland and people comes through vividly in the folk songs he so masterfully sings. An example to be followed and shared. Congratulations and thanks for your reaction.
1916 is World War 1, male Khazaks aging between 19-43 were taken to participate in the construction of military facilities for the Russian Empire and fight in the front lines. One would walk miles in the snow not knowing if ever he would be back... Most of them didn't indeed come back. Such a common story in many countries. Even in my country Syria, males were led to fight for the Ottoman Empire and they used to cross countries walking. They died from cold, hunger, illness and homesickness.. What a beautiful tribute from Dimash to all the souls lost in crazy wars... Thank you for the reaction. Perfect as usual.
Love this performance. This is a traditional Khanstan song. It's a sad but also a inspirational story. I cry each time I hear it it's a soul searching experience for me. ☺ Akita, 🇺🇸 Dear
Thank you so much! Dimash has other 3 amazing performances of this song on his channel. It could be great if you could watch (and better do it with us) at least 2 of them which are my favorite: the one from the Tokyo Jazz Festival 2020 and the other from his Digital Show 2021. It will feature not only amazing performances, but also how differently he performs it each time, and how much emotion and effort he invests in every performance. For me, Dimash is so touching and emotionally intense that I can barely survive his performances, but I also can't live without them and I feel that each time I am listening to him he is purifying and lifting up my soul. By the way, of course, although the song is not written by him, his interpretation i8s unique and different, with his own original arrangement. Dimash gives the Kazakh old songs a new life and thus spreads his culture to his fans around the world. Nobody outside of Kazakhstan would have ever known about their existence otherwise.
Hello, what to say, Dimash is Dimash, and that's enough, there is no one who equals him, he is perfect in his voice, his interpretation, and his human quality. Hopefully you see the 2021 version.
Once you start listening to him it is hard to stop. You never seem to be filled up. I have listened to all his older pieces since finding him about 3 years ago. I prefer them to the newer renditions of his older songs but that may just be me. The things he has been doing at the Creative Center is remaking his older songs in new ways and they are pretty incredible. He hasn't been able to travel much so his Creative Center has been in good use. The first time I heard this piece was at the Tokyo Jazz Festival and he was in his home studio when he recorded it. It is better to me than with all this staging. He is a perfectionist and always feels he could have done better. He only has the best around him for musicians. production etc
hello to you mr.Larryshair ..this unique musical instrument is venerated in the kazak culture..only the chieftain had the right to play it..they were a nomadic people and they moved with a horde of deers and they put little bells on their necks, to be able to follow them better in the morning ... they also moved with dogs and eagles training for the hunts they did not use guns for danger of avalanches on the high plateaux and endanger their villages..and the KOBYS instrument..produces the whistling of the wind- the abhorrence of the dogs-the howl of the wolf-the cries of the owl - the noise of the water which stream .. here is a short history of this beautiful instrument and how the kazack people lived at the beginning of last sciecle ... my best wishes and greetings from ..CANADA
It was 1916, the second year of the Great War. The Russian Empire carried huge human and property losses. The burden of restocking was laid on subject nations. About 49 million hectares of fertile land were forcibly taken away during the war years in Kazakhstan. The owners of this land, Kazakhs, were driven out into the barren wastes. Taxes increased from 3 to 15 times. For the needs of war livestock and property were mass requisitioned. And finally it came to the "requisition" of people. Many young Cossacks were forced to go to war for the Russian Empire. Most never returned.
Dimash fez uma apresentação espetacular dessa música Folck e histórica Cazaque! Dimash quando canta não precisamos traduzir pois sua voz e sua interpretação magistral transcende qualquer idioma! Simplesmente Sublime!! Único! Inigualável ! Os músicos com seus instrumentos tradicionais são extraordinários!! O cenário estava com uma atmosfera muito especial! Continue apreciando Dimash em Elim Menin th-cam.com/video/sSQw-4pke5Q/w-d-xo.html I Miss You th-cam.com/video/riEQJWvA_vk/w-d-xo.html Entre outras apresentações! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏻👏🏽👏🏽👏🏿👏🏿🎶🎶🎶💞💞🇧🇷🇧🇷
Hello!It's soo sad!Dimash is crying and worried about his nation in this song!He's living deep emotions,like that soldier in this song!He very love and proud of his Kazakhstan;our dear,old,turkish brother country!Thats history;we also were,under the Russian Empire;then Soviet Union! It's very good!We're all very happy now;because our countries is free now,and we're the people of free republics! Samal dag; Dogma elim Genis golum; Harda qaldin; Men bir soldatam(esgerem); Uzaqda qalan elim oy! Dagim,cayim oy! Anam atam yaslidir; Min doqquz yuz on altida; Omska catdiq; Samal dag! Dogma elim; Gorunen golum Harda qaldin!!! Hello from Azerbaijan!!!
For Dimash, this is the most difficult song to interpret because of the background of history, which happened in a mountainous region of Kazakhstan SALMAÑTAU Samaltau means Mount Samal. The lyrics are sad because it refers to when in 1916 the Kazakh men were recruited by the Russians and forced to fight in the First World War. According to the lyrics, a young man marching towards the battle zone thinks about what awaits him and suffers from what will happen to his parents, who are old and left alone. The instrument that sounds at the beginning is called Kobyz, it has 2 strings and incredible sounds come out of it. KOBYZ Kobyz is an ancestral instrument, it was used by the wise and referents to drive away evil spirits, formerly its two strings were made with horsetail, Greetings from Panama
@@rodrigorra3153 you are totally right. "Tau" is " mountain" in Kazakh. I just added translation of word "Samal". It's honor for me, as Kazakh, that you know something of my culture. Big big thank for that.🤝 ulken rakhmet 🤝🤝🤝🤝🙌
@@sunnysmiles2930 Kazakhstan is a beautiful country with incredible cultural richness. Thanks to Dimash, many of us in the world have taken an interest in your country. Greetings from Panama.
Dear Larry, thank you for your thoughtful and genuine reactions to Dimash. As many commented before, the Tokyo Jazz Festival 2020 version of that song is a must: he is alone in a studio with 2 fellow musicians, it seems like a prayer and meditation rather than just a song. It took me ona journey, made me yearn for a place I have never been to… That does not normally happen to me. It was sth else. And then, since you value a genuine connectedness to the music, listen to Daididau from his Bastau concert 2017. Amanat is another deceivingly simple, almost simplistic, ballad about his love for his country. Nothing epic or grand about it, just tender love, like for a child ( Amanat apparently translates „precious charge”). And then, watch Daybreak from Bastau 2017. Get the backstory, cause it greatly helps to appreciate the performance and the song, but be warned: as a parent you might have hard time emotionally. Enjoy the journey, the Dears will keep you company😘
Amanat or Daididau / Adai & Daididau next? These songs are also from Kazakhstan. Daybreak of Bastau consert I also amazing. This Story is from China. Thank You for Your honest Reaction!
Thank you for your reaction! He mastered Samaltau in "Dimash Digital Show 2021". Always deep felt performances about painful Kazakhstan history. This one about 1916, when young kazakhs were forced to leave their homeland and fight the war that was not their war, by Russian empire.
This song always pierces my heart. I can visualize the agony suffered by that young soldier who was forced to leave his old parents behind to fight for Russia. I wonder if he ever got back from the war. I just hope he had siblings to comfort their parents and to take care of them during their old age. soooo saaaad!!!
Dear Larry, thank you very much for a beautiful reaction to this very deep and sad and mesmerizing song. You feel the pain of seperation from the loved ones left behind in his motherland in Dimash's voice, the whole scenery and instrumentation drags you into this heavy, desperate, lost and painful experience. It is one of the really somber, yet very beautiful songs by Dimash - I love it so much! You are a very nice and sincere man, so please give credit to the artist you are reacting to and put the link to the original video into your description box. Thank you! Hope for more Dimash reactions! 🙏
Others have already given a lot of good information about this precious folk song. So, I want to tell I really enjoyed listening this song with you. Beautiful, heartfelt reaction. Thank you! :)
I am wondering if the dangling charms were for decorating camels that nomads ride for their nomadic journeys... the charms make sounds and would inform a nomadic family living in a yorta in the middle of nowhere... Those yortas in the middle of nowhere are really something else, in the summer, there was an opening on the roof and you slept in it looking at the stars, and the air was fresh with the scent of flowers and grasses of the Kazakh Steppe... Very romantic but life is obviously hard, yet the Kazakh nomads were taught people... I travelled to Kazakh Steppes a few times with my parents when I was school age and loved those trips because there was no grassland, no mountains, the air was not so fresh in the cities... Anyway, Dimash's Kazakh songs always bring up my memories of the beautiful and vast Kazakh Steppe and the nomads living in the yortas... 😊😍💪
Thank you for this nice reaction to Dimashs SAMALTAU. What I like so much about your reactions is the sensitivity with which you treat each song. 😊 Another very emotional or touching song by Dimash is : QAIRAN ELIM. There are several versions, but I would recommend the music video and would think it would be great if you had a reaction to it too.🤗
@@Chabtung I agree 😊 The video reflects more of the deeper meaning of the song. In terms of performance, the version of the digital show is more emotional.
@@biggijansen5321 I agree. It's often like that with Dimash - it's worth watching more than one version of each song. But for me nothing compares to his live performances.
I believe this is about enforced subscription of Kazakh men into the Russian army and their journey on foot as they traveled to Omsk. The traditional instruments imitate the sounds of the animals and natural surroundings. Thank you for your reaction, he is addictive! Hope we get to see your reaction to Stranger! 🤗🇬🇧
I hope that the Dears that didn't like your first reaction, see this, you've turned into a Dear. You don't know yet, but you did LOL. Thanks for another great reaction. 😊
As someone else commented, he did a live stream studio version of this for the Tokyo Jazz festival. In that version he utilises the Kobyz, a Sybyzgy (Tradition flute) and a Rainstick to back him. I think the Sybyzgy and the rainstick further enhance the haunting of the melody.
Hello Paul. It's funny to see how one's perception of something changes with more knowledge and understanding. Lately I have been listening to quite alot of both Dimash's and Diana Ankudinova's not so well known music - in the western parts of the world that is - and THERE is where the real gems lie imo. In those performances you get to see the artists connect to the music and lyrics in a very different way. Here in the western parts of the world we always and only get to hear the WOW!s, meaning the songs that are more or less made for the sole purpose of showcasing an artist's vocal abilities. That tends to be a bit repetative, at least in the way the music is being built up. Almost "fake" if you will. I think both you and I have learned something since the first time(s) we got to hear Dimash, and that is beautiful. We should learn from that, so that when we're introduced to new artists in the future we keep our gun holstered for a few rounds more. This was another great reaction from you. And another beautiful performance by Dimash❤Have a wonderful weekend!
This song was performed 4 times, each time in a completely different setting and in completely different way. In my opinion. the most impressive and moving performances are Tokyo Jazz Festival and the Digital Show. If you like this song, I think you will really enjoy both - they are very different. Tokyo th-cam.com/video/QnQbmB6KXME/w-d-xo.html Digital Show th-cam.com/video/QnQbmB6KXME/w-d-xo.html I adore Dimash's Kazakh songs and they are among my favorite songs in the entire world, but personally I completely disagree that Dimash transmits less emotion in his songs in other languages. Of course, there are a few contest songs that were meant mainly to impress, like Diva Dance or Opera 2, but they are obviously designed for pure fun and entertainment (and that is needed too sometimes, and are small a minority of all his many songs. We are all allowed just to have fun from time to time). Personally, I discovered Dimash with the song SOS on Singer. I was looking for something else, but accidently clicked on the wrong video. I had no idea who Dimash was, had never heard of him before. I can't even begin to explain how he made me feel. Never in my life had I ever experienced anything like that before, and I am not young and have listened to a lot of music from various genres all my life. I felt my soul bursting out of my body, I couldn't breathe or stop crying, i felt such a roller coaster of emotions and sensations I can't even describe. I couldn't stop listening to this song on repeat. It took me about a month to realize that I probably should look for more songs by him, so captivated and moved by his performance and by how perfectly the contrasts in his voice trasmitted the contrasts in the lyrics and created such a roller coaster of emotions. And now his performances of SOS are even more emotional and not once he dedicated it to people dear to him he had lost - one performance he couldn't even finish because he broke down and cried. You should see some of the SOS performers in his concerts... But the most important thing - he cured my post traumatic anxiety disorder from which I had suffered for more than 10 years and which made my otherwise great life a living hell. I had tried every method in existence, bith conventional and alternative, to cure it, but nothing helped. And after starting listening to Dimash I suddenly realized it was completely gone, as if never existed. I was so amazed, I couldn't believe it, so I started reading on the internet and found so many people who experienced very similar things. So for me and for many others Dimash is a soul healer. But it's not only SOS. His songs in Chinese, like Late Autumn, or in English, like If I Never Breathe Again, and so many others, are so touching it is impossible for many to listen to them without tears. For me, it doesn't matter whether he sings a song with a wide range or not, what matters are the emotions that he invests in them. Not always those emotions are of the kind that is supposed to make you cry, sometimes they are of the kind that is supposed to boost your energy and lift your spirits, like Olimpico, that was composed especially for the opening of the European Olimpic Games. Those are just examples, there is so much more. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I think it is a too simplistic to say that if Dimash performs in another language or a song with wide range it automatically means he is not emotionally invested in the song. In my opinion it couldn't be further from the truth. Besides, it's important to remember that we are all different and respond emotionally to different things, which means that even if you are not moved by something it can be only your personal perseption, not an objective truth. Sorry for the long story, just wanted to share another point of view.
@@Chabtung How I agree with you! Dimash puts his soul into each of his songs. When he sings, my heart immediately responds. This has never happened when I listened to other artists.
YESSSSSS. fingers and toes crossed that your previously blocked videos get released !!!!!!! You still have to see his performances in the competition show The Singer 2017... some of his finest renditions... cannot wait for you to review his cover of Queen's The Show Must Go On in that competition..... Until next....
There was a huge revolt by the Kyrgyz and Kazakhs in 1916, following the conscription of thousands of them to fight on the Russian front for World War 1. The revolt was crushed and many many of them fled to China. It is estimated that 40% of the Kyrzyg population was killed during and after the revolt. It is a sad chapter of Dimash’s country history and I believe he conveys in an exquisite way the anguish of the young man forced to leave his country, not knowing who will look after his elderly parents. Thank you for a great reaction, I sure hope that “Strangers” gets released!
@@larryshair Nothing scary for my family, just an unbereable pain. For 4 days and nights I felt like I was hit by a train: my bones and muscles, my whole body was in an unbereable pain. The good part was: we had no fever, no breath problems... Among my whole family I felt the worse. My 17 y-o daughter had nothing, my 15 y-o boy felt his head a little dizzy, my husband started to feel some pains but not like me. We all are still coughing. All of us lost the smell's and taste's sense but we didn't need to go to the hospital. But a 70 y-o cardiac-ill and overweight aunt of mine died bc. of Covid, a few days ago, so yes, I think finally It's a scary virus. And doctors say this is Delta "form" of Covid. Much health to you and your family!
This is a great performance of this amazing song. That said, I'd strongly suggest you listen to the version from the Tokyo Jazz Festival in 2020. His focus in that one is so singular and emotional that it sets it apart. He is in a single quiet room and sings the song entirely while sitting cross-legged. The whole performance there is just filled with intense love for his country and with heartfelt emotion. Simple, but so very powerful.
This is one of my favorite Dimash songs, his voice, the instrumentation and the story behind is very moving. Traditional songs in my opinion are the best. You should check Samaltau version for the Tokyo Jazz Festival, it is amazing!!! It was performed during the quarantine from the Dimash home studio with two musicians,! One of them a talented friend and a master Olzhas Qurmanbek playing the kobyz, ancient Turkic instrument ❤️🎤🔝🎼👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
Hi Chris,I got your name right haha! Thank you for saving your Dimash discoveries for us, what a treat every time I see that you have put a new one up it's like-oooh ooh time to make a coffee and have an enjoyable time with Chris and Dimash! .I like the songs where Dimash sings in Kazakh ,the most,I think...There's something extra special about them, understandable really.The Kobyz sounds like a wolf howling,at the start,it's beautiful.I believe that player is the best in the world.Fingers crossed for the Stranger reaction.Also,yay for your Mom!
I'm so glad that you started with the songs that Dimash did not use much of his vocal range. I sometimes wish reactors to put aside his alien vocal range for a minute to notice how incredibly well he convey the song's meanings and feelings. But I would recommend you not to exclude the songs that he sang high notes either, because he uses them as one of the tools to serve the song. Adagio (Singer 2017) and Daybreak (Basteau 2017 version - please also check the story behind the song) next please.
👍👍👍🌷🌷🌷I’m so glad that you are growing into Dimash…💕💕💕 This song is considered a folk song, written by an anonymous Kazakh soldier who had been drafted into the Soviet army to fight in WWII. It is assumed that he died in that dreadful year. The instrument is a kobyz. It’s listed in the credits right at the beginning.
The instrument is a kobyz (ko beyiz), early turkic baltic violin, a sharmans ceremonial and healing instrument. One piece, goatskin covered chamber, 2 horsehair strings and a bow. Imitates animal, wolf, cattle sounds, and wind in the mountains. Russia took them to fight frontline against the Germans from their homes in the The Great Steppe, and this was the walk to their indenture.
Thank you again for an enjoyable reaction. Samaltau is my personal favourite. Do check out the one from The Tokyo jazz festival where he performed in his home studio. I think you are beginning to feel more and more of Dimash's music. For a 27 year old young man, he performs way beyond his age in my opinion. Just love seeing him transformed when he's singing and watch those hands. They tell a story too.😁
When Kazakhstan belonged to Russia, young Kazakhs were forced, by the Russian Empire, to leave their homes and fight 35 years until their total massacre. The story of one of these young people, who desperately marches into a war that is not his, besides the sadness of leaving his parents, elders, with no one to take care of and the certainty that he will never see the mountains (“tau”) of Kazakhstan again generated this wonderfully sad song! In addition to Dimash's talent, we have a wonderful ambience and two fantastic musicians: Olzhas - Master in playing Qobyz (Kobyz, who looks like a violin), the other who plays “Pau de Chuva”! A supernatural journey to the plains of Kazakhstan, through Music!
As to your questions - I think what you asked about in relation to what is hanging in the kobyz - those are bells, and they are sounded during the song.
Doesn’t it broaden your horizons though? Learning about countries, instruments and awesome poets. Since discovering Dimash, I've listened to many more foreing musicians and even movies (with subtitles) if only to get a gist of what life is like there.
I think you would like Adai+ Daididau, another Kazakh song, but look up the back story. Watch the Bastau version to see 100 Kazakh men, joined by Dimash playing Adia on the dombra.
You should react to the Tokyo Jazz Festival performance in 2020 and the 2021 Digital show performance of this song where the greatest Kobyz player in the world accompanies Dimash on both of those performances. Both are amazing! IMO this one is no where close to as amazing, as those two performances are!
Thank you for listening to Dimash's songs with us and sharing your reaction! I recommend listening to Dimash singing Hello by Lionel Richie, the way he interpreted that one is very mesmerizing too, and the runs he did in this song are the most powerful I've ever heard from him. I also highly recommend his performance of Autumn Strong on the show Singer 2017 (Dimash's first time ever singing a Chinese song), version on Gloria Wu's channel for beautiful translation of lyrics :)
This song is from an unknown author but apparently it speaks about a Kazak group of men who were forced to fight a war for the Russian empire who used to occupy their territory.
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Love the song! I am a Dear for life !!! So happy for all the people who have discovered DIMASH and opened their hearts 💕 to the the god given talent!!!
Dimash es mucho, mucho, mucho más que un cantante extraordinario. Toca tu alma, la atrapa y la sientes ligada a él irremediablemente.
Es extraña esta sensación, nunca imaginé que un artista llegara a fusionarse así conmigo... pese a admirar a muchos de distintas artes, sin embargo él...
Soy de Costa Rica pura vida amo a dimash el es el mejor del mundo 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷
I appreciate the respect, with which you speak, about Dimash and his friends and their work.
Thank you!
Димаш керемет. 💥💯💯🙋💅👍👍👌👌👏👏. Рахмет реакцияга 🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿
ДИМАШ ВЕЛИКИЙ АРТИСТ !!!!!!!!!!! БЕСПОДОБНЫЙ !!!!!!!!!!!
Dimas is the myths no can has beat him till now
You were right when you said the instruments in the beginning sounded like animals. The kobyz (stringed instrument) makes the sounds of dogs barking and howling and birds screeching as their home on the steppe is disturbed by the foreigners approaching on horseback. They come to take the young man away from his homeland and his aging parents, and force him to fight their war for them. You can also hear the wind in the grass and the jangle of the horses' reins. It's beautiful, but quite ominous and mournful once you know the meaning.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful reaction!
Thank you for the information! Very cool
This song should be listened to by all those politicians who play wars and the fate of ordinary people. Feel the pain and fear of ordinary people who are being pushed to death. This is an ode to all the innocent young soldiers who die in senseless wars.
This is one of my favorite songs of Dimash. He has the ability to create a movie when performing a song. In the beginning one can hear the wind in the mountain, the water, the howling of the wolves ect. I love it when he "throughs" his voice in the air like he did on that long note. He does it in other songs as well. Thank you so much for this reaction.
At the beginning of the song, the sounds of the Great Steppe of Kazakhstan at night were masterfully imitated on the Kazakh ancient folk instrument KOBYZ. We hear howl wolves, barking dogs, the cries of cranes, the noise of water in the river... /// The song "Samal Tau" is considered folk. Its plot is connected with the events of 1916. That year, many men were mobilized for World War I, which was in Europe. /// The guy walks along the steppe road at night and sings a song about having left his native home and old parents, native mountains "Samal Tau". The guy doesn't know what lies ahead in the war. He doesn't know if he'll return from the war to his home. /// Dimash sings this song in Kazakh. The song premiered on October 20, 2019 in China at the closing of the 6th Silk Road International Film Festival
Dimash did another performance of this at his home studio during lockdown. It was live streamed for the Tokyo jazz festival. Dimash sits cross legged and it is spectacular. The Kobyz gives off sounds of the animals and rivers of the Samaltau mountain homeland.
Dimash has 3 other performances of this song. The one you mention and the latest one from his Digital Show are my favorite, although all of them are amazing.
@@Chabtung actually true😂is one of the only songs that I cannot pick one version because all of them are good
Прекрасная музыка, прекрасная реакция!
Thank you!
Димаш-Талант!!!Уникум!!!Супер!!!СпасиБО за реакцию...💓💓💓
Esta es una canción hermosisima, la voz de Dimadh es un deleite a los oídos, los instrumentos son increíbles, suenan tan bien!!!! en resumen una obra de arte por donde se le mire, Dimash es un genio musical que no se veía en siglos, digno de elogios y admiración, sin hablar de él como persona, ahí tenemos otra lista larga que enumerar!!
Gracias por esta reacción y esta bella canción!🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱💜❤💟❤💓🇨🇱🇨🇱
Dimash is A GENIUS! Dimash is the voice of the planet! Thank you, my friend! Great reaction!👏😲🇷🇺
Hello Larry. This is traditional anonymous song, other comments told you what is it about, so I wont repeat, but I'd like to give you some background and say that this song means a lot to Dimash.
Actually, he has said that this is one of the most difficult songs for him to sing, that he needs to take some time and prepare himself mentally to be able to do it. When I heard him say that in an interview, I wondered "why? why something that happened to someone else a century ago is so heartbreaking?"... then after a little research about Kazakh history, I understood. Quote; “Between 1906 and 1912, more than a half-million Russian farms were established as part of reforms by Russians; the farms pressured the traditional Kazakh way of life, occupying grazing land and using scarce water resources” “Starving and displaced, many Kazakhs joined in the Basmachi movement against conscription into the Russian imperial army ordered by the tsar in July 1916 as part of the war effort against Germany in World War I. In late 1916, Russian forces suppressed the widespread armed resistance to the taking of land and conscription of Central Asians. Thousands of Kazakhs were killed, and thousands more fled to China and Mongolia”. So, that were the options if you were a Kazakh young man in those times: let others take your land and resources, and go die fighting wars that meant nothing to you, or try to avoid it and get killed anyway.
Dimash belongs to a resilient and brave people who has endured a lot of pain and losses through centuries, and in the last 150 years particularly under Russian Empire first, and then under the Soviets (2 "by design" famines that were true genocides, and took away- depending on who do you ask, between 40% and 70% of the population).
Dimash loves his country, he was raised in the traditional way by his grandparents, so it is most likely that he respects also the "Jetyata" tradition, where every Kazakh has to be able to name his ancestors till at least 8 generations.
This is not just another song, this one and other few (like Daididau) are really heart-wrenching for him, when he sings them he carries all the suffering of his people, he is there giving voice to and honoring all those men and women with all his soul.
Thank you! I love this info!
Wonderful and touching comment, thank you!
Una absoluta belleza! Como nos abraza con la hermosura de su talento este artista...como logra elevarnos y transportarnos: ES IMPRESIONANTE!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇨🇱
Kobyz is an ancient tool of the peoples who lived in the East, including nomads. It was used in ancient times by steppe shamans-healers for various rites. Kobyzy is made from a single piece of wood. This is one of the oldest ways of making musical instruments in the history of mankind. It is not due to technical backwardness or the lack of metal devices. According to the ancient beliefs of many peoples, only in a single piece will the living singing soul of the tree remain, which will sound in the instrument. The open body and strings of the kobyz from a bunch of 30-60 untwisted horse hair give a very thick, overtone-rich timbre.
Am glad you found this video. This is my favorite Samaltau version.
thank you👍👍please,"PASSIONE"-DIMASH🙏🙏
Listening to this is like taking a walk in an ancient village with mountain and river surrounding me😊Please react to Dimash performance for Know (Vocalise)
Know (Vocalise) is from Arnau concert. Different version of Know, nonvocalise, is also amazing and is from New. Wave.
Thank you!! This is one of my favorite Dimash songs!More Dimash please?
He was talking about his people and his homeland.
Good reaction my friend...Dimash is the best male singer of the world....And if you like Dimash, you have to react to the Dimash's idol, the amazing, the Queen Lara Fabian....Lara is the best female singer and performer of the world....For Dimash and for me...She speaks 5 languages and sings like in 12 languages....That's why she is the inspiration for Dimash and several singers around the world...Please react to her masterpiece songs in this order: Je Suis Malade (1999 Live version Singing in french)...Caruso (1999 Live version Singing in italian)...Je T'AIME (2002 Live version in Paris Singing in french)...Perdere L'Amore (1999 Live version Singing in italian)...Adagio (1999 Live version singing in english)...Broken Vow (1999 Live version)...And Ti Amo Cosi (2019 Live version Singing a trío with Dimash and Aida Garifullina)....Thank you.
No words. Dimaskh isn't only a singer. He's a great MUSICIAN. ❤❤❤❤🥰
Moving interpretation of a song that portrays the sad story of an oppressed people.
The strength of Dimash's love and respect for his homeland and people comes through vividly in the folk songs he so masterfully sings. An example to be followed and shared.
Congratulations and thanks for your reaction.
1916 is World War 1, male Khazaks aging between 19-43 were taken to participate in the construction of military facilities for the Russian Empire and fight in the front lines. One would walk miles in the snow not knowing if ever he would be back... Most of them didn't indeed come back. Such a common story in many countries. Even in my country Syria, males were led to fight for the Ottoman Empire and they used to cross countries walking. They died from cold, hunger, illness and homesickness.. What a beautiful tribute from Dimash to all the souls lost in crazy wars... Thank you for the reaction. Perfect as usual.
Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend!
Amazing
Love this performance.
This is a traditional Khanstan song. It's a sad but also a inspirational story.
I cry each time I hear it it's a soul searching experience for me. ☺
Akita, 🇺🇸 Dear
Thank you so much! Dimash has other 3 amazing performances of this song on his channel. It could be great if you could watch (and better do it with us) at least 2 of them which are my favorite: the one from the Tokyo Jazz Festival 2020 and the other from his Digital Show 2021. It will feature not only amazing performances, but also how differently he performs it each time, and how much emotion and effort he invests in every performance. For me, Dimash is so touching and emotionally intense that I can barely survive his performances, but I also can't live without them and I feel that each time I am listening to him he is purifying and lifting up my soul.
By the way, of course, although the song is not written by him, his interpretation i8s unique and different, with his own original arrangement. Dimash gives the Kazakh old songs a new life and thus spreads his culture to his fans around the world. Nobody outside of Kazakhstan would have ever known about their existence otherwise.
He's a wonderful story teller and his respect for the meaning really comes across ...keep going more treasures to be found
Thank you. Every performance of 'Samaltau' by Dimash is incredible.
Hermosa canción Hermosa interpretación HERMOSO DIMASH🖤🖤🖤🖤
Glad you find the feeling in Dimash’s songs, he is more than just technique
Hello, what to say, Dimash is Dimash, and that's enough, there is no one who equals him, he is perfect in his voice, his interpretation, and his human quality. Hopefully you see the 2021 version.
Once you start listening to him it is hard to stop. You never seem to be filled up. I have listened to all his older pieces since finding him about 3 years ago. I prefer them to the newer renditions of his older songs but that may just be me. The things he has been doing at the Creative Center is remaking his older songs in new ways and they are pretty incredible. He hasn't been able to travel much so his Creative Center has been in good use. The first time I heard this piece was at the Tokyo Jazz Festival and he was in his home studio when he recorded it. It is better to me than with all this staging. He is a perfectionist and always feels he could have done better. He only has the best around him for musicians. production etc
hello to you mr.Larryshair ..this unique musical instrument is venerated in the kazak culture..only the chieftain had the right to play it..they were a nomadic people and they moved with a horde of deers and they put little bells on their necks, to be able to follow them better in the morning ... they also moved with dogs and eagles training for the hunts they did not use guns for danger of avalanches on the high plateaux and endanger their villages..and the KOBYS instrument..produces the whistling of the wind- the abhorrence of the dogs-the howl of the wolf-the cries of the owl - the noise of the water which stream .. here is a short history of this beautiful instrument and how the kazack people lived at the beginning of last sciecle ... my best wishes and greetings from ..CANADA
Thank you JM! that is what I was looking for!
So emotional ! ❤❤❤ I love Samaltau 2021.
Dimash 💗💗💗
It was 1916, the second year of the Great War. The Russian Empire carried huge human and property losses. The burden of restocking was laid on subject nations. About 49 million hectares of fertile land were forcibly taken away during the war years in Kazakhstan. The owners of this land, Kazakhs, were driven out into the barren wastes. Taxes increased from 3 to 15 times. For the needs of war livestock and property were mass requisitioned. And finally it came to the "requisition" of people. Many young Cossacks were forced to go to war for the Russian Empire. Most never returned.
That seemed to be the basic content of the song from what I could tell. It was VERY touching
Great reaction!!! Dimash the best voice in the World.
Reaccion to Samaltau 2021 digital show!!!
That was breathtaking and I am speechless, everything about Dimash is fully exquisite, thank you for introducing him to me on this channel. WOW!!😲😲😲💙🤍
Dimash fez uma apresentação espetacular dessa música Folck e histórica Cazaque!
Dimash quando canta não precisamos traduzir pois sua voz e sua interpretação magistral transcende qualquer idioma! Simplesmente Sublime!! Único! Inigualável !
Os músicos com seus instrumentos tradicionais são extraordinários!!
O cenário estava com uma atmosfera muito especial!
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Hello!It's soo sad!Dimash is crying and worried about his nation in this song!He's living deep emotions,like that soldier in this song!He very love and proud of his Kazakhstan;our dear,old,turkish brother country!Thats history;we also were,under the Russian Empire;then Soviet Union!
It's very good!We're all very happy now;because our countries is free now,and we're the people of free republics!
Samal dag;
Dogma elim
Genis golum;
Harda qaldin;
Men bir soldatam(esgerem);
Uzaqda qalan elim oy!
Dagim,cayim oy!
Anam atam yaslidir;
Min doqquz yuz on altida;
Omska catdiq;
Samal dag!
Dogma elim;
Gorunen golum
Harda qaldin!!!
Hello from Azerbaijan!!!
Looking forward to accompanying you in your discovery of Dimash. Here years later I still live in a state of gratitude.
Please react to dimash Thousand Miles A Common Dream, Kieli Meken.thanks for your reaction.
For Dimash, this is the most difficult song to interpret because of the background of history, which happened in a mountainous region of Kazakhstan
SALMAÑTAU
Samaltau means Mount Samal. The lyrics are sad because it refers to when in 1916 the Kazakh men were recruited by the Russians and forced to fight in the First World War. According to the lyrics, a young man marching towards the battle zone thinks about what awaits him and suffers from what will happen to his parents, who are old and left alone. The instrument that sounds at the beginning is called Kobyz, it has 2 strings and incredible sounds come out of it.
KOBYZ
Kobyz is an ancestral instrument, it was used by the wise and referents to drive away evil spirits, formerly its two strings were made with horsetail,
Greetings from Panama
Thank you Rodrigo!
The word "Samal" means "pleasant coolness" in Kazakh. So , "Samaltau" means "Mountains of pleasant coolness". Just saying😉😬😬😬😬
@@sunnysmiles2930 Please do not know what the correction comes from, if that is what I also understand from that word. Just say.
@@rodrigorra3153 you are totally right. "Tau" is " mountain" in Kazakh. I just added translation of word "Samal". It's honor for me, as Kazakh, that you know something of my culture. Big big thank for that.🤝 ulken rakhmet 🤝🤝🤝🤝🙌
@@sunnysmiles2930 Kazakhstan is a beautiful country with incredible cultural richness. Thanks to Dimash, many of us in the world have taken an interest in your country. Greetings from Panama.
Gracias por reaccionar al gran dimash
Dear Larry, thank you for your thoughtful and genuine reactions to Dimash. As many commented before, the Tokyo Jazz Festival 2020 version of that song is a must: he is alone in a studio with 2 fellow musicians, it seems like a prayer and meditation rather than just a song. It took me ona journey, made me yearn for a place I have never been to… That does not normally happen to me. It was sth else. And then, since you value a genuine connectedness to the music, listen to Daididau from his Bastau concert 2017. Amanat is another deceivingly simple, almost simplistic, ballad about his love for his country. Nothing epic or grand about it, just tender love, like for a child ( Amanat apparently translates „precious charge”). And then, watch Daybreak from Bastau 2017. Get the backstory, cause it greatly helps to appreciate the performance and the song, but be warned: as a parent you might have hard time emotionally. Enjoy the journey, the Dears will keep you company😘
Thank you so much!
Dimash 💋
Es una canción increíblemente bella, y la interpretación impecable y bella! ❤️🇲🇽🌹❤️🇲🇽🌹
Amanat or Daididau / Adai & Daididau next? These songs are also from Kazakhstan. Daybreak of Bastau consert I also amazing. This Story is from China. Thank You for Your honest Reaction!
Thank you for your reaction! He mastered Samaltau in "Dimash Digital Show 2021". Always deep felt performances about painful Kazakhstan history. This one about 1916, when young kazakhs were forced to leave their homeland and fight the war that was not their war, by Russian empire.
This song always pierces my heart. I can visualize the agony suffered by that young soldier who was forced to leave his old parents behind to fight for Russia. I wonder if he ever got back from the war. I just hope he had siblings to comfort their parents and to take care of them during their old age. soooo saaaad!!!
Dear Larry, thank you very much for a beautiful reaction to this very deep and sad and mesmerizing song. You feel the pain of seperation from the loved ones left behind in his motherland in Dimash's voice, the whole scenery and instrumentation drags you into this heavy, desperate, lost and painful experience. It is one of the really somber, yet very beautiful songs by Dimash - I love it so much! You are a very nice and sincere man, so please give credit to the artist you are reacting to and put the link to the original video into your description box. Thank you! Hope for more Dimash reactions! 🙏
He´s absolutly amazing💖
I love this song. Another song to check out that's tional for him is Daididau, the Bastau version is the best. As always, enjoyed your reaction.
Thanks Terry!
Others have already given a lot of good information about this precious folk song. So, I want to tell I really enjoyed listening this song with you. Beautiful, heartfelt reaction. Thank you! :)
I am wondering if the dangling charms were for decorating camels that nomads ride for their nomadic journeys... the charms make sounds and would inform a nomadic family living in a yorta in the middle of nowhere... Those yortas in the middle of nowhere are really something else, in the summer, there was an opening on the roof and you slept in it looking at the stars, and the air was fresh with the scent of flowers and grasses of the Kazakh Steppe... Very romantic but life is obviously hard, yet the Kazakh nomads were taught people... I travelled to Kazakh Steppes a few times with my parents when I was school age and loved those trips because there was no grassland, no mountains, the air was not so fresh in the cities... Anyway, Dimash's Kazakh songs always bring up my memories of the beautiful and vast Kazakh Steppe and the nomads living in the yortas... 😊😍💪
Thank you for this nice reaction to Dimashs SAMALTAU. What I like so much about your reactions is the sensitivity with which you treat each song. 😊
Another very emotional or touching song by Dimash is :
QAIRAN ELIM.
There are several versions, but I would recommend the music video and would think it would be great if you had a reaction to it too.🤗
Yes, the music video is worth watching for its own sake, but the most beautiful and emotional performance in my opinion is at his Digital Show.
@@Chabtung I agree 😊
The video reflects more of the deeper meaning of the song. In terms of performance, the version of the digital show is more emotional.
@@biggijansen5321 I agree. It's often like that with Dimash - it's worth watching more than one version of each song. But for me nothing compares to his live performances.
@@Chabtung Yes, absolutely 👍
Dimash next level 💯
I believe this is about enforced subscription of Kazakh men into the Russian army and their journey on foot as they traveled to Omsk. The traditional instruments imitate the sounds of the animals and natural surroundings. Thank you for your reaction, he is addictive! Hope we get to see your reaction to Stranger! 🤗🇬🇧
Yes, thank you for adding this info.
Epic 🔥🔥🔥
he is a real artist, wants to reach our hearts !👍
Prince Dimash is a great singer. Amazing , incr
I hope that the Dears that didn't like your first reaction, see this, you've turned into a Dear. You don't know yet, but you did LOL. Thanks for another great reaction. 😊
Guilty as charged!
Amazing 👏👏❤️❤️🇧🇷🇨🇭
As someone else commented, he did a live stream studio version of this for the Tokyo Jazz festival. In that version he utilises the Kobyz, a Sybyzgy (Tradition flute) and a Rainstick to back him. I think the Sybyzgy and the rainstick further enhance the haunting of the melody.
Hello Paul. It's funny to see how one's perception of something changes with more knowledge and understanding. Lately I have been listening to quite alot of both Dimash's and Diana Ankudinova's not so well known music - in the western parts of the world that is - and THERE is where the real gems lie imo. In those performances you get to see the artists connect to the music and lyrics in a very different way. Here in the western parts of the world we always and only get to hear the WOW!s, meaning the songs that are more or less made for the sole purpose of showcasing an artist's vocal abilities. That tends to be a bit repetative, at least in the way the music is being built up. Almost "fake" if you will. I think both you and I have learned something since the first time(s) we got to hear Dimash, and that is beautiful. We should learn from that, so that when we're introduced to new artists in the future we keep our gun holstered for a few rounds more. This was another great reaction from you. And another beautiful performance by Dimash❤Have a wonderful weekend!
This song was performed 4 times, each time in a completely different setting and in completely different way. In my opinion. the most impressive and moving performances are Tokyo Jazz Festival and the Digital Show. If you like this song, I think you will really enjoy both - they are very different.
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I adore Dimash's Kazakh songs and they are among my favorite songs in the entire world, but personally I completely disagree that Dimash transmits less emotion in his songs in other languages. Of course, there are a few contest songs that were meant mainly to impress, like Diva Dance or Opera 2, but they are obviously designed for pure fun and entertainment (and that is needed too sometimes, and are small a minority of all his many songs. We are all allowed just to have fun from time to time).
Personally, I discovered Dimash with the song SOS on Singer. I was looking for something else, but accidently clicked on the wrong video. I had no idea who Dimash was, had never heard of him before. I can't even begin to explain how he made me feel. Never in my life had I ever experienced anything like that before, and I am not young and have listened to a lot of music from various genres all my life. I felt my soul bursting out of my body, I couldn't breathe or stop crying, i felt such a roller coaster of emotions and sensations I can't even describe. I couldn't stop listening to this song on repeat. It took me about a month to realize that I probably should look for more songs by him, so captivated and moved by his performance and by how perfectly the contrasts in his voice trasmitted the contrasts in the lyrics and created such a roller coaster of emotions. And now his performances of SOS are even more emotional and not once he dedicated it to people dear to him he had lost - one performance he couldn't even finish because he broke down and cried. You should see some of the SOS performers in his concerts... But the most important thing - he cured my post traumatic anxiety disorder from which I had suffered for more than 10 years and which made my otherwise great life a living hell. I had tried every method in existence, bith conventional and alternative, to cure it, but nothing helped. And after starting listening to Dimash I suddenly realized it was completely gone, as if never existed. I was so amazed, I couldn't believe it, so I started reading on the internet and found so many people who experienced very similar things. So for me and for many others Dimash is a soul healer.
But it's not only SOS. His songs in Chinese, like Late Autumn, or in English, like If I Never Breathe Again, and so many others, are so touching it is impossible for many to listen to them without tears. For me, it doesn't matter whether he sings a song with a wide range or not, what matters are the emotions that he invests in them. Not always those emotions are of the kind that is supposed to make you cry, sometimes they are of the kind that is supposed to boost your energy and lift your spirits, like Olimpico, that was composed especially for the opening of the European Olimpic Games. Those are just examples, there is so much more.
Anyway, what I wanted to say is that I think it is a too simplistic to say that if Dimash performs in another language or a song with wide range it automatically means he is not emotionally invested in the song. In my opinion it couldn't be further from the truth. Besides, it's important to remember that we are all different and respond emotionally to different things, which means that even if you are not moved by something it can be only your personal perseption, not an objective truth.
Sorry for the long story, just wanted to share another point of view.
Thank you for your thoughtful comment :)
@@Chabtung Dear, dear Melody, thank you so much for sharing. We are lucky to have Dimash in our lives.
@@Luchina1234 Thank you! Yes, I still can't believe my luck! And I know there are many people who feel the same.
@@Chabtung How I agree with you! Dimash puts his soul into each of his songs. When he sings, my heart immediately responds. This has never happened when I listened to other artists.
YESSSSSS. fingers and toes crossed that your previously blocked videos get released !!!!!!! You still have to see his performances in the competition show The Singer 2017... some of his finest renditions... cannot wait for you to review his cover of Queen's The Show Must Go On in that competition..... Until next....
So Amazing 💫
There was a huge revolt by the Kyrgyz and Kazakhs in 1916, following the conscription of thousands of them to fight on the Russian front for World War 1. The revolt was crushed and many many of them fled to China. It is estimated that 40% of the Kyrzyg population was killed during and after the revolt. It is a sad chapter of Dimash’s country history and I believe he conveys in an exquisite way the anguish of the young man forced to leave his country, not knowing who will look after his elderly parents. Thank you for a great reaction, I sure hope that “Strangers” gets released!
🎧👍🇷🇴 (watching you from Romania, still alive, recovering after Covid...)
Hi Gabriela, I am so glad to hear that you are recovering well. That must have been quite scary.
@@larryshair
Nothing scary for my family, just an unbereable pain. For 4 days and nights I felt like I was hit by a train: my bones and muscles, my whole body was in an unbereable pain. The good part was: we had no fever, no breath problems... Among my whole family I felt the worse. My 17 y-o daughter had nothing, my 15 y-o boy felt his head a little dizzy, my husband started to feel some pains but not like me. We all are still coughing. All of us lost the smell's and taste's sense but we didn't need to go to the hospital.
But a 70 y-o cardiac-ill and overweight aunt of mine died bc. of Covid, a few days ago, so yes, I think finally It's a scary virus. And doctors say this is Delta "form" of Covid.
Much health to you and your family!
@@gabrielaispas5142 I had a close friend that passed from it. Glad to hear you’re past worst of it. Sorry to hear about your loss 😢
@@larryshair
🙏 Hard times!
This is a great performance of this amazing song. That said, I'd strongly suggest you listen to the version from the Tokyo Jazz Festival in 2020. His focus in that one is so singular and emotional that it sets it apart. He is in a single quiet room and sings the song entirely while sitting cross-legged. The whole performance there is just filled with intense love for his country and with heartfelt emotion. Simple, but so very powerful.
Thank you so much!!! Please reaction Chornobryvtsiv by DIMASH!! ❤
Amor está versión !!!🥰🥰🥰🌟🌟
This is one of my favorite Dimash songs, his voice, the instrumentation and the story behind is very moving. Traditional songs in my opinion are the best. You should check Samaltau version for the Tokyo Jazz Festival, it is amazing!!! It was performed during the quarantine from the Dimash home studio with two musicians,! One of them a talented friend and a master Olzhas Qurmanbek playing the kobyz, ancient Turkic instrument ❤️🎤🔝🎼👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.
Hi Chris,I got your name right haha! Thank you for saving your Dimash discoveries for us, what a treat every time I see that you have put a new one up it's like-oooh ooh time to make a coffee and have an enjoyable time with Chris and Dimash! .I like the songs where Dimash sings in Kazakh ,the most,I think...There's something extra special about them, understandable really.The Kobyz sounds like a wolf howling,at the start,it's beautiful.I believe that player is the best in the world.Fingers crossed for the Stranger reaction.Also,yay for your Mom!
You are SOO kind!
I'm so glad that you started with the songs that Dimash did not use much of his vocal range. I sometimes wish reactors to put aside his alien vocal range for a minute to notice how incredibly well he convey the song's meanings and feelings. But I would recommend you not to exclude the songs that he sang high notes either, because he uses them as one of the tools to serve the song. Adagio (Singer 2017) and Daybreak (Basteau 2017 version - please also check the story behind the song) next please.
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👍👍👍🌷🌷🌷I’m so glad that you are growing into Dimash…💕💕💕 This song is considered a folk song, written by an anonymous Kazakh soldier who had been drafted into the Soviet army to fight in WWII. It is assumed that he died in that dreadful year.
The instrument is a kobyz. It’s listed in the credits right at the beginning.
Wow
Loved the reaction,please do some more in a week,maybe 2😉🤞🤞👍
The instrument is a kobyz (ko beyiz), early turkic baltic violin, a sharmans ceremonial and healing instrument. One piece, goatskin covered chamber, 2 horsehair strings and a bow. Imitates animal, wolf, cattle sounds, and wind in the mountains.
Russia took them to fight frontline against the Germans from their homes in the The Great Steppe, and this was the walk to their indenture.
Thank you again for an enjoyable reaction. Samaltau is my personal favourite. Do check out the one from The Tokyo jazz festival where he performed in his home studio. I think you are beginning to feel more and more of Dimash's music. For a 27 year old young man, he performs way beyond his age in my opinion. Just love seeing him transformed when he's singing and watch those hands. They tell a story too.😁
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Hi, thank you for your reaction. Please react to Dimash sing Samaltau 2021- digital show. Be safe. Ohio, USA
When Kazakhstan belonged to Russia, young Kazakhs were forced, by the Russian Empire, to leave their homes and fight 35 years until their total massacre. The story of one of these young people, who desperately marches into a war that is not his, besides the sadness of leaving his parents, elders, with no one to take care of and the certainty that he will never see the mountains (“tau”) of Kazakhstan again generated this wonderfully sad song! In addition to Dimash's talent, we have a wonderful ambience and two fantastic musicians: Olzhas - Master in playing Qobyz (Kobyz, who looks like a violin), the other who plays “Pau de Chuva”! A supernatural journey to the plains of Kazakhstan, through Music!
SAMALTAU (Tokyo jazz plus+)
Dimash he is known to be a great patriot
As to your questions - I think what you asked about in relation to what is hanging in the kobyz - those are bells, and they are sounded during the song.
Doesn’t it broaden your horizons though? Learning about countries, instruments and awesome poets. Since discovering Dimash, I've listened to many more foreing musicians and even movies (with subtitles) if only to get a gist of what life is like there.
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I think you would like Adai+ Daididau, another Kazakh song, but look up the back story. Watch the Bastau version to see 100 Kazakh men, joined by Dimash playing Adia on the dombra.
You have to check out his Samaltau performance from home for Tokyo Jazz Fest.
You should react to the Tokyo Jazz Festival performance in 2020 and the 2021 Digital show performance of this song where the greatest Kobyz player in the world accompanies Dimash on both of those performances. Both are amazing! IMO this one is no where close to as amazing, as those two performances are!
Thank you for listening to Dimash's songs with us and sharing your reaction! I recommend listening to Dimash singing Hello by Lionel Richie, the way he interpreted that one is very mesmerizing too, and the runs he did in this song are the most powerful I've ever heard from him. I also highly recommend his performance of Autumn Strong on the show Singer 2017 (Dimash's first time ever singing a Chinese song), version on Gloria Wu's channel for beautiful translation of lyrics :)
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This song is from an unknown author but apparently it speaks about a Kazak group of men who were forced to fight a war for the Russian empire who used to occupy their territory.