There's no single route into the Living Mythologies universe. Its musicians have come together from across the Northern Hemisphere: one learned music from family in the Tuvan taiga; another discovered percussion through dance; others found their way through rock bands, conservatories, and recording studios. They bring those experiences to original songs, exchanging ideas, reworking arrangements, and discovering possibilities along the way. Meet the people behind the music.
People Directory
Core Members
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Andy Bauer
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Tran Nguyen
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Radik Tyulyush
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Azmat Hekim
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Mohichehra Shamurotova
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Ji Peng
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Sirozhiddin Usmanov
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Yasin Artan
Featured Musicians
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Seva Ivanov
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Maya
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Adil Abliz
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Mergen Shi
Producers and Collaborators
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Chingis Sorju
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Askar Kurban
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Misha Oshkanov
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Gavin Tempany
Core Members
Living Mythologies brings together musicians from different cultural and musical backgrounds. Its core members work closely on original compositions, contributing their own ideas, instruments, and experiences to the band's evolving sound.
Andy Bauer
Residence: Colorado, USA
Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Vietnamese, Uyghur and some Tuvan
Credentials: B.A. Asian Studies & Economics, MA Cultural Anthropology, Ph.D. Cultural Anthropology
Date of Birth: February 19th, 1983
Specialties: 12-String Guitar, American Folk Singing, Tuvan Throat Singing, Synthesizer, Uyghur Ghirjek, Tuvan Igil, Polyglot Vocals
Andy Bauer grew up in a family of woodworkers in Colorado, where his parents' enthusiasm for 1970s rock provided an early musical soundtrack. He took up the twelve-string guitar during high school, developing an interest in songwriting that gradually became intertwined with his fascination for languages.
That curiosity eventually took him to China, where he studied cultural anthropology at Minzu University of China while exploring contemporary music across Central and Inner Asia. He studied Tuvan throat singing, learned Uyghur instruments, and performed with musicians associated with Greywolf and Alash Ensemble.
In 2015, Andy co-founded Living Mythologies in Beijing. As a songwriter and composer, he develops original songs around melody, language, and narrative, leaving room for other musicians to transform the arrangements through their own ideas. His approach is less concerned with combining established styles than with discovering the possibilities of a composition as it takes shape.
On “Along the Tarim,” his lead vocals and bass guitar anchor the recording, while his songwriting connects its different lyrical perspectives. The song is one part of an extensive body of original work developed through years of musical collaboration.
Activity Highlights
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2002 Japan International Khoomei Festival (Tokyo, Japan)
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2002 Tokyo Foreign Language University (Tokyo, Japan)
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2011-2013 w/Greywolf (Columbia University/California University/Beijing)
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2012-2013 Solo Concert w/Nanjing Bar (Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Guangzhou)
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2012 National Amusement Park (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia)
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2012 Performance and Lecture Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand)
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2013 Collaborative Concert “Winter” Swallow Hill Music (Denver, Colorado)
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2014 Solo Performance w/Alash Ensemble (Beijing, China & Minzu University)
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2015 Solo Performance in Kyzyl, Tuva (International Khoomei Festival & Competition)
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2016 Living Mythologies “Inner Astronomy Tour” (Peking Uni., Minzu Uni., Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou)
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2017 Wumeng Prairie Festival (Guizhou, China)
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2017 Kongor-ool Ondar International Memorial Concert (Kyzyl, Tuva)
Collaborative Projects
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1999 Formed rock band “Uriaha”
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2002 Released first solo album “Withrough”
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2001-2005 Cornell College Orchestra Bassist
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2008 Formed “Elephants with Guns”
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2011-Present Worked with Greywolf Band on studio albums and international tours
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2012-2013 Worked on collaborative music project with H’mong musician Diegui and toured China
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2014 Completed music field survey of Tuvan music after doing fieldwork with Valentina Suzukei
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2015 Commenced work with Radik Tyulyush (Huun Huur Tu) and Azmat Hekim (Hanhong) for
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2016-2018 Living Mythologies Inner Astronomy Tour (China, Russia, U.S.A.)
Nguyen Thi Phuong Tram (阮氏·芳簪)
Residence: Hanoi, Vietnam
Languages: Vietnamese, Chinese, English, Russian and some Tuvan
Credentials: B.A. Chinese Language, MA Ethnology, Ph.D. Ethnology, Post-Doctorate in Folklore
Date of Birth: December 4th, 1982
Specialties: Vietnamese Folk Singing and Contemporary Multilingual Singing, Dan Bau, Guitar
Tran Nguyen grew up in Hanoi in a family of university scholars. Her parents and two sisters are academics specializing in linguistics and literature, and the family shared a lively enthusiasm for Vietnamese folk songs and contemporary music.
Language, literature, and music have remained closely connected throughout her life. After pursuing studies in ethnology and cultural research in China, she continued her academic career while remaining active in singing, recording, and music production. She now works as a Digital Curator at Columbia University on the Digitizing Vietnam project, contributing to the digital preservation and study of Vietnam's cultural and historical heritage.
Tran has been involved with Living Mythologies since its early years, participating in the band's 2016 Inner Astronomy concerts in China and contributing to its recordings and creative development.
On “Along the Tarim,” she wrote original Chinese lyrics, contributed choral vocals, and played the sapayi, a Uyghur percussion instrument. Her Chinese verses bring their own imagery and emotional perspective to the composition rather than simply translating the English lyrics.
Her work as both a curator and musician reflects a sustained interest in how language carries memory, meaning, and imagination. Within Living Mythologies, that sensitivity becomes part of the songwriting itself, helping different lyrical and musical voices develop into a coherent original composition.
Activity Highlights
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2017 Wumeng Prairie Festival (Guizhou, China)
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2017 Kongor-ool Ondar International Memorial Concert (Kyzyl, Tuva)
Collaborative Projects
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2012-2014 Worked collaboratively with the local ethnic elites and activists in Altai Siberia (Russia) and the Pamir,
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Badakhshan (Tajikistan) on local ethnic cultural development and revival focusing on the use local knowledge.
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2015-Present Work for the Language and Culture Project under the “Belt and Road Initiative” of the Peking University, promoting Vietnamese linguistic, cultural and musical heritage.
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2017-2019 Minzu University Post Doctoral Research Fellow doing comparative research regarding folklore in the borderlands of China.
Activity Highlights
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2007 Gotan Project (Adelaide, SA, Australia)
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2009 TFF Rudolstadt 2009 (Rudolstadt, Germany)
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2011 World Music Shanghai (China)
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2012 Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)
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2013 Womad (Malmesbury, UK)
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2013 Festival Für Vokalmusik "A Cappella" (Leipzig, Germany)
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2014 Improvisation concert with Tanya Tagaq and her band, Toronto (Aga Khan museum)
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2015 Royce Hall UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
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2015 Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA)
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2015 CTM Siberia (Novosibirsk, Russia)
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2015 Paléo Festival (Nyon, Switzerland)
Collaborative Projects
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1999-2000 Worked in the folk group “Tyva”
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1995-Present Member of Tuvan rock group “Uer”
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2003 Served as director of the Tuva National Orchestra
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2005 Released first solo album “Tuva: Spirits of my Land” w/Cambridge University ethnomusicologist Carole Pegg
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2011 Tamikrest and Huun-Huur-Tu live at Philharmonie Berlin (Germany)
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2015 Joined the Living Mythologies project in 2015 with Andy Bauer and Azmat Hekim, producing 1st album now.
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2016 "Arctic Ice Music" Fordefestival 2016 Project with Terje Isungset, Evie Mark & Beatrice Deer, Sara Marielle Gaup Beaska, Maria Skranes (Norway)
Radik Tyulyush (Радик Түлүш)
Residence: Kyzyl, Tuva (Russian Federation)
Languages: Tuvan, Russian, English, German
Credentials: B.A. Music, MA Musicology
Date of Birth: June 25th, 1974
Specialties: Byzaanchy, Shoor, Igil, Tuvan Folk Singing, Tuvan Throat Singing, Jew’s Harp, Guitar, Cello
Radik Tyulyush grew up in southwestern Tuva, the son of a chauffeur and a doctor. His musical education began within the extended family: during summers in the taiga, his grandfather and uncle taught him traditional songs, throat singing, and instrumental techniques.
He later studied at the Kyzyl School of Arts and the East-Siberian State Academy of Culture and Arts. His professional career has moved between rock and acoustic ensemble performance, including work with Uer, Yat-Kha, and Huun-Huur-Tu, alongside his own compositions and solo recordings such as Chalama (2013).
A versatile singer and instrumentalist, Radik plays the igil, byzaanchy, shoor, and other instruments. His musical vocabulary has developed through decades of performance in settings where composition, improvisation, and inherited repertoire continually inform one another.
Within Living Mythologies, that experience opens new directions for the songs. A vocal phrase or instrumental line can introduce an unexpected melodic turn or change the texture of an arrangement. His contribution is not simply a recognizable Tuvan sound, but the imagination of a musician who has spent his life developing many ways to make music.
Mohichehra Shamurotova (莫希切拉)
Residence: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Languages: Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkish, English, French
Credentials: M.A. Folk Vocology
Date of Birth: 1988
Specialties: Uzbek Maqom, Bukhara and Mavrigi Folk Music, Traditional and Contemporary Vocal Performance
Mohichehra Shamurotova grew up in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, in a family whose professional and personal lives revolved around music, literature, and storytelling. Her father is a writer, poet, playwright, singer, and musician, while her mother has researched and written extensively about Bukhara's musical traditions. Her grandmother was an accomplished singer, and earlier generations of the family included baxshi, performers associated with oral poetry and storytelling.
Mohichehra began performing with her mother's folklore ensemble before pursuing formal studies in Bukhara and Mavrigi music. She later developed an award-winning career as a maqom vocalist, performing internationally and becoming a teacher at the Uzbek National Institute of Musical Arts named after Yunus Rajabiy.
Her singing draws on a close relationship between poetry and music, but her interests extend to contemporary composition and performance in multiple languages.
With Living Mythologies, Mohichehra brings an expressive command of vocal phrasing and an openness to new musical possibilities. A line of melody can carry its own timing, dramatic tension, and emotional weight, helping shape a composition in ways that may not have been anticipated when it was first written.
Activity Highlights
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2005 — Winner, Young Maqom Performers Competition
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2006 — Recipient of the State Prize “Zulfiya”
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2017 — First Place, 11th Sharq Taronalari International Music Festival
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2019 — Awarded the Medal of “Shuxrat” (Glory)
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2021 — Named an Uzbekistan State Honorary Folk Artist
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Composed more than 30 maqom songs for the Uzbek Gold Fund at the Radio House
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International performances in Kazakhstan, Japan, the United States, Latvia, China, France, Estonia, and Malaysia
Professional & Collaborative Work
2015–2017 — Graduate study in folk vocology at the conservatory.
Present — Teacher in the Maqom Vocology Department, Uzbek National Institute of Musical Arts named after Yunus Rajabiy.
Present — Vocalist with the music group Registan and Chief Vocalist & Folklorist with Living Mythologies.
Sirojiddin Usmanov
Residence: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Date of Birth: 1975
Credentials: Fergana State Art School; Tashkent State Conservatory, Faculty of Oriental Music
Specialties: Kanun, Chang, Uzbek Traditional Music, Maqom, Cross-Genre Performance
Born in Margilan in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley, Sirojiddin Usmanov studied kanun and chang at the Fergana State Art School before continuing at the Tashkent State Conservatory, where he graduated from the Faculty of Oriental Music in 1999. He was awarded third and second prizes at the Yunus Rajabi International Competition of Performers in 1995 and 1999 respectively.
From 2002 to 2020, Sirojiddin performed with the ensemble of celebrated Uzbek singer Yulduz Usmanova, touring extensively across Europe, Asia, and North America. Alongside his performing career, he has remained active in musical education and is currently affiliated with the Uzbek National Institute of Musical Arts named after Yunus Rajabiy.
Sirojiddin’s playing combines the depth and precision of Uzbek traditional performance with an openness to contemporary experimentation. His richly nuanced kanun technique has moved comfortably between maqom, traditional ensembles, cross-genre collaborations, and ethno-rock. With Living Mythologies, he brings that same curiosity to music that allows tradition to remain distinctive while finding unexpected new surroundings.
Activity Highlights
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1995 — Third Prize, Yunus Rajabi International Competition
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1999 — Second Prize, Yunus Rajabi International Competition
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2002–2020 — Musician with the Yulduz Usmanova ensemble
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International performances across Europe, Asia, and North America
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Music educator at the Uzbek National Institute of Musical Arts named after Yunus Rajabiy
Ji Peng (纪鹏)
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Residence: Ulanhot, China
Languages: Uyghur/Uzbek, Chinese, English, Russian
Credentials: Minzu University of China; M.A., Uzbekistan State Conservatory of Music
Specialties: Rawap, Keyboard, Arrangement, Central Asian & Minority Instrumental Music
Ji Peng began studying music and keyboard as a child, developing an early understanding of melody and musical structure. During her teenage years, she became fascinated by the rawap, an instrument that would eventually take her from Beijing to Uzbekistan.
She studied under Alimjan Tursun at Minzu University of China and performed as a soloist at major Beijing venues, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts. She later earned a master's degree at the Uzbekistan State Conservatory of Music in Tashkent, broadening her experience of instrumental performance and arrangement.
Ji joined Living Mythologies in 2018 as a rawap player and arranger. Her background brings together the structural possibilities of keyboard music and the expressive detail of a plucked-string instrument.
On “Along the Tarim,” her rawap playing works alongside electric bass, keyboards, percussion, and layered vocals. Its melodic lines become part of the song's development rather than a decorative addition. Ji's contribution reflects both instrumental precision and an arranger's instinct for how different ideas can find their place within the same composition.
Activity Highlights
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2006–2010 — Studied rawap under Alimjan Tursun at Minzu University of China
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Solo performances at Beijing Concert Hall, National Centre for the Performing Arts, and National Culture Palace
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2011–2014 — M.A. studies at the Uzbekistan State Conservatory of Music
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2014 — Solo graduation concert in Tashkent
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2018 — Joined Living Mythologies as rawapist and arranger
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2019 — Co-founded the Red City FFF ensemble in Ulanhot, serving as its administrative director
Yasin Artan (亚森·阿尔坦)
Residence: Beijing, China
Languages: Uyghur, Chinese
Specialties: Ambiance Production, Guitar, Improvisation, Modern Flamenco, Gypsy Jazz, Latin Music, Uyghur Folk Music, Experimental Music
Yasin Artan grew up in a Uyghur family in Kashgar, where his father was a folk musician who sang and played the dutar. Music was part of family life long before Yasin began developing his own interests in guitar, songwriting, and improvisation.
Those interests eventually expanded into flamenco, gypsy jazz, Latin music, contemporary folk songwriting, and experimental performance. Based in Beijing, he has worked extensively as a guitarist and recording musician, with projects including Almichi Anar with the Jam band and his original song “Yarim Yok.”
Within Living Mythologies, Yasin has an unusual additional role: ambiance producer.
For him, the relationships between musicians directly influence what becomes possible in a recording. Trust, openness, and the freedom to experiment allow musical ideas to emerge naturally, sometimes in directions no one initially expected.
Rather than forcing every contribution toward a predetermined result, Yasin is interested in the chemistry that develops as musicians listen, improvise, and respond to one another.
As he puts it, “the feeling is the most important thing.”
Activity Highlights
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Released the album Almichi Anar with the Jam band
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2016 — Original song “Yarim Yok” featured in Xinjiang Television’s Beijing · Bird’s Nest Meshrep concert
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Live performances and recording work across China
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Musical practice spanning modern flamenco, gypsy jazz, Latin music, Uyghur folk song, and experimental improvisation
Collaborative & Production Work
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Beijing & Across China — Active in live performance, recording, original composition, and collaborative music-making.
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Living Mythologies — Ambiance Producer, cultivating the interpersonal and creative conditions through which musicians can experiment, improvise, and develop unexpected musical relationships.
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Production Philosophy — Approaches production through atmosphere and human relationships, emphasizing trust, openness, emotional presence, and serendipity as active elements in the creation of music.
Featured Musicians
Living Mythologies regularly works with guest musicians whose individual styles and talents bring something new to its recordings. Each collaboration adds another dimension to the music.
Seva Ivanov (Сева Иванов)
Drummer · Percussionist · Music Producer · Mixing Engineer
Seva Ivanov began receiving music lessons at the age of three. Drawn to drums and popular music from childhood, he later pursued classical percussion and orchestral performance, played in a military band, and studied sound engineering and music production in St. Petersburg.
His musical life now extends well beyond the drum kit. Seva works as a professional recording and mixing engineer with Musiversal, collaborating with artists internationally, and maintains his own studio practice. His work spans rock, jazz, pop, experimental production, and sound design for visual media.
More than a decade of studio experience has given him an understanding of music from both sides of the microphone. As a performer, he brings precision, energy, and responsiveness; as an engineer, he listens to how the individual parts become a complete recording.
Seva's interests in literature, musical philosophy, and experimentation inform an approach in which rhythm is an active element of composition rather than merely accompaniment.
On Living Mythologies' “Along the Tarim,” he contributes percussion and appears in the music video. His role brings together two sides of his musical identity: the physical immediacy of performance and the careful listening required to make a recording feel alive.
Maya (マヤ)
Erhu Soloist · Recording Artist · Educator
Growing up in Okinawa, Japan, MAYA was fascinated by the sound of the erhu from an early age. She began studying the instrument at eight and moved to Beijing as a teenager to pursue a musical education that would eventually take her through some of China's leading institutions.
She studied at the Beijing Contemporary Music Academy and Minzu University of China under erhu performer and educator Jiang Jianhua, later continuing her graduate studies at the China Conservatory of Music under Song Fei. During her training, she received four consecutive Beijing Government scholarships and earned recognition in major erhu competitions.
MAYA's performing career has included appearances at Beijing's National Centre for the Performing Arts and solo recitals in Tokyo and Okinawa. Alongside recording and concert work, she has devoted considerable attention to teaching and exploring new possibilities for the erhu, including arrangements drawing on melodies from Okinawa. She also operates the Onseisho (音星昇) learning center.
She is scheduled to make her Living Mythologies debut on an original single during the 2027 Spring Festival. The collaboration offers another setting for the instrument that first captured her imagination, allowing her own phrasing and musical ideas to become part of a new work within the Living Mythologies universe.
Adil Abliz ( ئادىل ئابلىز｜阿地力·阿不力孜 )
Ghirjek · Satar · Bowed-String Performance
Adil was born into a musical family in Kashgar in 1981. His father was a ghirjek player, his mother a singer, and both Adil and his younger brother were introduced to instrumental music within the family. Adil began learning the ghirjek under his father's guidance and had developed a strong foundation by the age of thirteen.
He entered the Kashgar School of Art in 1997, graduating in 2000 and remaining as a teacher before continuing his studies at the Xinjiang Arts Institute. In 2004, he was invited to join the China Ethnic Song and Dance Ensemble, beginning a professional career that has included concerts and cultural performances in numerous countries.
His principal instruments, the ghirjek and satar, offer distinctive possibilities for sustained melody and expressive phrasing. Their bowed voices can bring intensity, movement, and emotional detail to an arrangement.
Adil's contributions to Living Mythologies include instrumental parts documented for to-be-released compositions such as “Human River” and “In the Color Red.” His playing brings another melodic voice into the band's original music, shaped by a lifetime of instrumental study and performance.
Mergen Shi (石家豪)
Vocalist · Throat Singer · Lyricist · Cultural Researcher
Mergen developed an interest in languages, history, and music during his youth in China. At thirteen, he began teaching himself Tuvan music, eventually traveling to Kanas in 2016 to pursue that interest more closely. There, he joined the Mandalash Band and participated in the Silk Road Music Festival.
Alongside performance, Mergen developed an interest in writing and translating lyrics between languages. His studies in anthropology and his curiosity about the cultures and languages of Inner Asia informed his approach to this work.
For Mergen, a lyric is more than a sequence of words carrying a particular meaning. Its rhythm, imagery, and emotional character must also work within the song. That sensitivity is especially valuable when music moves between languages.
His contribution to Living Mythologies' “Along the Tarim” includes choral vocals and ezengileer, a rhythmically pulsing form of Tuvan throat singing. He also appears in the music video.
His interests in voice, language, and composition meet naturally in a project where a song can develop through several different lyrical and musical perspectives.
Production & Technical Personnel
From recording and arrangement to mixing and mastering, these collaborators help bring Living Mythologies' music to life. Their experience and creative input are essential to the production of each recording.
Chingis Sorju (Чингис Соржу)
Chingis Sorju grew up in Tuva in a family whose occupations included acting, public-sector work, and music. His grandparents were performers with the folk ensemble Sayan, and much of his childhood was spent backstage, surrounded by rehearsals, theatre productions, and working musicians.
His own interests took him toward guitar and punk rock. He began playing guitar at eleven, joined a local band as a teenager, and started learning sound engineering because he wanted to record his own compositions.
That practical curiosity eventually became a profession. After formal studies in St. Petersburg, Chingis worked with a wide range of Tuvan artists and ensembles, including projects involving the Tuvan National Orchestra and the rock group Uer. He is also a song writer, producer and performer in the Tuvan ensemble as well as songwriter, producer and performer in the group Oduchu.
As a collaborator with Living Mythologies, he brings experience in recording music that involves contrasting instruments, vocal approaches, and production techniques.
His work combines the judgment of an engineer with the instincts of someone who began as a performer. The challenge is not simply to capture each part clearly, but to preserve its character while helping the entire recording hold together as a piece of music.
Askar Kurban (艾斯卡尔·库尔班)
Composer · Music Producer · Studio Founder
Askar Kurban was born in Xinhe County in China's Aksu region. His musical education began with piano studies at the Xinjiang Arts Institute, followed by seven years studying composition at the Kazakh National Conservatory.
This combination of instrumental and compositional training helped shape his understanding of melody, harmony, and arrangement. After returning to Xinjiang, he founded Dream Modulation Studio in 2012, establishing a professional base for recording and producing music with a wide range of singers and instrumentalists.
His work has included original compositions, studio production, and television music, including projects associated with Meshrep TV. Working across different musical settings has given him experience in recognizing the particular qualities of a performer and building arrangements that make effective use of them.
Within the Living Mythologies network, Askar contributes a composer's and producer's perspective. His musical interests are grounded in the practical work of developing ideas, shaping arrangements, and helping a recording acquire its own identity.
A successful production is not merely a collection of well-recorded parts. The real achievement is hearing how they belong together.
Misha Oshkanov (Миша Ошканов)
Mixing Engineer · Sound Producer
Mikhail Oshkanov, professionally credited as Misha Oshkanov, is a recording and mixing engineer of Ural-Finnic heritage whose work spans rock, experimental music, acoustic ensembles, and productions involving a wide variety of instruments and vocal techniques.
His projects have included the Tuvan ensemble Oduchu, Brylev Band, Partyone, and The O, alongside theatrical and media productions requiring detailed sound design.
Misha's approach is marked by patience, technical precision, and an ability to work with arrangements in which many contrasting musical elements must occupy the same space. Drums need impact, bass needs definition, and voices must retain their individuality, yet every element has to serve the larger composition.
As mixing engineer for Living Mythologies' 2026 single “Along the Tarim,” Misha helped bring the recording's different instrumental and vocal parts into a coherent whole.
His work reflects an essential part of the band's creative process: ensuring that an intricate arrangement can be heard as one piece of music without losing the distinct character of the people performing it.
Gavin Tempany
FOH & Monitor Engineer · Recording & Broadcast Engineer · Mastering Engineer
Originally from Western Australia and based in the United Kingdom, Gavin Tempany has built an international career spanning concert sound, recording, mixing, and mastering. A guitarist before becoming a professional engineer, he developed an early appreciation for both music and the practical ingenuity he admired in his father's ability to make and build things.
His career has taken him onto some of the world's most celebrated stages. He served as monitor engineer for David Gilmour of Pink Floyd on the 2015–2016 Rattle That Lock world tour, including the historic concerts at Pompeii in July 2016. Other major monitor assignments have included Kylie Minogue, Hans Zimmer Live, Mark Knopfler, Roxy Music, and Will Young. He has also worked at both front of house and monitors for Tame Impala.
His front-of-house credits include Sir Tom Jones, Sir Cliff Richard, Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets, Mike and the Mechanics, Will Young, and Young Voices. During Genesis's 2021 North American tour, he stepped in to mix front of house when the band's regular engineer became unavailable.
Beyond touring, Gavin's recording and broadcast experience includes work with U2 at Abbey Road Studios, Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift at a Kensington Palace gala, and projects involving Ed Sheeran and Ellie Goulding. His recording and mixing work has also included Winfield House Sessions featuring Annie Lennox, The National, and Belle and Sebastian. In 2021, he worked on the Young Voices Biggest Sing, a large-scale event livestreamed to an audience of approximately half a million people.
Across these varied settings, Gavin brings the same attention to musical detail, dynamic balance, and the character of a performance, whether working in a recording studio or behind a console at a major international concert.
As mastering engineer for Living Mythologies, including the 2026 single “Along the Tarim,” Gavin brings decades of experience to the final stage of production, ensuring that the band's intricate arrangements retain their clarity, energy, and individual character.
Gavin also contributed lead guitar solo additions to Living Mythologies to-be-released single "Bavarian Ancestry".
Other production notes including other commissioned artists following below, list periodically updated.
All other artist roles not directly mentioned above are listed below and pertinent details can be found on corresponding production pages elsewhere on Livingmythologies.com:
Instrumental Musicians
Radik Tyulyush (Instrumentalist and Vocalist, Huun Huur Tu, BBC WORLD MUSIC Recipient w/Yat-Kha Ensemble)
Andy Bauer (PhD Anthropology of Art, Minzu University)
Ji Peng (Rawap-is, MA Tashkent Conservatory of Music)
Bailak Mongush (Percussionist Tuvan State Orchestra)
Ayan-ool Sam (Tuvan Instrumentalist, Moscow State University (Grammy for appearance in Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Album))
Bady-Dorzhu Ondar (People’s Khoomei-chi, Tuva (Grammy for appearance in Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Album))
Ayan Serijik (Percussionist, Alash Ensemble (Grammy for appearance in Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Album))
Patrick Chan (MA Percussion, Arkansas State University)
Azmat Hekim (Percussionist for Hanhong, Greywolf, Haya)
Prof. Alimjan (Tambur and Ruwap Player, Grammy-winning artist from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Soundtrack)
Adil Ghirjek (Ghirjek player from China Ethnic Song & Dance Ensemble)
Yuko Nakamura (Traditional Biwa Master and Lyricist)
Eji Kamada (Japanese Igil Player)
Yasen Artan (Contemporary Uyghur Musician)
Yohei Tamura (Japanese Musician)
Memetjan Metqasim (Uyghur Folk Musician & Guitarist)
Tanju Erhol (Turkish Clarinet Master)
Vocalists
Radik Tyulyush (Instrumentalist and Vocalist, Huun Huur Tu)
Andy Bauer (PhD Anthropology of Art, Minzu University)
Yasen Artan (Uyghur Musician)
Trân Nguyễn (PhD Ethnology, Minzu University)
Belek Anay-ool (Tuvan Rap Artist)
Aiyismaa Opei (Tuvan Folk Singer)
Dongun-ool (Tuvan Folk Singer)
Angir-ool (Tuvan Folk Singer)
Memetjan Metqasim (Uyghur Musician)
Narrations
Aidysmaa Kilik (MA Anthropology, Minzu University)
Alexei Saryglar (Huun Huur Tu Ensemble)
Eji Kamada (Japanese Musician)
Supporting Vocals
Batourqier (MA Linguistics, XInjiang University)
Aidysmaa Kilik (MA Anthropology, Minzu University)
Zhao Nan (PhD Ethnology, Minzu University)
Wang Weihao (MA Opera, Minzu University)
Wurigon (Instrumentalist, Minzu University of China)
Lyric Translation Consultancy
Chechena Ondar (Linguist, Republic of Tuva)
Aidysmaa Kilik (MA Anthropology, Minzu University)
Studio Direction
Sean Quirk (Manager, Alash Ensemble)
Sholban Mongush (Vice Head Tuvan Cultural Center)
Tran Nguyen (Vietnamese Ethnologist)
Paizula Fulate (Uyghur Musician, BA Berkeley School of Music)
Vocal Production
Barry Brown (American Opera Singer & Vocal Producer)
Inna Damba-Huurak (Tuvan Philanthropist)
E.T. (Uyghur Electronic Musician)
Paizula Fulate (Uyghur Musician)
Lyrical Production
Molly Wang (Chinese Lyricists, MA Minzu University)
Eric Dongak (Tuvan Poet)
Aidysmaa Kilik (MA Anthropology, Minzu University)
Phương Trân Nguyễn (PhD Ethnology, Minzu University)
Taeko Kanoh (Japanese Editor, Lyricists)
Мария Кужугет (Maria Kuzhuget) (Tuvan Poet, Kyzyl, Tuva)
M.E. (Uyghur Poet)
Radik Tyulyush (Tuvan Lyricist)
Abdurahim (PhD Uyghur Lyricist)
Zulfiya (PhD Uyghur Lyricist)
Studio Direction
Travis Wyrick (Studio Producer, Knoxville Tennessee)
Ming Li (Studio Director, Beijing China)
Damian Wang (Studio Director, Beijing China)
Phương Trân Nguyễn (Studio Director, Beijing China)
Studio Engineering
Xiaobai (Studio Engineer, Beijing China)
Sholban Mongush (Studio Engineer, Beijing China)
Sound Mixing Concept
Andy Bauer (Musician, Colorado)
Mike Papadakis (Visual & Sound Artist, Denver Colorado)
Chingis Sorju (Sorju Sounds & Productions, MA Sound Engineering, University Social Sciences St. Petersburg, Russia)
Misha Oshkanov (Sorju Sounds & Productions, MA Sound Engineering, University Social Sciences St. Petersburg, Russia)
Gavin Tempany (RACE / Britannica Row)
Mastering Concept
Gavin Tempany (RACE / Britannica Row)
Concept Presentation Direction
Valentina Suzukei (PhD Ethnomusicologist from TIGI, Republic of Tuva)
Prof. Jianmin Wang (PhD Anthropologist, Minzu University of China)
Prof. Haiyang Zhang (PhD Ethnomusicologist, Minzu University of China)