Rangzen Shonu

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Rangzen Shonu (Tibetan : རང་བཙན་གཞོན་ནུ་, Wylie : rang btsan gzhon nu: "Freedom Youth") was a three-memberrock band formed by Tenzin Choesang, Norbu Choephel and Tsering Paljor Phurpatsang. Tibetans in Dharamshala, India.

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They released their debut album Rangzen Shonu in 1987, with a lyrics booklet. The songs were written by Professor Ngawang Jinpa of St Joseph's College, Darjeeling. The album was recorded at S Kalyani Recording Studio in Darya Ganj, Delhi.

Their second album Rangzen Sontsa was released in 1989, which was also recorded at the same studio. The lyrics for the second album was written by Dagthon Jampa Gyaltsen, Tibetan Astronomy and Astrology master at Mentseekhang (Tibetan Medical Institute) Dharamshala, India.

Their songs are about Tibetan love and freedom. The song "We Tibetan Nomads" from the first album became an all-time favourite. It has been covered, and is continued to be covered even today. The love song Nga-yi Nying gi Sidu (The core of my heart) is another much loved song from their first album.

The first album Rangzen Shonu won the Best Album award in first Tibetan Music Awards in 2003 in McLeod Ganj, produced by Lobsang Wangyal Productions.

Dadon reportedly integrated some of Rangzen Shonu's signature style after hearing a cassette smuggled in Tibet in 1988. [1] [2] Rangzen Shonu is best known for the unique sound of Tibetan lyrics accompanied by acoustic guitars rather than traditional Tibetan instruments.

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References

  1. Havnevik, Hanna; Janet Gyatso. Women in Tibet. Columbia University Press. p. 236.
  2. (in English) Tibet Information Network, Unity and discord: music and politics in contemporary Tibet, 2004, p. 83- 84 Dadon is Tibet's first pop star, and remains one of the most successful to this day. [...] She was inspired by the Taiwanese singer Deng Lijun, known as Teresa Teng, and emulated her singing style. However, as Henrion-Dourcy reports, another point of inspiration was Modern Tibetan songs, the 1995 cassette released by Rangzen Shonu, 'Freedom Youth', which was smuggled into Lhasa in 1988.