

It is believed among Mongolians that this province is the homeland of the most talented singers of long songs. In fact, the real prima and the queen of the Mongolian long song for almost a half century, who has introduced the Urtiin Duu to the outer world was the singer Norovbanzad Namjil.īorn in 1931 in an ordinary shepherd family in Dundgobi aimag (Middle Gobi province), she loved to sing Urtiin Duu ever since of her childhood. Literally, with the singles of Enigma, millions of people from every corner of the world have heard the Urtiin duu or an exotic Mongolian long song. Moreover, the song named “The Eyes of Truth” was popularized by its artistic use in worldwide trailers of the movies “The Matrix”, and “The Long Kiss Goodnight” in 1999. Likewise “Age of Loneliness”, this song also featured samples of Mongolian long songs, notably the “Alsyn Gazryn Zereglee” (“Mirage of a Distant Terrain”).Įnigma’s album “The Cross of Changes”, thanks to these two singles and the use of exotic Mongolian long songs, was sold over 8 million copies worldwide.


In the same year, the founder of Enigma, Michael Cretu released another single “The Eyes of Truth”.
