Break of Reality - Akpen Birge (feat. Galymzhan Moldanazar)

Break of Reality (USA) and Galymzhan Moldanazar (Kazakhstan) perform "Akpen Birge", an original composition and cross-cultural met Galymzhan Moldanazar in 2015 while on tour in Kazakhstan. Despite our language barrier, we connected and bonded through music. We were completely taken by Galymzhan's beautiful voice and songwriting, and a collaboration was soon planned to bring Galymzhan to the May 2015, we flew Galymzhan to New York City to collaborate on a new music video for Akpen Birge, one of Galymzhan's original songs now arranged for Break of Reality. It was an unbelievable experience for everyone to Johnny Perez for his excellent video work. Thanks to Kana Beisekeyev and Timur Nusimbekov for all of their help. And a special thanks to Chaz Martin for bringing us all together. Vocals: Galymzhan Moldanazar. Cellists: Patrick Laird, Laura Metcalf and Ben Capps. Percussionist: Ivan Trevino.