OTYKEN is a Siberian indigenous music group that mixes elements of local folk music with modern pop, incorporating traditional instruments, lyrics, and languages. ‘Otyken’ is a word that is used in Chulym and other Turkic languages for a sacred land where warriors would lay down their arms and talk. OTYKEN’s members are Chulym Khakas, an Indigenous group to eastern Siberia.
The band was formed in 2015 by Andrey Medonos, and their debut album was released in 2018.