Animism, by Tanya Tagaq

Animism

by Tanya Tagaq

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1.	Caribou 04:53	buy track
2.	Uja 02:49	buy track
3.	Umingmak 03:56	buy track
4.	Genetic Memory 01:36	buy track
5.	Rabbit 04:05	buy track
6.	Tulugak 08:57	buy track
7.	How 03:10	buy track
8.	Flight 04:40	buy track
9.	Fight 03:29	buy track
10.	Damp Animal Spirits 07:23	buy track
11.	Fracking 04:04	buy track

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Scream.
Grunt.
Growl, groan.
Flutter. Quiver. Howl.

Tanya Tagaq’s music isn’t like anything you’ve heard before. Unnerving and exquisite, Tagaq’s unique vocal expression may be rooted in Inuit throat singing but her music has as much to do with electronica, industrial and metal influences as it does with traditional culture.

This Inuk punk is known for delivering fearsome, elemental performances that are visceral and physical, heaving and breathing and alive. Her shows draw incredulous response from worldwide audiences, and Tagaq’s tours tend to jump back and forth over the map of the world. From a Mexican EDM festival to Carnegie Hall, her music and performances transcend language.

Tagaq makes musical friends and collaborators with an array of like-minded talents: opera singers, avant-garde violin composers, experimental DJs, all cutting edge and challenging. Tanya’s albums make for complex listening, but her string of Juno nominations attests to her ability to make difficult music speak a universal tongue.

Animism, the new album, was produced by west coast shape-shifter Jesse Zubot (Dan Mangan, Fond of Tigers). The record features Michael Red (Low Indigo), a live programmer whose wild northern field recordings often serve as Tagaq’s de facto backing band, percussionist Jean Martin and Belgian opera singer Anna Pardo Canedo.

"Tagaq projects sounds that carry the imprint of the body's secret contours and recesses, delving far beyond personal utterance, out beyond human identity, to summon voices from the flesh cavity haunts of animal spirits and primal energies." – The Wire (UK)

NOTEWORTHY:

- Performs and records with Bjork, Kronos Quartet, Mike Patton and others.

- 3-time Juno nominee for previous albums Auk/Blood and Sinaa.

- Upcoming collaboration with Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Winnipeg and New York.

- Performing in 2014 with Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Joseph Boyden and others in A Story of Truth (inspired by the Truth & Reconciliation Commission).

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released November 6, 2020

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Tanya Tagaq

Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling novelist. A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner, Giller Prize Long Listed and bestselling author and recipient of multiple honourary doctorates, Tagaq is one of the country’s most original and celebrated artists. ... more

discography

Tongues North Star Remixes

Jul 2022
Tongues

Jan 2022
Erie Changys

Nov 2020
Animism

Nov 2020
Toothsayer

Mar 2019
Retribution

Oct 2016
Auk / Blood

Sep 2008

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