New album, available for streaming here/
There's some intense stuff here. After a couple of listens, I think it's at least as good as Animism, feels a little more raw. The "Rape Me" cover is actually pretty effective.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Sunday, 16 October 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
Really cool stuff. I especially like "Summoning".
― jmm, Sunday, 16 October 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
thanks for the heads up!
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:26 (seven years ago) link
holy shit the title track
― imago, Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:34 (seven years ago) link
Human civilization as we know it will no longer exissssst
― jmm, Sunday, 16 October 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
this is much, much better than animism imo, it's another great record in an incredible year
― imago, Sunday, 16 October 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
This is interesting, a katajjaq duo + electroacoustic trio. They talk about throat-singing in between songs. I get the sense that what Tanya Tagaq does is a lot more aggressive than traditional throat-singing, which is partly a game of who can hold out the longest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPI2dXcn8Vw
― jmm, Monday, 17 October 2016 00:32 (seven years ago) link
investing our time in hollow philosophies to placate the fear of our bodies returning back into our mother
― jmm, Monday, 17 October 2016 15:09 (seven years ago) link
didn't realize she had another coming out already, great news, will listen to this ASAP
― kruezer2, Monday, 17 October 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
I get the sense that what Tanya Tagaq does is a lot more aggressive than traditional throat-singing, which is partly a game of who can hold out the longest.
Definitely. Some ethnomusicologists prefer the term "vocal games" because, traditionally, these were not really thought of as songs or as an independent art form per se (at least as far as anything I've read goes). I'll watch the whole video you linked, jmm, but this is a nice little intro. (Nattiez/Beaudry/Charron wrote some classic articles on the subject; more info available if anyone is interested.)
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Monday, 17 October 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
A 15 minute version! This is incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4EFnt6pbJs
― jmm, Monday, 17 October 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
I can't wait to see her next month. This is swiftly becoming one my favourite albums of the year.
Back to traditional throat-singing, the Ainu parallel vocal game Rekuhkara is amazing. They actually sing into each other's larynx.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maaJiJq7Gow
― jmm, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 12:50 (seven years ago) link
found this video after reading more about rekuhkara (thanks for that!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnPh3GGykaI
― the notes the loon doesn't play (ulysses), Thursday, 20 October 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
I saw her at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa last night, with the same ensemble listed here. It was pretty intense. I may have been a little more absorbed when I saw her last year but that probably has more to do with the venue/setting. It was great to see a whole choir using some of these techniques with her, sometimes calling back and forth with enthusiastic audience members! The version of "Rape Me" was more dynamic than the studio version. She and Duncan basically did free improv together for an encore.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Sunday, 27 November 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
Hey, I was there too. It was wonderful. I'm so glad I got to see it. The calling from audience members was one of the coolest things and totally unexpected.
Did I hear it right that the choir was all local Inuit youth and that they had a day to practice? Unreal. I don't suppose she plays in many cities with sufficiently large Inuit populations (Ottawa's is the largest in Canada outside of the north.)
― jmm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 14:21 (seven years ago) link
Jesse Staniforth @JBS_nation 10h10 hours agoAudience member at @tagaq's Ottawa show yelling Inuktitut, "Tell me! Tell me more! You are strong! I love you!" Echoed by Inuit in room. WOW
― jmm, Sunday, 27 November 2016 14:22 (seven years ago) link
Some interesting choices in her 12 favourite albums.
― Spiritual Hat Minimalism (Sund4r), Thursday, 8 December 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
spread out over 15 clicks? jesus.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 8 December 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
welcome to the quietus
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 8 December 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
v cool read tho
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Thursday, 8 December 2016 15:05 (seven years ago) link
Order of Canada :)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nuqingaq-tagaq-order-1.3917101
― fgti, Saturday, 31 December 2016 06:14 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I was just about to link that story.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 December 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
She is definitely one of the most inspiring people in Canada right now.
― jmm, Saturday, 31 December 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
I want to like her, but...I don't. Maybe making a Spotify playlist of all the songs without English-language lyrics will help.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 31 December 2016 18:21 (seven years ago) link
Collaboration with Buffy Sainte-Marie: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/buffy-sainte-marie-tanya-tagaq-collaboration-song-1.3993112
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Thursday, 23 February 2017 03:55 (seven years ago) link
Jesus that is so good
― fgti, Thursday, 23 February 2017 04:24 (seven years ago) link
New EP is quite something
― imago, Friday, 1 March 2019 14:53 (five years ago) link
Well damn.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-is-inuit-throat-singer-tanya-tagaq-60-minutes-2019-05-02/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:33 (four years ago) link
Fuck yes that is so amazing
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 2 May 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
taylor mac is on cbs this morning, tanya tagaq is on 60 minutes, i must be getting old cause all my avant garde shit is getting sold to old people now
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
Oh wow
― All along there is the sound of feedback (Sund4r), Thursday, 2 May 2019 22:50 (four years ago) link
And here's the full piece:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-sounds-of-inuit-throat-singer-tanya-tagaq-60-minutes-2019-05-05/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 May 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
The 60 Minutes piece was very well done, with any "lookit the weirdo making her weirdo noises" stuff confined to the intro. I'm still not a huge fan of the actual work, but I think it's great that she's achieved so much recognition and been able to draw attention to indigenous peoples' issues as a result of that.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Monday, 6 May 2019 17:53 (four years ago) link