Out now — the first two tracks from “Tongues North Star Remixes,” a reimagining of Tanya Tagaq’s album, coming out on July 22. Pre-save now via SixShooterRecords.lnk.to/tonguesremixYC. #NorthStarRemixes watch video on watch page
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The northern lights bear witness in the new video “Colonizer”. Government and church run residential schools ran for over 150 years in Canada. The last one closed in 1996.
Thank you to the TRC — nctr.ca/about/ — for all your work documenting and uncovering what transpired in these “schools”.
Hearts out to the survivors. Donate here — www.irsss.ca/ — to support them.
Deepest condolences to the families of the little ones who never made it home.
To the church, the government, and Canadian citizens who benefit from non-consensual land developments, you are guilty.
Thank you Danuta (Leah Fay Goldstein and Peter Dreimanis) for producing this video. Animated by Luca Tarantini.
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I am so excited to be releasing Tongues today! Alianait! Thank you to everyone who contributed. Thank you Saul Williams for agreeing to take on this project and introducing Gonjasufi to me. Thank you Gonjasufi for time and your magic. You both have brought a new landscape to witness. Thank you Six Shooter Records for building the structural labyrinth that’s allows my ideas to come into fruition. With gratitude ❤️TT ❤️
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NEW VIDEO! Watch TEETH AGAPE animated by David Seitz. Never underestimate the power of the mothers. We will protect our young at all costs. Claws sharpened, teeth agape.
https://youtu.be/8tribOieFWM
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I will hunch my shoulders and wait. Claws sharpened, teeth agape. #TeethAgape new single from the album Tongues is out now. Taste it. SixShooterRecords.lnk.to/teethagapeYC
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Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author. A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner and recipient of multiple honourary doctorates, Tagaq is one of the country’s most original and celebrated artists.
In 2014, Tagaq sent shockwaves through the music world with Animism. The album’s Polaris Music Prize victory disrupted the music industry and contributed to a change in conversation about Indigenous artists. The follow-up, 2017’s Retribution, brought Tagaq’s inimitable and powerful artistic vision to even broader audiences.
In its many forms, Tanya Tagaq’s art challenges static ideas of genre and culture, and contends with themes of environmentalism, human rights and post-colonial issues.