Had you ever heard of her? Me neither, until about a year ago when I was browsing iTunes for some Björk side projects and listened to this random track from the album Sinaa. She's Inuit and employs a range of traditional and creative vocal techniques. I have broad musical tastes but they don't really stretch to full-on throat singing etc as far as recreational listening is concerned (I can feel it too much in the tissues of my own neck, like someone is flicking my larynx or something eeek). Tagaq doesn't go there in this piece which is probably the most accessible on the album, but it is hauntingly beautiful and that little chant has bothered me for a twelve month.
Give it a try. Listen to it three times; let it soak into your fibres. Still is already on the imaginary soundtrack for the second book :) Uh oh.
Give it a try. Listen to it three times; let it soak into your fibres. Still is already on the imaginary soundtrack for the second book :) Uh oh.
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