"Captivating and artistically ingenious, Tanya Tagaq is a multi-award-winning music artist whose unique voice and creative imagination have led to collaborations with musicians around the world such as Björk and the Kronos Quartet."
I am Tanya Tagaq, a contemporary Inuit throat-singer from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Nunavut is a territory located in the far north of Canada. Throat-singing has been around for centuries. Traditionally, throat-singing is a call and response vocal competition, kind of like having dual beat boxers fitting their beats together like puzzle pieces. I have taken throat-singing and made it my own. Firstly, I have removed the "game" element to it - what I do is more of a commentary. I have also made it an improvisation, and I allow myself to become a conduit to the audience, to the intricacies of what lies unexamined in our daily lives.
My third studio album has been years in the making. It has been put together from a gleaning of information that has come from my extensive travels. It is my baby. It is a political and spiritual spelunking into the depths of this existance. I have been fortunate enough to be working with some of the best musicians I have ever met: Jesse Zubot, Jean Martin, and Micheal Red. We have put together a base recording of massive proportions, including heavy electronic beats, punkish percussion, and soaring viola. We also have some French horn players in the mix.
With your help, I am hoping to rope in a few more vocalists. One of them is Anna Pardo, a Belgian opera singer whose clear, earth-shattering voice will hypnotize listeners. She also inprovises. I also am hoping to hire some top notch designers to help out with the CD, a photo shoot for the cover, and shower my beautiful producers with gifts and proper payment.
I need $15,000.00 to make my CD dream come true. $10,000 will go into logistics of paying for producers and formatiing (i.e. mixing and masetering). $5,000 will go to collaborating vocalists. I am providing a series of perks, which include free CDs, mentions in the liner notes, free concert tickets, and even original paintings by me. YAY! If I don't receive all the funding, whatever I do raise will go directly into the CD. Please help me reach my goal.
I feel the sounds I make are important for a few reasons: one of them is culutral awareness; the other is personal awareness. My first two recordings have been successful, and have allowed me to spread my music to 35 countries. Hopefully this CD will be the platform for more projects, more music, and future collaborations.
If you cannot contribute, please pass this on; there are even share tools within Indieogo! Thank you so much!
Sincerely,
Tanya Tagaq
