Toothsayer

by Tanya Tagaq

Toothsayer cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 1 March 2019
  • Label: Six Shooter
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 25:00
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commissioned to accompany an exhibition at the National Maritime Museum in London regarding the Franklin expedition, the acclaimed Inuk throat singer delivered a harrowing, icy soundscape. The project expertly utilizes deep sub-bass and freezing ambient drones to mirror the bleak, unforgiving landscape of the Arctic alongside her primal, physically demanding vocalizations.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, atmospheric, ritualistic, nonlexical-vocables, unconventional

Tracklist

  1. Icebreaker (6:45)
  2. Snowblind (3:50)
  3. Toothsayer (4:21)
  4. Submerged (5:28)
  5. Hypothermia (4:32)

Credits

  • Tanya Tagaq - primary artist, composed by, written-by
  • Stephen Dutcheshen - animation
  • Kevin Earl Taylor - artwork
  • Ash Koosha - composed by
  • Jean Martin - percussion, written-by

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