Tanya Tagaq
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Tanya Tagaq Gillis
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Tagaq (1977, Iqaluktuutiaq, Victoria Island, Nunavut, Canada) is an Inuit throat singer.
At the age of 15, Gillis went to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to attend high school where she first began to practice throat singing. She later studied visual arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University where she developed her own solo form of throat singing, traditionally performed by two or more singers.
She collaborated with Björk, Kronos Quartet, Mike Patton, Buck 65 or Shooglenifty.
At the age of 15, Gillis went to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories to attend high school where she first began to practice throat singing. She later studied visual arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University where she developed her own solo form of throat singing, traditionally performed by two or more singers.
She collaborated with Björk, Kronos Quartet, Mike Patton, Buck 65 or Shooglenifty.
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| Atlantic Waves 2006: Songlines Sampler (CD, Promo, Comp) | Surge | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation | 2006 | |
| Atlantic Waves 2006: The Wire Sampler (2xCD, Smplr) | Qimiruluapik | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Wire Magazine | 2006 | |