Tanya is performing here with Jesse Zubot and Jean Martin Head Dress by Thierry Alexandre (www.thierryalexandre.com) Tanya Tagaq is a compelling artist whose electrifying throat-singing acts as a sonic gateway into the primal essense of humanity. It is the contradiction of ancient and modern elements in her work that creates a depth and richness few solo vocalists can hope to achieve. — CBC Roots and Wings "Among [David] Harrington's current faves is an Inuit singer named Tanya Tagaq, whom he called the 'Jimi Hendrix of throat singers.' The sobriquet seemed well-earned—her rhythmically hard-driving vocal explosions, by turns guttural and ethereal, did boast that kind of exuberant virtuosity." — San Francisco Chronicle Tanya Tagaq has created a major buzz in the alternative music scene with her experimentation of traditional Inuit throat singing. Like Diamanda Galas, she is one of those rare artists whose style is truly groundbreaking and can only be described as other-worldly and primal. As she navigates through a range of ecstatic groans, grunts and wails, you hear the sounds of birds, sea life, the wind, the cycles of life and death and the violence of the barren, frigid Arctic landscape that is home to the Inuit people yet her style has also been described as both "orchestral" and "hip-hop-infused." Tagaqs unique voice has attracted the attention of some of the worlds most groundbreaking musicians, including Björk, who invited her to participate on her CD entitled ... Теги:contemporaryinuitthroatsinging
Filmed on a Sony bloggie, this is an excerpt of the film that was projected onto the side of a building in Madrid's Plaza Santa Ana on the weekend of the UEFA Champions League final. The same projection was also shown at the UEFA Champions Village following the final between Bayern and Inter. This footage was taken by a member of the Sony Europe PR team using a bloggie. An official treatment will be online soon. For more clips from the PR team's trip to the UEFA Champions League final, check out our other videos. www.sony.co.uk Теги:3DMadridSony3DTVWorldKakaBRAVIAprojectionChampionsLeague
