There is little chance that without Tanya Tagaq we would have heard of the special throat singing of the Inuit ('eskimos') from Canada. Tanya Tagaq first came into the picture in 2001 during Björk's Vespertine world tour. In this way the world could become acquainted with the unique sounds that Tanya Tagaq managed to produce, and Tagaq also contributed to later albums by Björk. But she also has
… a career of her own, and Animism is the third album on which Tagaq shows her specific style of throat singing, called katajjaq. The sounds she produces are difficult to describe, sometimes it sounds like animal growls, then like short breaths of breath or hardly any human buzz. In any case, it has little to do with the overtone vocals from Tuva. Animism starts with a melodic and 'normal' song, but soon becomes a lot more experimental. The atmosphere is sometimes threatening or even almost terrifying, especially in the closing song Fracking. Anyone who can listen to this song, a protest against the destruction of the earth and which indeed sounds as if someone is slowly being murdered, must come from a good family. Impressive, and good for the Polaris, Canada's premier music award. (IV)more
