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PIQSIQ

Alternating between ancient songs and haunting new compositions, PIQSIQ draws upon Inuit throat singing traditions to create spine-tingling ambiance that transports listeners to the North and beyond. With roots in Nunavut and Yellowknife, sisters Tiffany Ayalik and Inuksuk Mackay began singing katajjaq in childhood. Incorporating improvised looping into their live performances, PIQSIQ fuses the sounds of their forebears with a singular vision that’s both modern and otherworldly.

Presented in association with Full Circle: First Nations Performance

KEE AVIL

Having evolved from playing guitar with broken cymbals and drumsticks to forging askew tempos and templates glued together by samples of screws dropped into crystal bowls, Constellation recording artist Kee Avil guitar/voice/electronics draws upon the bracing theatrics of Juana Molina, Scott Walker, Fiona Apple and PJ Harvey, while arriving at a knotted sonic terrain that is all her own.