Silla + Rise
Silla + Rise at the Riddu Riđđu festival in 2019
Background information
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
GenresDance music, Throat singing, Electro (music)
Years active2017-
Members
Websitesillaandrise.com

Silla + Rise are a Canadian musical group based in Ottawa. Their album Debut was a Juno Award nominee for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.[1][2] Their album Galactic Gala was nominated for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.[3]

The group, consisting of vocalists Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, and DJ Eric "Rise Ashen" Vani, blends traditional Inuit throat singing with electronic dance music.[4] According to the group, the two seemingly divergent music styles have much in common, including how both involve some form of a battle between performers—i.e., whoever laughs first in throat singing loses.[5] Pitsiulak is originally from Kimmirut and Qamaniq is originally from Igloolik.[4] Pitsiulak and Qamaniq have been performing throat singing since 2005.[6]

In 2018 they performed at the imagineNATIVE festival[7] and in 2019 at Riddu Riđđu.[8] In 2021 they performed on FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Northern acts Quantum Tangle, Silla + Rise nominated for Juno award". CBC North, February 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Indigenous Music Album of the Year 2017". Juno Awards website.
  3. ↑ "2020 JUNO Award Nominees". The JUNO Awards. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  4. 1 2 "Nunavummiut nominated for Junos". Northern News Services, February 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Juno nominee Rise Ashen: It's super exciting". Gazette. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  6. ↑ CBC News Ottawa (2017-04-21), Silla and Rise Interview, retrieved 2018-08-15
  7. ↑ "10 can't-miss concerts happening in Toronto in fall 2018". NOW Toronto, Richard Trapunski, September 19, 2018
  8. ↑ Silla and Rise
  9. ↑ "FreeUp!: This Sunday, join artists across Canada to celebrate Emancipation Day 2021". CBC Arts, July 27, 2021.
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