bro i LOVE indigenous fusion music i love it when indigenous people take traditional practices and language and apply them in new cool ways i love the slow decay and decolonisation of the modern music industry
I WILL !!! I WILL DO THAT
some of my favourite indigenous artists, in no particular order:
Inuit artists:
- the jerry cans (esp their album Inuusiq)
- beatrice deer
- twin flames
Māori artists:
Indigenous australian artists:
- tilly tjala thomas (i particularly love ngai yurlku nhiina)
- kardajala kirridarra (srlsly check out ngajabu (Grandmother's Song))
- i've also heard good things abt Baker Boy, but i haven't checked out his stuff yet
Another one for Inuit artists is Piqsiq! Two sisters who’ve been doing traditional throat singing since they were kids. They make some really gorgeous, eerie, atmospheric stuff. Highly recommend watching this video of them performing live a cappella using a looping machine, because they might be the coolest people on the planet actually
(Jo March nearly in tears voice) women,,,,
For anyone into North Asian and Central Asian folk music, there's this incredible Siberian folk-pop band called Otyken! The group is mostly women and they're from multiple indigenous groups in Siberia, with songs being sung in their range of different languages. They're so much fun and their music videos are amazing!
i'll go ahead and recommend The Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red), an EDM group from First Nations Ontario that do really cool fusions of First Nations music with dubstep, moombahton, and hip hop.
I have an addition from Wallmapu! "Mawiza" is a band who makes ÜL Metal, their vocals being in the tribes language, Mapuzungún.
I was so happy to discover this band since I am in the process of learning the language of my grand family's tribe, and I also love metal of many kinds.
Here is a song I recommend from Mawiza to start