Uyarakq & Charlotte Carleton
Uyarakq
Aqqalu Berthelsen, also known as Uyarakq, was born in Nuuk, Greenland in the mid 80s. He is a self taught music producer/composer and DJ with a background in metal music.
Growing up in Uummannaq, Northern Greenland and Nuuk, the capital, has played a large role in shaping him to be a versatile musician between two worlds. He is currently doing a lot of work in the Indigenous circumpolar hip hop and rap scene with a foot in two continents, the North American arctic and the European arctic.
He won a Greenlandic Koda Award in 2015 for his solo album Raatiu Nukik (2014) and got nominated for Nordic Councils Music Prize in 2016 for the collaborative work Kunngiitsuuffik (2015) alongside the Greenlandic rapper Peand-eL.
He is now living in Inari, Northern Finland/Sápmi.
Charlotte Carleton of Silla and Rise
Silla and Rise are a musical group consisting of members from Inuit throat singing group Silla performing alongside global-grooves producer/percussionist Rise Ashen.
Performing with Rise since 2016, Silla’s members Charlotte Qamaniq, Cynthia Pitsiulak, and Charlotte Carleton, all hailing from Nunavut, have worked to put traditional throat singing into a modern context, and keep it thriving in spite of the historical and modern threats posed by colonialism.
Uyarakq
Aqqalu Berthelsen, also known as Uyarakq, was born in Nuuk, Greenland in the mid 80s. He is a self taught music producer/composer and DJ with a background in metal music.
Growing up in Uummannaq, Northern Greenland and Nuuk, the capital, has played a large role in shaping him to be a versatile musician between two worlds. He is currently doing a lot of work in the Indigenous circumpolar hip hop and rap scene with a foot in two continents, the North American arctic and the European arctic.
He won a Greenlandic Koda Award in 2015 for his solo album Raatiu Nukik (2014) and got nominated for Nordic Councils Music Prize in 2016 for the collaborative work Kunngiitsuuffik (2015) alongside the Greenlandic rapper Peand-eL.
He is now living in Inari, Northern Finland/Sápmi.
Charlotte Carleton of Silla and Rise
Silla and Rise are a musical group consisting of members from Inuit throat singing group Silla performing alongside global-grooves producer/percussionist Rise Ashen.
Performing with Rise since 2016, Silla’s members Charlotte Qamaniq, Cynthia Pitsiulak, and Charlotte Carleton, all hailing from Nunavut, have worked to put traditional throat singing into a modern context, and keep it thriving in spite of the historical and modern threats posed by colonialism.