PIQSIQ

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PIQSIQ is an active Inuit throat-singing duo based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, formed by sisters Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik. The exact Spotify artist 22sYXaxfo8wisgHn4pvCTZ aligns with the duo's current artist-controlled Bandcamp, Wikidata item Q111155101, Indigenous artist registries, and current national coverage. The sisters have family roots in Nunavut's Kitikmeot and Kivalliq regions and grew up in Yellowknife, learning Inuit throat singing as children. Their work centres katajjaq, a relational vocal practice traditionally performed face to face, while extending it through live looping, electronic processing, percussion, beats, and improvisation. Before focusing on PIQSIQ, Mackay and Ayalik performed in the Juno-winning group Quantum Tangle. PIQSIQ's recordings include Altering the Timeline, Quviasugvik: In Search of Harmony, Taaqtuq Ubluriaq: Dark Star, Live from Christ Church Cathedral, and Legends. Their collision-reviewed principal Spotify catalog in Canada contains eleven album and single containers from January 11, 2019 through May 30, 2025. Spotify classifies two as albums and nine as singles; MusicList identifies three five- or six-track projects as EPs, producing two albums, three EPs, and six other singles. The duo also composed the score for the 2024 Canadian animated feature The Sunburnt Unicorn and collaborated with Sámi-Finnish duo VILDÁ on Ovddos / Hivumuuniq. Current 2025 reporting identifies PIQSIQ as Yellowknife based and documents Mackay and Ayalik performing at Expo 2025 Osaka, sharing Inuit culture in an international setting. The May 2025 album Legends and current professional records confirm continuing activity. Public listening and professional information route through the duo's artist-controlled Bandcamp; MusicList does not reproduce direct contact details or social handles. Spotify media is live provider-attributed content with a monogram fallback.