Igal here, co-producer on Inua.
From the start of the project, we dreamed of being able to use the musical compositions of a very particular artist in the game. Listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaXh5FsqscY
Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit singer from Cambridge Bay (Not far from where the wrecks of the Franklin Expedition were found!). Her specialty is throat singing.
We contacted her label to obtain the rights to the tracks. We received a terse response: “Do you have Inuit people on your team”?
Tanya Tagaq is a diligent activist against cultural appropriation. It's an important subject that we were aware of, but we discovered how it's at the center of social relations in countries like Canada, where indigenous cultures are deeply impacted by the dominant culture.
If we planned to surround ourselves with as many Inuit as possible, at that point we only had Billy Gauthier on the team. We waited several months to get the entire team together, including a dozen Inuit people, before we approached Six Shooter Records again to apply for the rights to use the songs we wanted to use.
We are proud to have been able to secure the right to feature 5 awesome Tanya Tagaq songs in the game's soundtrack. They bring breath, depth, and sensations to the game.
A big thank you to her!
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