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."Northern acts Quantum Tangle, Silla + Rise nominated for Juno award". CBC North, February 7, 2017."Indigenous Music Album of the Year 2017". Juno Awards website. Their album Galactic Gala was nominated for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.
The group, consisting of vocalists Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, and DJ Eric "Rise Ashen" Vani, blends traditional Inuit throat singing with electronic dance music."Nunavummiut nominated for Junos". Northern News Services, February 20, 2017. 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. Pitsiulak is originally from Kimmirut and Qamaniq is originally from Igloolik. Pitsiulak and Qamaniq have been performing throat singing since 2005.
In 2018, they performed at the imagineNATIVE festival"10 can't-miss concerts happening in Toronto in fall 2018". NOW Toronto, Richard Trapunski, September 19, 2018 and in 2019 at Riddu Riđđu.Silla and Rise In 2021, they performed on FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special."FreeUp!: This Sunday, join artists across Canada to celebrate Emancipation Day 2021". CBC Arts, July 27, 2021.
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