Quantum Tangle
Biography
Quantum Tangle are a Juno Award-winning Canadian musical group who combine traditional Inuit throat singing and spoken word storytelling with blues-influenced folk rock, consisting of vocalist Tiffany Ayalik and singer and guitarist Grey Gritt.
Formed in 2014, the group are based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Ayalik, who is Inuk, is a native of the city, while Gritt, who is Ojibwe-Métis, was born in Sudbury, Ontario and raised in the outlying community of Warren, and has lived in Yellowknife since 2009.
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As a solo artist prior to the band's formation, Gritt was a regional finalist in CBC Music's Searchlight competition in 2013 and 2014. Gritt came out as transgender in 2014, and uses gender-neutral pronouns. Ayalik also performs as a stage actress.
Quantum Tangle won the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year for their album Tiny Hands at the Juno Awards of 2017.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.