Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen
| Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Winneway, Quebec |
| Genres | Electronic house, First Nations music |
| Members |
Kevin "Flying Down Thunder" Chief DJ Eric "Rise Ashen" Vani |
Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen are a Canadian electronic music duo, who blend electronic house music with traditional First Nations music.[1] Their album One Nation was a shortlisted Juno Award nominee for Aboriginal Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2012.[2]
The band's members are vocalist Kevin "Flying Down Thunder" Chief and DJ Eric "Rise Ashen" Vani. Chief, an Algonquin member of the Long Point First Nation people from Winneway, Quebec, works as an aboriginal self-government negotiator for the Canadian government department of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development,[1] while Vani works as a real estate agent.[1]
Chief has also collaborated on music with Eagle & Hawk, and recorded an album in 2013 with his daughter Amber Asp-Chief under the band name Mazinikijik Singers. He won a Native American Music Award for Best Producer in 2014 for that album.[3]
Vani subsequently collaborated with Inuit musicians Cynthia Pitsiulak and Charlotte Qamaniq in the project Silla + Rise, whose album Debut was a Juno Award nominee for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.[4]
Discography
- One Nation (2011)
References
- 1 2 3 "Rise Ashen and Flying Down Thunder: A little creative combustion". Ottawa Citizen, March 5, 2012.
- ↑ "A controversial Juno category". Ottawa Citizen, March 19, 2012.
- ↑ "NAMMYS Highlight Native Musical Talent". Indian Time, November 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Nunavummiut nominated for Junos". Northern News Services, February 20, 2017.