The motif of this piece was written while performing to migrating belugas through the Churchill River in Canada's Subarctic. 

This is the first track from Rob Knaggs' forthcoming record, Up the Middle.
Rob Knaggs - Celli
Julia Kourtidis - Piano
Marcus McLachlan - Drums (courtesy of Street Pieces)

Summer

Inspired by the seasonal change in Churchill, MB. 
the leaves start to turn in colour, the sunsets begin to match the tundra's flora before the snow starts to set in, with the bears strolling through town in wait for the Hudson Bay to freeze.

Fall (i)

Rob Knaggs - A Natural Response. Unmastered. 
recorded at Collector Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 
February 2018.

A Natural Response

In 2017, Travel Manitoba took artist, Kal Barteski, and I to Calgary to represent the prairie province by performing at a travel conference for 1800 people. After the hour's performance, Dene Sinclair of Indigenous Tourism Canada pulled me aside to talk about a specific piece that was creeping and eerie which moved her. Dene suggested that I should collaborate with a throat singer for it. The piece was Ghosting. And that was a great idea. 

Nikki Komaksiutiksak is an Inuit woman from Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut. She is now a mother of five and currently works for the Department of Manitoba Justice. 

Though Winnipeg is now her home, Nikki has found the strength to preserve her “Inukness” living in the southern part of Canada. Nikki is an active member with the Inuit community in Winnipeg, and uses her knowledge and understanding of the south to assist other Inuit moving to the big city. Nikki is an inspiration to the young and old everywhere, and truly demonstrates a passion for her cultural identity. 

and she rips it vocally. 

While you can download this without charge on Bandcamp, any money donated from this collaboration will go towards Bear Clan Patrol Inc, an Indigenous Community Patrol that provide restoration and maintenance of harmony within the community. 

www.bearclanpatrolinc.com

Ghosting featuring Nikki Komatsiutiksak

Rob Knaggs and Stu Fergie double down on the high-intensity track, Ghosting. Yidaki and cello face-off at the Lord Mayor's

Rob Knaggs ft Stu Fergie - Ghosting LIVE

Happy Violent Soho Day, Brisbane.
enjoy some midi-strings of a Soho song.

Outsider by L.Boerdam, Violent Soho.
Arranged by R.Knaggs.

Outsider - Violent Soho, for Piano Quartet

From Australia to the Arctic. 
Ambient, Cinematic Post Rock.

hey rob knaggs

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