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Midnight In A Perfect World: Ya Tseen photo by Merritt Johnson Ya Tseen is an alias of Nicholas Galanin, a multi-disciplinary artist who's one of the most vital voices in contemporary art. Born in Sheet’ka (Sitka, Alaska), Galanin is of Tlingit and Unangax̂ heritage and he creates from his perspective as an Indigenous man. Spanning sculpture, video, installation, photography, jewelry, and music, his multimedia works call for an accounting of the damages done to land and life by unfettered capitalism while advocating for Indigenous sovereignty and racial, social, and environmental justice f...
Ya Tseen: the Alaska-based star mixing psych pop and giant political art Sophie Harris Indian Yard may have been recorded in such far-flung locations as New York, Texas, Seattle and Lake Como in Italy – but right now the album’s creator, Nicholas Galanin, is home in Sitka, Alaska, with his feet up. Sort of. “We spend a great deal of time outdoors, hunting and fishing,” says the softly spoken Galanin, who is married to the artist Merritt Johnson, with whom he has six kids. A prolific visual artist and musician of Tlingit/Unangax̂ descent, Galanin never really seems to ...
Alaskan project Ya Tseen will release new album 'Indian Yard' on April 30th. The group match an awareness and love for traditional modes of expression with a passion for boundary breaking art, resulting in some truly unique recordings. Loosely founded by Nicholas Galanin - renowned for his work on contemporary visual arts - Ya Tseen have now signed to Sub Pop. The American powerhouse independent will release new album 'Indian Yard', and it promises to sit in a lane of its own. New track 'Close The Distance' is online now, and it epitomises the groundbreaking appetites that drive Ya Tseen for...