Ya Tseen - Back in That Time (feat. Qacung)

What this video is

Released June 2021 as part of the Indian Yard deluxe edition cycle, this video sits at the intersection of Indigenous cultural sovereignty, experimental avant-pop, and the Sub Pop label's expanded embrace of non-mainstream voices. Ya Tseen is the project of Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist from Sitka, Alaska, whose work spans music, sculpture, installation, and advocacy for Indigenous rights. The…

Why it matters

This video is a landmark artifact at the crossroads of Indigenous futurism, experimental electro-soul, and avant-pop. It demonstrates how the Sub Pop ecosystem, historically associated with grunge and indie rock, expanded in the 2020s to platform Indigenous experimental music. The Yupik-language…

The director

Raven Chacon (born 1977, Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation) is a Diné composer, performer, visual artist, and installation artist. He became the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music (2022, for Voiceless Mass) and was named a MacArthur Fellow…