现在走进任何一场俱乐部之夜,房间还没映入眼帘,低频就先撞上来了。那种驱动节奏是powwow step,混着失真的trap 808和因纽特语电子流行。这不是什么猎奇跨界或档案式致敬。在加拿大的舞池和本地电波里,原住民嘻哈和电子低音音乐正在按自己的规则出牌,背后的制作人和MC把传统打击乐、katajjaq和现代说唱的切分当作录音室里天然的搭档。
俱乐部场景的核心是Shub。他从安大略省六 Nations of the Grand River 的龟氏族出发,是让powwow step成为当代舞池固定配置的最关键建筑师。他的根基很深:作为JUNO获奖团体A Tribe Called Red的前成员,Shub在渥太华Electric Powwow之夜亲眼看着powwow step成形,俱乐部观众在那里看到powwow节奏直接融进dubstep和重型电子低音。这条脉络直接通向他的个人作品目录,起点是爆款曲目”Electric Pow Wow Drum”,播放量超过2500万。
Shub的作品从不靠简单重复撑场。他的六首歌Pow Wow Step EP锁定了与传统团体和电子艺术家的高能合作,请来了Black Lodge Singers、Northern Cree Singers、Classic Roots和Frazer Sundown。2026年春天,Shub用Heritage兑现了这张蓝图,一张庞大的个人双专辑分两波推出:Part One于4月25日发布,紧接着Heritage, Pt. 2在5月1日跟上。第二卷共14首歌,把声音扩展到重型说唱,客串包括DJ Paul、Nova Rx、Kiva Mh和Geo AKA the Voice。突出单曲”Rise”把Shub的制作和Oji-Cree艺术家Aysanabee、Plains Cree MC Drezus的人声配对,急促的verse撞上冲锋的打击乐和bass drop。视觉方面,Shub在2026年5月放出了”Rise”的官方MV,同时还有专辑里的”I Know”,那是他和Sebastian Gaskin的联手。
在边境以南、加拿大各大电台循环播放的Oglala Lakota说唱歌手Stella Standingbear,玩的是完全不同的频率——尖锐的旋律陷阱和带点R&B味道的punchline。她在盐湖城和Pine Ridge保留地之间来回跑,2022年凭首支单曲”Home Runs”一炮而红。这首歌迅速在全平台发酵,和”Blessings”、”Too Fly”、”SKODEN (ft. Sten Joddi)”等一串病毒式热单一起把她推了上去。当Standingbear北上加拿大参加International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards时,她拿下了最佳女说唱歌手和”Home Runs”最佳MV两座奖杯,成为首位在该颁奖礼上获奖的Lakota音乐人。
首轮爆发之后,Standingbear在2024年推出EP Moonstruck及”Rock The Boat”的视觉作品,还有像2024年2月上传的”Blessings (Live Band Session #2)”这样的极简版本。她目前电台和流媒体主推的是”Mmhmm”。2025年10月发布原版MV后,她又在2026年2月推出”Mmhmm (feat. Paul Wall) [Remix]”,把休斯顿嘻哈大佬和自己的慵懒flow配在一起。2026年5月正式MV上线后,YouTube上立刻炸出一片好评,有网友留言:”Paul Wall invited to the Pow Wow get him some Frybread 😂👏🏽👏🏽 Dope Video!”
Shub统治舞池,Standingbear拿下说唱歌单,而Riit则用冷冽、节奏感十足的电子流行开辟出完全独立的赛道。Riit来自努纳武特Panniqtuuq(Pangnirtung),把合成器流行编曲和katajjaq(喉音唱法)以及用Inuktitut语写就、演唱的歌词融合在一起。2017年通过Aakuluk Music——努纳武特第一家唱片厂牌——发行了三首歌的EP后,她签约Six Shooter Records,于2019年10月推出首张全长专辑Ataataga。
由 Graham Walsh 制作,在 Iqaluit 和 Toronto 之间录制,Ataataga 将电子乐扎根于具体的声学环境,避开流行套路,把节奏性的人声模式与乌鸦和磨刀的环境田野录音交织在一起。这张专辑邀请到 Elisapie、Josh Q 和 Zaki Ibrahim 献声,捕捉到一种私密又体育场级别的声响,直接转化成了来自 Iqaluit 的现场演出视频,如“ataataga”、“qujana”和“Qaumajuapik (LIVE)”。正如一位听众在“ataataga”片段下所说:“Riit 值得更多曝光。如此才华!”
虽然国际听众偶尔通过病毒式时刻瞥见这个场景——比如 Standingbear 在纽约 On the Radar Radio 上的 freestyle,让她全球闻名——但音乐的动力仍扎根于当地。它活在 Ontario 和 Nunavut 的现场演出中,活在“Rise”等歌曲持续的流媒体数据里,也活在 Six Shooter 和 Six Nations 新鲜出炉的唱片中。
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- How these artists are making the perfect DJ sets to celebrate Indigenous culture | CBC Music
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