AKA: Geronimo Inutiq
HOMETOWN: Clyde River, Nunavut
MUSICAL BACKGROUND: DJ and electronic music producer
FACT:
- Spent most of his childhood in Iqaluit
Madeskimo is a DJ and electronic music producer who fuses dub, electronica, urban and electro-acoustics with sounds referencing the midnight sun, the northern lights, Inuit legends, traditional songs, throat singing, and the drumming of the arctic. Originally from Clyde River, he spent most of his childhood living in Iqaluit with his Inuk mother. While its urban roots tie his music to rap, DJ Madeskimo's sound is more electronic, techno and house, with a slight influence of drum and bas