Angu Motzfeldt (born 1976) is a
Greenlandic singer, composer, and songwriter.
[Angu]
/ref> He was born in Qaqortoq
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, Greenland
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, and later moved to Nuuk
Nuuk (; da, Nuuk, formerly ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other co ...
. His music appeared on the soundtrack to Inuk Silis Høegh's prize-winning documentary ''Eskimo Weekend'', as well as in ''Nuummioq
''Nuummioq'' is a 2009 Greenlandic drama film directed by Otto Rosing and Torben Bech and produced by Mikisoq H. Lynge. ''Nuummioq'' means "a man from Nuuk" in the Greenlandic language. ''Nuummioq'' premiered in Nuuk on 31 October 2009.
Plot
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''. He appeared on the Danish TV series ' as well.[Angu Motzfeldt – musikken er aldrig forsvundet]
ngu Motzfeldt – music has never disappeared/ref>Danish Music Award
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in the category New Act of the Year. His single "Red Lights" was number one on (Nordic) MTV
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's Up North chart. In 2007, he released his second album, ''Burning Blue Skies''. Later he moved back to Nuuk and mostly focused on the career of a photographer,[ but he still continued to work on music and to support this he was sponsored by ]KODA
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's Greenlandic cultural funds.[
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References
External links
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myspace personal website
(archived, last entry by 2008)
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Greenlandic male actors
Greenlandic male singers
English-language singers from Greenland
Living people
1976 births
21st-century Danish male singers
Greenlandic Inuit people