[1] Formed in 1984 by Kolitalik Inukshuk, Naisana Qamaniq, James Ungalaq, Elijah Kunnuk and John Inooya, musicians from Igloolik who had collaborated in various bands since the 1970s, the band released the self-titled album in 1985 through the CBC Northern Service.
[2] The band played various festival dates, including at Folk on the Rocks and Expo 86, to support the album.
[2] They continued for many years afterward to play concert dates in Canadian Arctic communities, but could not afford to record a followup album due to the extremely high cost of doing so in remote Arctic communities;[3] they did, however, record some individual singles.
[3] In 2012, the independent label Supreme Echo Records released Sinaaktuq, a compilation of the original album and the non-album singles.
[5] In 2024 he appeared as a guest collaborator on the debut album by Echoes Of, a side project led by Andrew Morrison of the Jerry Cans.