Ami Dang

Missy Malouff

Amrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer from Baltimore. Her sound ranges from North Indian classical fused with noise/ambient electronics to beat-driven psych and experimental dancepop. The work references her musical education and hybrid identity as well as the chaos and spirituality of the landscapes of both Baltimore and urban India.

Picking up her first sitar when she was twelve years old, Dang has studied North Indian classical music (voice and sitar) in both New Delhi and Maryland, and she also holds a degree in music technology & composition from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. Her debut album 'Hukam' came out in 2011 on Ehse Records to critical acclaim. She delved further into the sounds of experimental-indiepop on 'Uni Sun', her sophomore album that was released on Friends Records in 2016. Along with cellist Alexa Richardson, Ami is ½ of Raw Silk, who released their self-titled debut album in June 2018. Her music defies genre, and she has shared bills with many pop, rock, world, folk, hip hop, and experimental acts, including Grimes, Future Islands, Chairlift, A Hawk and A Hacksaw, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Beach House, Wye Oak, Lil B, Bonnie Prince Billy, and Dan Deacon. Her latest album Parted Plains, featuring strictly sitar and electronics, was released in 2019 on Leaving Records.

News

Exclusive First Listen: Ami Dang's 'A Muted Crime' Sings About Uneven Power Dynamics In A Relationship

If Ami Dang's early work was rooted in art-pop and 2019's seminal 'Parted Plains', alongside the subsequent 'Meditations Mixtape, Vol. 1', was a shift towards the meditative and experimentally...

Features

Wild City Singled Out: August 2019

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to listen to your music, send the relevant info to...

Ami Dang Translates Folklore With A Heady Spin Of Sitar And Synthesisers On 'Parted Plains'

Ami Dang might not remember, but in 2011, during an interview with Baltimore Sun, she inadvertently predicted her music career. “I’d love to do an album that’s all house and dance songs and one...