Chaos vs perfection with Ami Dang, Elisita Punto, Nazar and Tuna Pase
Sitarist and singer Ami Dang talks to Elisita Punto, Nazar and Tuna Pase.
Experimental sitarist, singer, and producer Ami Dang is from Baltimore in the US. Her sound fuses North Indian classical with ambient electronics. Sheβll be asking the group today all about the importance of not knowing where a song will end up, persevering with a project even when itβs not going well, and how relations with family can inspire stories of positivity and tragedy.
Talking about those subjects is Elisita Punto, a producer and composer who was part of the band MKRNI from Santiago, Chile. They made βpsyche-elec-tropicalβ sounds before disbanding; she now performs solo as Futuro Fosil, and has been described as creating "unpredictable, reverb drenched, beat-heavy, delicate, ambient soundsβ.
Nazar is a producer who draws on deep subject matter with his music, including his fatherβs role in the Angolan civil war. Nazar returned to the country in 2002, which is where his journey into music production began. Having grown up in Belgium, he describes his music as βrough Kuduroβ, mixing traditional music with sounds of war, synths, chanting samples, and lyrics that deal with issues of massacres and violence.
And Tuna Pase is an artist, lecturer, ethnomusicologist and engineer born in Istanbul, and now based in Barcelona. She plays electronics, flute, percussion, and sings, and her music is inspired by βsleeping, dreams, nature, poetry, photography, street art, and bicyclesβ.
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