The lyrics from this piece “Unstruck Sound” are from the Sikh scripture Sri Guru Granth Sahib, and these verses are written by the poet Kabir. The piece describes the process of achieving a peaceful and still mind and meditating to achieve the state of being unaffected by the outside world. My personal emotional state is up and down all the time, but singing this brings me so much joy and serenity.
Tour begins next week! These will be our final performances for a long time as I embark on a creative reset that is much needed after realizing that a major part of my emotional struggle is deeply affected by the music business and the constant grind.
My band will be (mostly) performing songs from my album, The Living World’s Demands. I’m so happy to bring “Unstruck Sound” to life with a full band. I put together this video a couple of years ago when festivals were still doing streaming shows online. (Thanks to @debaser__ for supporting this video performance.) I was in the midst of recording the album at the time.
Hope to see you out there! xoxo
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5.15 @veraproject *
5.16 @mississippistudios **
5.18 @kuumbwajazz ***
5.19 @theechola ****
5.20 @theloftatucsd
+ two dates added
6.02 & 6.03 @currentspace
w/ @mofbaltimore
* w/ @klglbrth <— just added
** w/ @_kennebec
*** w/ @beast.nest
**** w/ @thegrowtheternal
#tourdates #release #livevideo #unstrucksound #vocalist
Ami Dang (@amidang )
Live at Going In
Saturday June 6
@pioneerworks , Red Hook
Set time: 1:50–2:35pm
Event runs 12pm–12am
Amrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer, and producer whose work blends North Indian classical music with ambient electronics, psychedelic textures, and experimental pop structures.
Rooted in her Sikh upbringing and classical training in both New Delhi and Maryland, Ami brings voice, sitar, ragas, and sampling into dialogue with contemporary electronic forms. Her sound reflects a hybrid identity shaped by Baltimore and urban India, spirituality and noise, devotion and disruption.
Part of a 12-hour listening experience built for sustained presence and collective atmosphere.
Visuals and flyer by @andrewcharlesedman
First photo credit @micahewood
Tickets in bio.
✨️SPOTLIGHTING the musicians on Saturday, April 11!
@amidang is a South Asian-American composer, vocalist, sitarist, and multimedia artist from Baltimore. Combining ideas from Indian music with electronic media, her work reframes assumptions about the colonial history of the arts and technology. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗗𝗝 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟲:𝟯𝟬 – 𝟴:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠!
@konjur_collective , founded in 2018 by Bashi Rose, engages in improvisation and ritual rooted in ancestral and radical forgeries of sound with intentions of evoking collective healing/release and feelings/visions of a revolutionary future. Konjur embraces musical approaches from throughout the African Diaspora and the world, but their primary creative pulse comes from their collective experience in Baltimore. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟴:𝟬𝟬 – 𝟵:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠!
🗓 Sat, April 11 – Sun, April 12
📍 The Compound, Baltimore
🎟 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗 ~ 𝗥𝗦𝗩𝗣 𝗡𝗢𝗪, 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗢!
Curated by @delilahjabbour in partnership with @_nomu.nomu_ and @transceiverradio
Graphics by @qaiviar
🥵🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ WE ARE SO HYPE FOR @amidang AT OUR 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🚨
Ami Dang is such a special musician and has an awe inspiring live set that we can’t wait to witness and present to you all!
Lock in and get those tickets asap! On to the final tier on RA and only 11 days away! Link in bio 🏎️ 💨
Sunday @2640space ! Doors at 6pm, all ages and fully seated. Tickets on sale now @ theottobar.com. Poster by Daniel Ramirez/ @leinadty (special thanks to @christopherjchester )
𝚄𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍: 𝙰𝚖𝚒 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚡 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙾𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚡 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚎 𝙸𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚒
Sun, Nov 23rd / bit.ly/unheard14 or link in bio
The four musicians that will gather for the first time in a night of collective improvisation on Sunday:
Ami Dang — sitar, vocals, electronics @amidang
Anne Ishii — percussion, electronics @ill_iterate
Hanna Olivegren — vocals, electronics, field recordings hannaolivegren
All happening at our favorite @lightandsounddesign , doors at 5pm followed by improvised sets starting at 6pm sharp.
🎨 by @claraongil
📹 by @iamloum at @amidang second Unheard with @roshni_samlal@ivymeadows
𝚄𝚗𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍: Ami Dang 𝚡 Hanna Olivegren 𝚡 Anne Ishii
Sun, Nov 23rd / bit.ly/unheard14 or link in bio
Unheard is a music series exploring listening, curiosity, and spontaneity through collaborative improvisation. Each season, an artist-in-residence leads three in-the-round performances with rotating multi-instrumentalists.
For her final edition, South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer @amidang invites two bold improvisers: Hanna Olivgren, a Stockholm-born, Baltimore-based singer and composer who shares her own music under the name H.O.W and plays in ZOMES, Underworld Orchard, and Midnight Sun, who recently opened for Mary Lattimore; and @ill_iterate , a Philadelphia-based drummer and founding member of TOTALLY AUTOMATIC, an experimental trio exploring unarranged music with saxophone and electronics.
Unheard will be held at @lightandsounddesign , a private loft in Greenpoint featuring a vintage 4-point Klipsch sound system and comfortable seating arrangements.
Design by @claraongil
Presented by @piquenique.nyc
BALTIMORE! come out to Current Space this Saturday, September 27 for an intimate and eclectic evening of music with some very beautiful humans. (Link in bio for tix)
I am beyond excited to debut my new trio featuring Qi Yu on guzheng (Chinese zither) and Ali Bandeali (Arabic percussion), who I connected with at the amazing Global Musicians Workshop hosted by Silk Road project last month. We immediately hit it off and ended up in an ensemble together. Qi and I also played at Union Station in late August and a guy with a protest sign and MAGA hat stopped and stared at us for five mins.... please come this Sat and lower my anxiety levels from that experience 😅
And we will have two Baltimore treasures also performing!
H.O.W — the one-and-only Hanna Olivegren will serenade us
Mike Kuhl — drummer extraordinaire who has performed with jazz greats (and so many musicians!) around the world
Music inspires. Music transcends.
I love you
#livemusic #currentspace #gmw @globalmusicianworkshop@silkroadproject #bmorecreatives #experimentalmusic #globalmusic #globalmusicianworkshop
BALTIMORE come out on Saturday, September 27 to Current Space! (Doors at 6, show at 7)
I am playing a show with a new group of amazing musicians — Qi Yu, guzheng (Chinese zither) @qiyumusic , and Ali Bandeali, Middle Eastern percussion., @darbukali
The amazing H.O.W (Hanna Olivegren from Zomes, Midnight Sun and many more) will be sharing her sonic lullabies with us @hannaolivegren
And we will also have Mike Kuhl to round out the night! @mikekuhl1
Seeee youuuuu at Current Space very soon! Link in bio for tickets and info.
#bmoremusic #livemusic #globalmusic #gmw #universalconsciousness @currentspace
This weekend we are dressing up and singing songs!
BMORE Join me today (Friday 9/12) at the coat room vintage/thrift market at Co_Lab to help us open @lavernes_bmore in the old Trip's
DC Join me on Sunday 9/14 at Rhizome! First show in DC after quite some time...!
BMORE I am playing @currentspace on 9/27! Full lineup will be announced soon. Mark your calendars!
💗👗🧥🎶✨
@co_labbaltimore@rhizome_dc #thriftbmore #vintagebmore #dclivemusic #livemusicdc
No Chief / Ami Dang / Zottoh
Sunday September 14 * 7pm * $15-25 * TICKETS
No Chief is a new solo project from Sebadoh drummer, Bob D’Amico. No Chief= Rhythm as visual. Visual as rhythm. Percussion as melody. Interactive and presented as ONE.
Amrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American, Sikh composer, vocalist, sitarist and multimedia artist from Baltimore. Combining ideas from Indian music with electronic media, her work invites the audience to reframe their assumptions about the colonial history of music, the arts, technology, and performance and its place in the contemporary musical landscape.
Zottoh is the solo project of Santiago Soto. The project focuses on creating drones and noise using guitar feedback as the only sound source. Multiple amplifiers are used at the same time, turning the space itself into part of the sound and shaping different effects and textures.
