Indian classical music meets dreamy synths on Ami Dang’s new album

A lament to the challenges humanity has forced upon itself and the world.

Ami Dang is releasing a new album called The Living World’s Demands via Leaving Records / Phantom Limb this November.

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Across the record Dang combines elements of Indian classical music with dreamy synths and ambient, with vocals in both English and Punjabi.

The album was envisioned as a lament to the challenges humanity faces and has inflicted on the natural world.

It follows her last album, Parted Plains, on Leaving Records in 2019.

Pre-order The Living World’s Demands from Bandcamp in advance of its 4th November release; check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. A Muted Crime
2. Sensations
3. Bālnā | ਬਾਲਣਾ
4. Betting on the Bull
5. Oh Dha Ta Na (Tarana)
6. A Windy Mind (Prologue)
7. ਸੰਤਹੁ ਮਨ ਪਵਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਬਨਿਆ (Unstruck Sound)
8. Circuit
9. Become