Parted Plains by Ami Dang
Ami Dang fuses sitar, voice, and electronics to create east-meets-west, ambient/trance music. On the all-instrumental album Parted Plains, she draws inspiration from South Asian and Middle Eastern folktales, specifically, the four tragic romances of Punjab, Sohni Mahiwal, Sassi Punnun, Heer Ranjha, and Mirza Sahiba; Flora Annie Steel’s Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India, and selected stories from One Thousand and One Nights. Galvanized by the Western interpretations of these stories, Parted Plains unfolds as a new sort of soundtrack for a yet-to-be written folktale that is neither Eastern nor Western, not traditional or contemporary--but somewhere in between.
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Tracklist
| 1. | Raiments | 3:23 |
| 2. | Bopoluchi | 4:12 |
| 3. | Make Enquiry | 5:23 |
| 4. | Stockholm Syndrome | 3:33 |
| 5. | Sohni | 4:48 |
| 6. | Auberjinn | 4:40 |
| 7. | Love-liesse | 3:45 |
| 8. | Conch and Crow | 6:03 |
| 9. | Souterrain | 8:48 |
Credits
All music composed, performed, recorded & mixed by Ami Dang
Artwork by Nicole Ginelli
Mastered by Zeroh
Special thanks to MDM, Meredith Moore, ZT Christensen, April Camlin, Schwarz, Joe Williams, Travis Johns and Zeljko McMullen.
License
All rights reserved.
Amrita “Ami” Kaur Dang is a South Asian-American vocalist, sitarist, composer and producer from Baltimore. Her sound blends elements of North Indian classical, noise/ambient electronics, beat-driven psych and experimental dance pop.
[Photo Credit: Micah E Wood]