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My new song METEOR is out now on Sensing Waves. It expresses the heavy feelings created by unexpected events that spiral into a deeper sadness. The song’s first recordings were created in 2018. To trigger different workflow ideas, and after feeling overwhelmed with too many electronics, I simplified my production and turned to one synth. I pressed record and put down layer after layer. I sampled and resampled the audio to make soundscapes out of the synth melodies. Returning to this project while experiencing long covid, I finally finished Meteor, nearly 3 years later.

The audiovisual release features a full music video by Esther Bogorov. It too was a long project, built over three years of change and conversations. The visuals are a pursuit of patterns of movement through which a new space can evolve. Using code and natural building materials, Esther researches and designs visual narratives and narrative landscapes.

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CHANGE, my new tune with the mighty Kimmortal is out now!

distrokid.com/hyperf.../shamik/change-feat-kimmortal

This song is about our communities near and far affected by discrimination. I'm grateful to work with Kim, and for the time and intention that went into this collaboration.

Animation by Lorca D.

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New track with Casey Mecija out today!

distrokid.com/hyperfollow/shamik/name-it-feat-casey-mecija

Visual directed & animated by N3T4. 

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My new tune, TOGETHER WE SING, is out now: 

distrokid.com/hyperfollow/shamik/together-we-sing

Visual by Shrey Kathuria.

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I'm so thrilled to share that I have a new song with Sally Zori titled SUN JEWEL out today!

Video by Annapurna Kumar.

Support from Canada Council of the Arts & FACTOR Canada.

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GAALI (ambient version) is out now. This is a beatless and cinematic rework of my release which came out in 2020. Video edited by your truly, inspired by 90s screen savers.

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My new song JUPITER is out now. 

Bandcamp: shamik.bandcamp.com/album/jupiter 

All other streaming: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/shamik/jupiter

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My tribute to Lata Mangeshkar. 

Samples chopped in Ableton Live and played on the Akai MPD18.

Rest in peace to the ‘nightingale of India’ and one of my favourite singers.

Much respect. 

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soundcloud.com/shamik/common-112021

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My set for Currents X No Bounds Festival COMMON virtual festival. 

Inner Sanctum room curated by Goodmostlybad.

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New remix to celebrate Diwali and the 30th anniversary of SAAJAN,  one of my fav Bollywood films. 

Stream.

Download. 

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Very grateful to share that I’m part of Almass Badat’s monthly residency on BBC Asian Network! I am this month’s A VIBE CALLED NEXT - a producer highlighted as someone you should have your ear on!  You can hear their killer 2 hour mix via BBC Sounds for the next 30 days: 

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xrpp

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New set on the Roland MC-101 for the 2021 Indian Summer Festival. 

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I took a South Asian song and brought samples into the Roland MC-101, and here's what I came up with. It's a really powerful groovebox, and I'm finding lots of new ways to create song ideas. 

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Pleased to share Ruby Singh will be releasing an album on Sensing Waves on Summer solstice.  He has created some really beautiful ambient / meditative AV pieces which we will be rolling out all year. Here is his song / video Tahlequah, released on the 2020 Winter solstice. It contains songs and sounds of the Southern resident orcas of the Salish Sea, and honours Tahlequah the mother in jpod who gave birth to a calf last year. 

Next video coming on the Spring equinox, stay tuned. Peace & love.

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Here is my performance for Canada’s Music Incubator- Connected Music Series.

Shot by Sam Steele at Vancouver Mural Fest HQ.

Set design & film curation by Finley Parkes & Public Disco.

Murals by Sandeep Johal & Drew Young.

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My song GAALI is out ‪this Friday‬, and the music video is out today! I was fortunate to get the chance to work Prithi Khalique who is a Bangladeshi designer based in New York. Her sci-fi / 3D animation really took this song to the next level!  She is known for digital surrealism, and her short film Kolonkar was recently featured internationally at several film festivals. Watch in 1080 and turn it up!