(2022) Ami Dang - The Living World's Demands

Review: The Living World's Demands sees Baltimore-based polymath Ami Dang attempt to navigate the weight and emotional turmoil of life in the modern world. A treacherous endeavour perhaps, but it's safe to say she succeeds, if not exceeds, with an album that is moving, provocative, and more often than not, achingly beautiful. Through the mixed mediums of Indian classical music and a veritable bounty of evocative electronic textures, Dang spins an engrossing sonic narrative which sees rich sitar lines chime like bells in a vibrant cosmic soup, guided by beacon-like vocals (flitting between English and Punjabi) which command attention at every turn. Traversing such colossal subject matter (which is everything, essentially), the album is often surprisingly sparse and sparing by contrast, tending not to mimic its size in a literal sense and instead creating a palpable sense of enormity from its use of space and weighty low-end. From early moments of tension and isolation (A Muted Crime) and uneasy introspection (Sensations) the album also takes time to explore steadier terrain, even resulting in flashes of pure joy – most notably on Oh Dha Ta Na (Tarana) which exponentially grows in speed, fun and loveliness. Ultimately, Dang's own is a list of demands worth meeting. — theskinny

Track List: 01 - A Muted Crime 02 - Sensations 03 - Bālnā ; ਬਾਲਣਾ 04 - Betting On the Bull 05 - Oh Dha Ta Na (Tarana) 06 - A Windy Mind (Prologue) 07 - ਸੰਤਹੁ ਮਨ ਪਵਨੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਬਨਿਆ (Unstruck Sound) 08 - Circuit 09 - Become

Media Report: Genre: ambient, world Country: Baltimore, Maryland, USA Format: FLAC Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec Bit rate mode: Variable Channel(s): 2 channels Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz Bit depth: 16 bits Compression mode: Lossless Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)

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