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Dameer Khan | |
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| Born | 18 September 2000 Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Years active | 2017–present |
Dameer Khan (born 18 September 2000) [1] is a Bangladeshi singer and songwriter.
Dameer was born in Dhaka in 2000, and was raised there. [2] [3] He is the eldest son [4] of Bangladeshi musician Pilu Khan, a member of the band Renaissance. [5] [6] Dameer participated in guitar classes at a young age, and later did guitar and drum lessons at his father's music college in Baridhara. [7] [8] He has described how finding a travel guitar in a charity shop on a trip to England was his first instrument and his introduction to playing music. [9] [10]
As a teenager, Dameer moved to Malaysia, before spending several months in Ghana. [8] [11]
At the age of 17, Dameer signed with German record label Majestic Casual. [7] [12] He released his first single, Easier, in 2018. [13] This was accompanied by a music video, released on June 20. [14]
Dameer released his debut EP, For We Are Distant, in 2021, featuring the single "Believe". [15] [16] The EP received a four star review from Thomas Smith of NME, who described it as "vulnerable and open". [2] After the release of this EP, Dameer left Majestic Casual and became an independent artist. [17]
Dameer's first independently released single was Bashbo Bhalo in 2022, which was released alongside a music video starring his father. [18] He has featured on radio segments for the BBC Asian Network. [19] [20]
Dameer has described his musical influences as including Bappa Mazumder, Partha Barua, [7] Tom Misch [21] and Skrillex. [11]
Dameer studies economics and political science at McGill University, and lives in Toronto. [7] He is an avid eFootball player. [22]
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