Dameer (singer)

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Dameer
Birth nameDameer Khan
Born (2000-09-18) September 18, 2000 (age 23)
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Dameer Khan (born 18 September 2000) [1] is a Bangladeshi singer and songwriter.

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Early life

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, he moved to Malaysia, before spending several months in Ghana. [8] [11]

Musical career

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] 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. [16]

His first independently released single was Bashbo Bhalo in 2022, which was released alongside a music video starring his father. [17]

Musical influences

Dameer has described his musical influences as including Bappa Mazumder, Partha Barua, [7] Tom Misch [18] and Skrillex. [11]

Personal life

Dameer studies economics and political science at McGill University, and lives in Toronto. [7]

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  2. 1 2 Smith, Thomas (2021-02-25). "Dameer - 'For We Are Distant' EP review: Bangladesh's new indie heartthrob". NME. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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  6. ↑ "Dameer Khan: The 16 Year Old Producer Who Makes Sunshine Filled Music". Border Movement. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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  8. 1 2 Catlin, Saylor; Zavelsky, Anna (2022-03-21). "An Exclusive Interview with Singer-Songwriter Dameer Khan". The McGill Daily. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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  10. ↑ "Introducing: Dameer". majestic® Journal. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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  14. ↑ "German record label releases Bangladeshi music video". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-06-27.
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