Amar (singer)

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Amar


Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Amar Dhanjan
Born =
Origin =
Genre = Indian, dance-pop
Occupation = Singer
Label = Sunset Entertainement,
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/amarmusiconline Amar MySpace]

Amar (born Amar Dhanjan) is a British-Indian
singer signed to the independent label Sunset Entertainment Group. She is also the daughter of Mangal Singh (a well-known singer in the UK and globally known for his "Rail Gaddi" song).

Discography

Album

* 2000: "Outside" (featured production by Nitin Sawhney)
# "The World"
# "Sometimes It Snows in April"
# "Claustrophobic"
# "Maybe"
# "Rain"
# "To an Alien Land"
# "Demons Win The Game"
# "Red Sky"
# "Another Tune"
# "Tere Bina"
# "After Sunset"
# "Morning"

Album appearances

"Anokha Soundz of the Asian Underground (1997)"

Amar appeared on the album "Talvin Singh Presents Anokha Soundz of the Asian Underground" (1997), a compilation album of electronic mixed with Hindi-Pakistani sounds. She is featured on the song "Jaan" by Talvin Singh and she also delivers a solo called "Heavy Intro".

Other

* "El Harba Wine" (2000) by Khaled featuring Amar on his album "Kenza" (1999)
* Hindi-language cover of "I Will Always Love You" originally by Dolly Parton
* "Sitam", Hindi-language cover of "The Power of Love" originally by Jennifer Rush, featured in the 2002 film "Bend It Like Beckham"
* "Bombay" by Timbaland featuring Amar and Jim Beanz from the album "Timbaland Presents Shock Value" (2007)
* Remixes of "Promiscuous" and "Maneater", singles released by Nelly Furtado's from her album "Loose" (2007)
* "The Source of Secrets" by Mike Oldfield featuring Amar on his album "Tubular Bells III" (1998)

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2007/artists/amar/ Amar at BBC Electric Proms]
* [http://www.myspace.com/amarmusiconline Official MySpace]
* [http://www.sunsetentertainmentgroup.com/ Sunset Entertainment Group]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Outside-Amar/dp/B00004TJ76 "Outside" at Amazon.co.uk]