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Artist
Aamir
12+ albums
underground hip-hopESCAPE ARTISTSsoulHip-HopCalifornia
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There are at least 2 Artists named Aamir: 1) Music is what feelings sound like. Walt Whitman wrote, “Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.” This resonates on many levels for people who love music. As for many of us, soul music has always been the compelling influence for Aamir. As a listener and a solo artist, the imprint of the culture is undeniable. Born in the 80’s, Aamir grew with in a time where many of the soul greats had established themselves to leave a strong effect on music history. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Donny Hathaway to name a few. The general consensus of the time was a musical movement and we feel the ripples today. The art of many have charged powerful emotions; not only within the people that had watched them form, but new generations that are creating their own music today. Aamir was raised in West London, born to parents of South East Asian origin. His father and uncles carried the musical bloodline, being classical Indian singers and skilled in performing with Indian instruments. As well as this, he was raised on devotional music from greats such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the world’s most celebrated qawwal. Starting musically at school with the violin, this gave way early on for Aamir’s real love to sing which he started seriously at 15. He was briefly the bass in a vocal harmony group at this time, after that disbanded, Aamir took up the piano and his solo career as an all in one singer/songwriter/musician/producer, began.
