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

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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