Dania
Dania. Photo by Cecilia Diaz Betz.
An architect of textured, neo-ambient soundscapes, the music of Dania Shihab explores both sound and identity, focusing on how the latter has fractured in a post-colonial world.
Born in Baghdad, raised in Tasmania and now based in Barcelona, she moves between cultures and continents, her amorphous creative vision directly tied to her transient existence. The founder of experimental outpost Paralaxe Editions, Dania divides her time between Spain and the remote corners of Australia, where she works as an emergency doctor. Her musical practice, however, is preoccupied with harmonics and tonality, weaving together manipulated vocal fragments, processed field recordings and meditative atmospheres. In August 2022, her album Voz was released on the label Geographic North.
