As a survivor and a queer femme person of colour this song is both protest and prayer, this song is a way to remind my own body and other bodies like mine that our rage is valid and necessary.” This song speaks to the tectonic and seismic swell of rage that is necessary to be felt and expressed to heal and birth change. Writing about what went into the making of the song in a post, she said, “‘Your Rage is Necessary, Pt 1’ was born from a conversation I had with a close friend - Alok Vaid-Menon, around healing ancestral trauma and breaking cycles that perpetuate violence. A singer/songwriter and a harpist, who grew up between Colombo (Sri Lanka) and Sydney (Australia), Elsz describes her music to be between “soulful avant pop and experimental R&B (Rhythm and Blues).” She has delivered some very profound music, the most recent being “Your Rage is Necessary Pt 1”. She's also an activist who has been drawing the world’s attention to Sri Lanka, her homeland.Įlsz’s music can be described as transcendental.
isn’t just the average musician with billboard topping songs but a sensation who pioneered indie music from this part of the world in the early internet era, a fashion icon and a visual artist with an eclectic style. She is undoubtedly the explosion in the music scene that made way for many others to come.
It is inconceivable for this list to start without Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, known by her stage names Mathangi, Maya and M.I.A. If you are unfamiliar with the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora music scene, we’ve made a starter-list for you with brilliant women musicians and song recommendations. While it's difficult to blanket them under a single style, these young women have their own stories of struggle packed into the music that they create, delivering it with soul and at the same time drawing sharp attention to the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora.įrom identity politics to bullying, love and war, their music encompasses a wide range of topics.
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