Amrita, meaning Nectar of immortality, was born out of pure love of simplicity and sound.
Amrita plays in a musical style they call Global Time Travel, a fusion of old and new, East and West, urban and rural, combining classical and folk elements from India with contemporary American popular, folk, meditation and dance music, as well as other world traditions.
Amrita began in 2005 with a recording collaboration between Thomas Flanagan and Jeremy Dyen. Since those inspiring initial recordings, Amrita has recorded three CDs, licensed music for Usiloquoy Dance Designs and various yoga DVDs, developed and conducted Nada Yoga workshops and performed as a duo and in collaboration with some of Philadelphia's top musicians.
Amrita plays in a musical style they call Global Time Travel, a fusion of old and new, East and West, urban and rural, combining classical and folk elements from India with contemporary American popular, folk, meditation and dance music, as well as other world traditions.
Amrita began in 2005 with a recording collaboration between Thomas Flanagan and Jeremy Dyen. Since those inspiring initial recordings, Amrita has recorded three CDs, licensed music for Usiloquoy Dance Designs and various yoga DVDs, developed and conducted Nada Yoga workshops and performed as a duo and in collaboration with some of Philadelphia's top musicians.
Thomas Wave
Thomas Flanagan is a Philadelphia musician who also performs with the extremely talented acoustic Indian fusion band One. Thomas plays sitar, acoustic guitar and electric guitar and sings. He has performed throughout the U.S. and has studied sitar in Calcutta, India.
Jeremy Dyen
As a freelance artist Jeremy recorded on John Legend’s Grammy award winning cd, Get Lifted. He has performed with G-Love and Digable Planets and tabla master Zakir Hussain. With former award-winning touring band Fathead, he shared the stage with numerous national acts including Green Day, Maceo Parker, Ben Harper, Weezer and George Clinton. Jeremy also currently plays with Alo Brasil, Mutlu, Amrita and Blivit.Past awards include “Best Keyboardist” (Philly Music Awards), “Best Original Band” (Blivit, Philly Music Awards; Fathead, City Paper Awards) and “Best World Music Ensemble” (Spoken Hand, City Paper Awards).
As a solo artist Jeremy has released three CDs. His most recent release, Battery, combines Jeremy's unique singer-songwriter style with world percussion, reminiscent of Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints.
Jeremy has studied tabla from Lenny Seidman and the great tabla and sitar maestro Pandit Nayan Ghosh.
As a solo artist Jeremy has released three CDs. His most recent release, Battery, combines Jeremy's unique singer-songwriter style with world percussion, reminiscent of Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints.
Jeremy has studied tabla from Lenny Seidman and the great tabla and sitar maestro Pandit Nayan Ghosh.