Music is a well known stranger
His name SHYAMALANGAN derives from the Karnatic Raga Shyamalangi, and his colleagues and the Sri Lanka Music industry knows him by the name SRI.
Sri was pampered by the sounds of music from the childhood. His mother "Dr. Kalasoori. Arunthathy Sri Ranganathan" a well renowned musician herself and father Dr. P. Sri Ranganathan were his sources of inspiration. His mother is a well know vocalists in Sri Lanka and the world over amongst the music lovers of classical and Karnatic music.
Sri adds his name to the list of trend setters in the Sri Lankan music by changing conventional rhythms and adding his own unique styles of melodies. His novelty in creating exquisite and rather unique rhythms gives his audience an experience that will linger in their hearts forever.
Sri started his career as a child artist at the age of 10. Acquiring "Visharatha" title at the age of 19 gave him the endorsement he required at that time to compete with renowned artists. His enthusiasm towards Information Technology paved the way to making a career out of IT. Though he is a full time Software Engineer, his passion and love for the music didn't diminish by his work load, on the contrary opened another door. He started using his IT skills to enrich the music he was composing and shown success in a very short time. He soon became famous among the music makers of Sri Lanka.
Sri’s smashing hit "
Kiri Kodu" entered the Sri Lankan Sinhalese music arena by storm. Following Kiri Kodu’s success, he showed his brilliance yet again with a trend setter "
Chandani" and set new heights to Sri Lankan music. These successive productions got the attention of millions of music lovers towards him.
Sri’s production techniques are different to the traditional methods adopted by Sri Lankan singers. He brought in the concept of collaborative compositions where by different artists are brought in, for a single production. Traditionally, the norm is to have a singer playing a song or a band playing a song. Sri broke the barrier of singular and brought collaboration into Sri Lankan Music. Sri could achieve this success due to his camaraderie nature which brought many great artists together for various projects of such kind. He has worked with many renowned musicians in Sri Lanka and abroad.
For Sri ‘Music is a familiar stranger’. He knows it well but keeps exploring something every day. The limits to the exploration are unlimited he says.