.:ABOUT:.
shelajit (Nikaya Tang) is a multidisciplinary artist channeling ancient memory into modern sound. Like the medicinal black tar from which their name is drawn, shelajit distills deep essence into every creation—bridging electronic production, dance, storytelling, and ancestral resonance.
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Rooted in emotion, movement, and atmosphere, their work fuses ethereal vocals, intricate sound design, and the organic frequencies of the guzheng to craft sonic landscapes that are both primal and futuristic. A visionary music producer and embodied performer, shelajit merges traditional Chinese instrumentation with cutting-edge electronic textures. Their compositions explore contrast—organic and synthetic, raw and delicate, structured yet intuitive—and are an offering of healing, empowerment, and reclamation.
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At the heart of the shelajit project is a deeper mission: to give voice to the stories of their ancestors and reclaim generational power through sound and movement. Each creation becomes an act of remembrance and resistance—an embodied ritual to transmute silence, restore lineage, and facilitate ancestral healing across time.
As a producer, shelajit's purpose is to create a safe space for underrepresented voices in fully expressing themselves, while weaving immersive worlds around them. They view collaboration as a sacred act—one that allows each artist’s truth to be amplified through intentional sound, emotion, and design.
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Dance has always been part of shelajit's language. From childhood to festival stages, performance became a way to transform inner vision into lived experience. Today, that expression has evolved into the creation of immersive audiovisual worlds—through music videos and live performances.
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As one half of The Texture Bois—a collaboration with LŪKA—they explore the intersection of ancient tradition and modern innovation through immersive performances that transcend language and genre. Their work is not just artistic—it’s ceremonial. It is a reclamation of expression, a tribute to lineage, and a reminder that sound, like movement, lives in the body first.