Anjali Naik's rural South Carolina upbringing was different from that of anyone else she knew. "My dad's from Africa and my mom's from India, so I'm first-generation American," she says. "So it's always been really confusing to me where I actually am from, who I am — and that's always the first question anyone asks me. But I never had anyone to emulate around me; I was the only Indian kid." Naik, whose moniker is Diaspoura, reflects on that exploration in her debut, self-released LP entitled Demonstrations, an ambient, electro dream-pop album the singer says was a liberating one to create.

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