ඉන්ද්රචාපා ලියනගේ
27 songs performed
Indrachapa Liyanage (ඉන්ද්රචාප ලියනගේ, also spelled Indrachaapa Liyanage) is a Sri Lankan singer, composer, and record producer, born 13 May 1981 in Colombo. He emerged in the early 2000s as one of the leading voices of a new generation of Sinhala rock and pop, first as a partner of Kasun Kalhara and later as a solo artist with a distinctive, full-throated style.
Liyanage’s musical path began in the late 1990s while he was a student at Ananda College in Colombo, where he formed a group with schoolmates including Kasun Kalhara. That partnership produced his first album, Haritha Nimnaye (2001), a record that helped define the melodic, guitar-driven sound that a younger Sinhala audience took to at the time.
The collaboration with Kasun Kalhara continued on Radical Premaya (2004), after which Liyanage released the solo album Abinishkramanaya (2007). Across these years he built a catalogue that mixed romantic ballads with rock arrangements, and he became known as much for his composing and production work as for his singing. He was widely recognised after recording Sinhayo, the song associated with Sri Lankan cricket and the 2011 World Cup, which became one of his most-played tracks. Lyrics-lk hosts two recorded versions of it: Sinhayo (Cover) and Sinhayo (Cover Version).
Indrachaapa Liyanage is best known for emotive love songs such as Adaraye Anshumathrayak (අදරයේ අංශුමාත්රයක්) and the quieter Piyawuna (පියවුණා). His work ranges from the reflective Ulkapathayak (උල්කාපාතයක්) to the conversational Ahan Inna (අහන් ඉන්න), showing the breadth of a voice equally comfortable with rock energy and tender restraint.
Liyanage helped move Sinhala popular music toward a contemporary rock and pop idiom while keeping the language and emotional directness that local listeners expect. Alongside his recording career he has worked in film music. His songs remain widely streamed among Sri Lankan listeners and the diaspora, who return to titles like Piyawuna and Adaraye Anshumathrayak for their melody and feeling.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Indrachapa Liyanage.