කමාජ් සිල්වා
3 songs performed
Kamaj Silva (කමාජ් සිල්වා), who records simply as Kamaj, is a Sri Lankan-born singer, songwriter and guitarist based in Canada, known to Sinhala listeners above all for the 2010 single “Wang Hung” (වං හුං, sometimes written “WanHun”). Born Maneksha Kamaj Silva on 9 April 1983 in Mount Lavinia, he works across pop, soul, rhythm and blues, and alternative rock, blending a Western production sensibility with Sinhala lyrics.
Silva grew up in Mount Lavinia and was educated at S. Thomas’ College there before moving abroad for university. He later settled in Canada, where alongside music he built a parallel career in marketing and entrepreneurship. That diaspora vantage point shapes his sound: his songs are written for a generation of Sri Lankans at home and overseas who grew up between two languages.
Kamaj began releasing music around 2009. His best-known recording, “Wang Hung”, appeared in 2010 and circulated widely on Sri Lankan music sites in the years that followed, often listed under its extended title “Wang Hung Na Jeewithe”. The track pairs a contemporary pop-rock arrangement with conversational Sinhala writing, which is much of why it stuck. He has continued to put out singles in English and Sinhala, including a collaboration with vocalist Tehani Imara on “Adare Agin” (2019).
What sets Kamaj Silva apart from many Sinhala pop acts is the explicitly cross-cultural framing of his work, written from Canada for a bilingual audience. For diaspora listeners searching either “Kamaj” or “Kamaj Silva”, his catalogue offers Sinhala lyrics with English translation and transliteration in one place, with “Wang Hung” remaining the entry point most people arrive through.
Every Sinhala lyric, composition, and song credit by Kamaj Silva.