Famara

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Famara
General information
Genre (s) reggae
founding 1997
Website http://www.famara.ch/
Founding members
Thomas Nikles (Famara)
Marek Duchac
Rainer Schudel
Sébastien Troendlé
Fred Herrmann
Current occupation
Lead vocals, percussion
 Thomas Nikles (Famara)
Electric guitar
 Magor Szilagyi
Electric bass
 Rainer Schudel
Keyboard
 Peter Wagner
Drums
 Gianni Lanzilotti
trombone
 Simon Hirsiger
saxophone
 Joel Graf

Famara is a Swiss band from Basel . Famara is both the name of the lead singer and the band accompanying him. Famara is best known in Switzerland, but also in West African countries.

portrait

Famara, bourgeois Thomas Nikles, grew up in the back Leimental in the canton of Solothurn . His first experience with music in 1984 with a percussion - Workshop and then developed a great interest in African rhythms. After a few solo appearances and guest appearances with Afro and Latin bands as well as a guest appearance with the Basel rapper Luana , he released his first single in 1997 .

At the beginning of 1998 he traveled to Gambia , where he took part in the annual Gambian independence festival and was dubbed the "Swiss Reggae Star". At the end of 1998 he went on tour in Gambia and produced his first album Natural Fact . In 2000 an Africa tour followed through Gambia, Senegal and Mali .

Several other albums have been released to date, and he also founded the band of the same name, Famara, which provides the reggae music for Famara's singing. Famara has also had various guest appearances with West African musicians such as Youssou N'Dour and Tiken Jah Fakoly .

In 2018 the backing band was given a name: "The Infinity Band".

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Double culture
  CH 75 06/12/2005 (2 weeks)
Oreba
  CH 70 05/11/2008 (2 weeks)
The Sound of Famara
  CH 70 06/13/2010 (2 weeks)
The Cosmopolitan
  CH 70 03/25/2012 (3 weeks)
caribou
  CH 83 March 16, 2014 (1 week)

Singles

  • Sunshine Bubbler (1997)
  • Jamou (1998)

Albums

  • Natural Fact (1999)
  • Sunlife (2001)
  • Toubab Man (2003)
  • Famasound (2004)
  • Double Culture (2005)
  • Oreba (2008)
  • The Sound of Famara (2010)
  • The Cosmopolitan (2012)
  • Caribou (2014)
  • "Are you ready?" for the Goombay dance (2016)

Other publications

  • Juju Dance (2013) (Compilation article Bock uf Rock Vol. 6) ( BMMP )

swell

  1. ↑ Chart discography Switzerland
  2. ↑ BOCK UF ROCK A sixth Bock uf Rock for a big birthday . In: trespass.ch . August 28, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.

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