Tamikrest
| Tamikrest | |
|---|---|
 Tamikrest at the World Music Festival Horizonte 2013 |
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| General information | |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | www.tamikrest.net |
| Founding members | |
| Ousmane Ag Mossa | |
Djembé , percussion , backing vocals |
Aghaly Ag Mohamedine |
Bass , slide guitar , acoustic guitar, background vocals |
Cheick Ag Tiglia |
| Ibrahim Ag Ahmed Salam | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, lead guitar, acoustic guitar |
Ousmane Ag Mossa |
Djembe, percussion, backing vocals |
Aghaly Ag Mohamedine |
Bass, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, background vocals |
Cheick Ag Tiglia |
Drums, calabash, backing vocals |
Ibrahim Ag Ahmed Salam |
Vocals, guitar
|
Mahmoud Ag Ahmouden |
Rhythm guitar , background vocals |
Mossa Ag Borreiba |
Background singing |
Fatma Wallet Cheick |
Background singing |
Bassa Wallet Abdamou |
Background singing |
Wannou Wallet Sidaty |
Tamikrest ( Tamaschek for the node, the alliance, the future ) is a band whose members belong to the Tuareg people . The band was formed in 2006. She mixes Tuareg music with western rock and pop music . Their singing is in Tamaschek. The band's main songwriter is front man Ousmane Ag Mossa.
The band's music is characterized by the use of several, often electric , guitars ; complemented by vocals , occasional joys of yodlers (youyous) , bass , drums , djembé and other percussion instruments .
history
When Tamikrest was founded in 2006, the individual band members were in their early twenties. They come from the Kidal region around the city of the same name in northeast Mali and together they attended the Les enfants de l'Adrar school in Tinzawaten, a small oasis town in Tinzawaten, which is financed by European foundations the Sahara , where they received basic musical training. Her childhood and youth were shaped by the civil war. Many lost family members and friends during the Tuareg uprisings from 1990 to 1995, when the Tuareg demanded greater autonomy. When unrest broke out again in 2006, Ousmane Ag Mossa and his school friend Cheick Ag Tiglia decided not to join the armed struggle, but instead to use musical means to draw attention to the concerns of the Tuareg.
In their youth, they mostly played the traditional music of the Kel Tamashek (as the Tuareg call themselves) and songs by the Tuareg band Tinariwen , which has combined traditional Tuareg music with Western music since the 1980s and with which they are often compared . Further western influences came later through the internet and MP3 culture. Tamikrest's music was influenced by musicians such as Jimi Hendrix , Bob Marley , Pink Floyd and Mark Knopfler .
An encounter with the American-Australian band Dirtmusic at the Tuareg music festival Festival au Désert 2008 in the Malian community of Essakane, in the district of Goundam and about 70 kilometers west of Timbuktu , led to a friendship and artistic collaboration. Tamikrest can be heard on the second dirt music album BKO from 2010, which was recorded in a studio in Mali's capital Bamako . During these sessions, Tamikrest's debut album, Adagh , was produced, produced by Chris Eckman (member of Dirtmusic and the Walkabouts ); In 2010 both bands were on a European tour together. a. at the Sziget -Festival 2010 and the Orange Blossom Special Festival of their joint record company Glitterhouse . In October the second album called Toumastin was recorded, again produced by Chris Eckman.
Discography
- 2009: Adagh ( Glitterhouse )
- 2011: Toumastin (Glitterhouse)
- 2011: Live 2011 (European Tour 2011)
- 2013: Chatma ( Glitterbeat )
- 2015: Taksera (Glitterbeat)
- 2017: Kidal (Glitterbeat)
- 2020: Tamotait (Glitterbeat)
Web links
- Official website (German, English, French)
- Tamikrest at Discogs (English)
- Daniel Bax: The desert rocks. Time online, March 25, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/cd-review/article1412837/Die-stolzen-Soehne-und-Toechter-der-Wueste.html
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Daniel Bax: Blues from Tamikrest: The desert rocks . In: The time . No. 12/2010 ( online ).
