Tamikrest
Tamikrest ( Tamashek for the node, the alliance, the future ) is a band whose members belong to the people of the Tuareg. The band was founded in 2006. She mixes Tuareg music with Western rock and pop music. Her singing is in Tamashek. Main songwriter of the band 's frontman Ousmane Ag Mossa.
The band's music is characterized by the use of multiple, often electric, guitars; complemented by vocals, occasional joy yodel ( youyous ), bass, drums, djembe and other percussion instruments.
History
The individual band members were present at the founding Tamikrests in 2006 at the beginning of the 20th They come from the Kidal region to the eponymous town in north- eastern Mali, and visited jointly financed by European foundations School Les enfants de l' Adrar in Tinzawaten, a small oasis town in the Sahara, where they received a musical education. Her childhood and adolescence was marked by civil war. Many lost family members and friends during the Tuareg rebellions in the years 1990 to 1995, in which the Tuareg demanded greater autonomy. In 2006, when riots broke out again, Ousmane Ag Mossa and his school friend Cheick Ag Tiglia, not to join the armed struggle, but instead to draw attention with musical means to the concerns of Tuareg determined.
In her youth she usually played the traditional music of the Kel Tamasheq (such as the Tuareg call themselves ) and songs of the Tuareg band Tinariwen, which combined with Western music since the eighties traditional Tuareg music and with whom they are often compared to. Later came the Internet and MP3 culture added more western influences. The music was Tamikrests example, influenced by musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd and Mark Knopfler.
From an encounter with the American- Australian band Dirtmusic the Tuareg Music Festival Festival au Désert 2008 in the Malian community Essakane, in a circle Goundam and about 70 kilometers west of Timbuktu, grew a friendship and artistic collaboration. So Tamikrest on the second album BKO Dirtmusic can be heard from 2010, which was recorded in the studio in Mali's capital Bamako. These sessions also Tamikrests debut album Adagh, which was produced by Chris Eckman ( member Dirtmusic and the Walkabouts ) arose; In 2010, both bands together on a European tour, including on the Sziget Festival 2010 and the Orange Blossom Special Festival their joint record label Glitterhouse. In October, the second album called Toumastin was taken, again produced by Chris Eckman.
Discography
- 2009: Adagh ( Glitterhouse )
- 2011: Toumastin ( Glitterhouse )
- 2011: Live 2011 ( European Tour 2011)
- 2013: Chatma ( Glitterhouse )