As a consequence of the widespread global situation with Corona virus/COVID-19, Tamikrest has sadly been forced to cancel their Spring tour. Nonetheless, we are very happy to announce that their concert at ALICE has been moved to a new date – from May 2. till Thursday December 3. All purchased tickets can be used for the new date. Please note that the time schedule is now doors at 7PM / concert at 8PM.
Tamikrest in tamasheq language means junction, connection, knot, coalition. The group members come from different horizons (Mali, Niger, Algeria and France). Wanting to assume fully their Touareg identity, they found in the rebel music Ishumar the means to express it. Since the band had their breakthrough in 2006, they have played all over the world, consolidating themselves as one of the most important desert rock bands these days with names such as Tnariwen and Bombino. ...
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As a consequence of the widespread global situation with Corona virus/COVID-19, Tamikrest has sadly been forced to cancel their Spring tour. Nonetheless, we are very happy to announce that their concert at ALICE has been moved to a new date – from May 2. till Thursday December 3. All purchased tickets can be used for the new date. Please note that the time schedule is now doors at 7PM / concert at 8PM.
Tamikrest in tamasheq language means junction, connection, knot, coalition. The group members come from different horizons (Mali, Niger, Algeria and France). Wanting to assume fully their Touareg identity, they found in the rebel music Ishumar the means to express it. Since the band had their breakthrough in 2006, they have played all over the world, consolidating themselves as one of the most important desert rock bands these days with names such as Tnariwen and Bombino.
There’s a raw beauty in Tamikrest’s rock’n’roll. It’s there in the driving, insistent groove that powers the songs, the lean, snaking bass lines and the guitars that twine and twist around the melodies, and the utterly natural musical blending of Sahel Africa, the Maghreb, and the West – a reflection of influences as diverse as Pink Floyd, Rachid Taha, and flamenco. Yet the Sahara, and the people who live there, is always firmly at its heart. Tamikrest has played at Roskilde Festival and Global, and we’re looking forward to have them back when they play at ALICE, bringing their newest album “Kidal” (Glitterbeat Records, 2017).
Said of Tamikrest
“The heaviest desert rock-out yet … Tamikrest’s music blazes with a righteous intensity that is almost scary.”—Songlines (Top Of The World, *****)
“Blazing with a righteous intensity born of the struggle of a people whose nomadic life is under constant threat, “Kidal” sounds like a high tide.”—Uncut (8/10)
OBS: Som konsekvens af den vidtfavnende situation med coronavirus/COVID-19, har Tamikrest desværre været nødt til at aflyse hele deres forårstour, og derfor også koncerten på ALICE 2. maj. Det er derfor med glæde at vi kan annoncere en ny dato for koncerten, torsdag 3. december. Billetterne til koncerten 2. maj kan bruges til den nye dato, men bemærk venligst den nye tidsplan: døre kl 19 / koncert kl 20.
Døre kl 19 / koncert kl 20
Tamikrests medrivende ørkenblues hylder med effektpedaler og djembe-rytmer Saharas uendelige vidder og tuareg-folkets kultur og musik. Til foråret vender de tilbage til Nørre Allé 7. Et must for fans af grupper som Tinariwen og Bombino.
På tamashek, tuareg-nomadernes sprog, betyder Tamikrest noget i retningen af at “overskride” eller at “krydse grænser”. Et rammende navn til et band, der på enestående vis forener tuareg-folkets tidløse musik med musikalske indtryk, som de har fået på deres rejser og turnéer rundt i hele verden. Hos Tamikrest væves dub, psykedelisk rock og funk elegant ind og ud af hinanden i bandets helt særlige take på den medrivende ørkenblues. Wah-guitar og melodiske vokaler står i front i et lydbillede, hvor groovy basgange og massive djembe-rytmer danner det funklende musikalske bagtæppe.
Siden Tamikrest i 2006 brød internationalt igennem med deres eminente debut, “Adagh” (Glitterhouse Records), har de taget såvel publikum som anmeldere med storm og har med base i Kidal i det nordøstlige Mali turneret verden rundt. Det har dog ikke kun været en turbulent tid for Tamikrest, men også for den region deres musik er vokset ud af. Tuareg-folket har historisk været nomader, men de seneste årtier har de været et folk på flugt og levet i borgerkrigslignende tilstande. Situationen afspejler sig naturligvis i gruppens musik, og bl.a. albummet “Chatma” er et poetisk og musikalsk vidnesbyrd om krig og flugt.
Med sig på ALICE har Tamikrest et helt nyt album, som udkommer i januar 2020 på Glitterbeat Records.Tamikrest har spillet forrygende koncerter på både Roskilde Festival og Global. Vi glæder os til at byde dem velkommen tilbage til Nørre Alle 7, når de gæster ALICE med deres medrivende ørkenblues.
Sagt om Tamikrest:
“The heaviest desert rock-out yet … Tamikrest’s music blazes with a righteous intensity that is almost scary.”—Songlines (Top Of The World, *****)
“Blazing with a righteous intensity born of the struggle of a people whose nomadic life is under constant threat, “Kidal” sounds like a high tide.”—Uncut (8/10)
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