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Tamikrest

Tamikrest has been played on NTS in shows including Floating Roofs, featured first on 23 July 2017. Songs played include Tisnant An Chatma, Erres Hin Atouan and Ehad Wad Nadorhan.

Tamikrest are a group of young Touareg musicians from the far north of Mali, where the parched landscape forms part of the Sahara desert. Their name means ‘the knot, junction or coalition’, a reference to the fact that the members hail from different regions, and ‘Adagh’ is another name for the Touareg, who are also referred to by their language, Tamashek.

They’re being dubbed ‘the spiritual sons of Tinariwen’ – the original exponents of the ‘Ishumar…

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Tisnant An Chatma
Tamikrest
Glitterbeat2013
Tisnant An Chatma
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Erres Hin Atouan
Tamikrest
Glitterbeat2017
Erres Hin Atouan
TamikrestGlitterbeat2017
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Ehad Wad Nadorhan
Tamikrest
Glitterbeat2017
Ehad Wad Nadorhan
TamikrestGlitterbeat2017
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As Sastnan Hidjan
Tamikrest
Glitterbeat2020
As Sastnan Hidjan
TamikrestGlitterbeat2020
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