Amir - Tamino - Audio CD (Arrives in 20 days)

Tamino releases his much-anticipated
debut album, ‘Amir’, via Communion Records /
Caroline Australia. To coincide with
the announcement, Tamino has also
shared a new taste from the album with
‘Persephone’.
Of Belgian, Egyptian and Lebanese
heritage, the 21-year-old musician has
written and shaped an album of startling,
visceral, sit-up-and-listen power.
Four of the tracks that feature on his
debut EP, Habibi, find a home on Amir
too including ‘Indigo Night’ featuring
Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on bass.
It’s an album of a variety of different
shapes and textures, delivered in a
soulful and sultry croon by a young
musician with a striking, extraordinary
talent. ‘Tummy‘ slinks brightly, the ying
to ‘Verses’ folky yang. Whilst on other
tracks like ‘Each Time‘, ‘Intervals‘ and
‘So It Goes‘ the Arabic influences shine
through as melodies lilt over the quarter
notes rarely touched in Western music.
Also joining Tamino across Amir is a
collective of Arabic musicians based in
Brussels called “Nagham Zikrayat”. The
Firka (orchestra) is predominantly made
up of professional musicians (these
players were reasonably well known in
their home countries) from the Middle
East, most of which have refugee status
having predominantly fled from Iraq and
Syria.

Tracklist

1. Habibi
2. Sun My Shine
3. Tummy
4. Chambers
5. So It Goes
6. Indigo Night
7. Cigar
8. Each Time
9. Verses
10. W.O.T.H
11. Intervals
12. Persephone

Label: Virgin Music | Origin: Holland