Mini Interview with Tinariwen - playing ATP curated by TV On The Radio in May
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Tinariwen play ATP curated by TV On The Radio at Camber Sands, UK this May - tickets are on sale now.
Name Of Artist: Tinariwen
Hometown: KIDAL / TESSALIT / MALI
Year Formed: 1980
Bio:
Tinariwen are poet-guitarists and soul rebels from the Southern Sahara desert. Their music expresses the aspirations of their people, the Kel Tamashek or 'Touareg' of the southern Sahara desert. The guitar is their weapon. Simplicity is Freedom.
Ibrahim AG ALHABIB aka 'Abaraybone'
Hassan AG TOUHAMI aka 'Aharr', aka 'Abin Abin'
Abdallah AG ALHOUSSEYNI aka 'Catastrophe'
Eyadou AG LECHE
Said AG AYAD
Abdallah AG LAMIDA aka 'Intidao'
Elaga AG HAMID
Wonou WALET SIDATI
Do your best to describe the sound of your band in one sentence:
Desert blues, Transe and crunchy guitars
What are the most recent activities of your band?
Touring, touring, touring
How excited are you to play this event?
We are very happy to meet again with our friends Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe from TVOTR.
Do you have a connection with TV On The Radio / an idea why you were chosen to play?
They are friends, they have recorded with us in the Algerian desert on our last album and we performed few time together in the past
Which of your releases do you feel ATP attendees should check out first?
The last one "Tassili" (listen on Spotify).
Is there one of your tracks you think specifically represents you best?
Imidiwan Matanam.
Are there any other currently confirmed bands you're excited about seeing?
Sorry except TVOTR we don't know any band from the line up.
If you were curating, name three bands you'd want to play your event...
TVOTR, Robert Plant, Queen Of The Stone Age
If you could pick one record release in the last year which would you recommend?
Jack White's solo album.