Tamikrest in tamasheq language means junction, connection, knot, coalition. Band members come from different horizons (Mali, Niger, Algeria, and France). Wanting to fully assume fully their Toureg identity, they found the means to express it via Ishumar rebel music. “A desert hosts us, a language unites us, a culture binds us.” Through the message of their songs, Tamikrest aim to make Tamasheq poetry and culture accessible to inhabitants of the world, bringing the immensity of the Saharian desert to others through song. “Plenty of heft and juicy reverb, the loping drone of lead and twin rhythm guitars redolent of a spacey, hypnotic seventies rock ambience” The Independent, UK.
Band Website: www.tamikrest.net