1/23/2018

Algeria's Imarhan release new single + video "Ehad Wa Dagh"

ALGERIAN 5-PIECE IMARHAN SHARE MUSIC VIDEO
FOR “EHAD WA DAGH” VIA THE LINE OF BEST FIT

FROM THE NEW ALBUM TEMET
OUT FEBRUARY 23 ON CITY SLANG

“These guys are updating the desert sound for a new generation"
-Marco Werman, PRI's "The World"

“2016’s Self-titled debut posited Imarhan at the head of a new generation of Tuareg musicians who dress like New York punks and borrow from rock, blues and beyond. Temet, translated as ‘Connections’ in Tamashek, manages to broaden their sound further, forging links to funk, soul and jazz." - Uncut (8/10)
“You’d be hard pressed to find music that celebrates the spirit of humanity more… fantastic sound, it’s just beautiful.” - NPR Music

Algeria’s Imarhan are thrilled to share the music video for their new single “Ehad Wa Dagh”, premiered today on The Line of Best Fit. Filmed at the legendary Parisian 80s disco club Le Memphis with interspersed images of their Algerian home, TLOBF describe the song and video as “an all-encompassing outing with psychedelic twinges that grabs you by the lapels and drags you into a trance.” The upbeat tempo in the song belies the message behind the lyrics however, which explore alienation and people losing connection with one another. Imarhan’s new album Temet will be released on City Slang on February 23rd, with a soon to be announced US tour, including a performance at the 2018 Levitation Festival in Austin, TX, to follow.

Watch the Visions Particulières directed music video for “Ehad Wa Dagh” via YouTube

Watch the Vincent Moon filmed video for “Tamudre” via YouTube

Watch the music video for “Azzaman” via YouTube
Photo Credit: Andrea Mae Perez

“Temet” in Tamashek means “connections,” and the album is an energetic wake up call for unity, reminding people that we are all connected and that only through the acceptance and uptake of this union will we be able to solve the troubles all cultures seem to be dealing with in this important moment in time.

“People should love each other. They need to know each other, we need to know each other, everyone should get to know their neighbor,” says frontman Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane – aka Sadam. “We need to have the same approach as our elders,” he continues, “You will stumble across an old man who knows the world and will hand down his knowledge to his children.“

Recorded in Paris in early 2017 and produced by the band with help from Patrick Votan and Tinariwen’s Eyadou Ag Leche, Temet marks a huge leap forward both creatively and artistically for a band who were heralded by The Guardian as one of the leading-lights of the “new–wave of Tuareg music.” Now firmly established and regarded as torch-bearers by the new generation of musicians in Algeria and the Mali border area, the album sees Imarhan broadening their sound beyond the meditative desert blues of their debut to take in elements of funk, disco and rock.

Growing up near each other in Tamanrasset, Southern Algeria, in a Tuareg community of Northern Malian descent, Imarhan formed at school in 2008 under the guidance of Tinariwen (Eyadou Ag Leche of Tinariwen is a cousin of frontman Sadam, and guided their evolution and produced and co-wrote several songs on their debut album). The band quickly gained acclaim for their effortless blend of the ancestral Tamashek poetry and traditional rhythms of their elders and sounds which reflected their youth and urban upbringing listening to music from around the globe.


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Upcoming US Tour Dates:

Spring tour TBA in the coming weeks

APRIL
27 - Austin, TX - Levitation Festival (Empire Control Room)

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