Tamino: Jeff Buckley’s heir has become a pop star

At the end of the month he will give away from New York, where he moved to his “Greater tour in the United States»: The series of concerts, which follows those sold outs in Europe this weeks, will see him perform on venue stages such as the Brooklyn Steel, the Belasco of Los Angeles, the Fillmore of San Francisco, the Chicago’s Thalia Hall. Meanwhile, a well -known company has chosen it as the face of its new perfume: the spot has gone around the world. To the album that has worked in these months The producers of Sza, Bon Iiver, Arlo Parks contributed. The times when international critics called him the

Heir of Jeff Buckleybecause of that angelic voice, that Cursed rocker charm and that very raw, genuine approach: TaminoIt has become a pop star. “Every Dawn’s in Mountain”, The new album of the Belgian singer -songwriter, born in 1996, born in Mortsel, Flanders, from Belgian mother and Egyptian father, and raised on bread, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits and Jeff Buckley himself, will mark one turning in the artist’s career.

On the album, which will be released this Friday three years after the previous “Sahar”, Tamino -Damir Moham Fouad – this is the real name of the artist, inspired by that of one of the characters of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” – passes the past and starts from scratch by telling a new chapter of his life: living in an American city that can now call home, play on even larger and more prestigious stages, and present “a collection of its ten best songs today” that include featuring with Mitski (“Sanctuary”) and many others.

That it was a real, pure, blatant talent, had already been seven years ago, when his debut album “Amir” began to make it known throughout Europe, including Italy, allowing the songwriter to collect enthusiastic reviews and that cumbersome label of heir of Buckley (to embellish the record also the presence of.Colin Greenwood of Radioheadwho played the bass in “Indigo Night”: “He showed up after my show with a copy of my vinyl and my CD, was so kind,” said the Belgian singer -songwriter). To rent it was the Independent, who embarrassed him a lot, but at the same time made him understand that the fact of having written and engraved a beautiful debut album like the eponym of 2018 was not enough to sit (already) on the laurels. The BBC label the sounds of the disc, suspended between the alternative rockhead rock and the Middle Eastern music (thanks to the use of instruments such as Oud, Darabouka, Riqq and Ney, flutes, louts and percussion of Arab traditions), as “the new sound of the Nile”. In recent years Tamino has continued to work with his head down, in the meantime grinding performances on international festivals such as the Sziget, Rock en Seine, South by Southwest, confirming himself as one of the greatest talents of his generation.

“Every Dawn’s a Mountain” is a “Disco born in a irrevenence, with words burning on the pages». Produced by Tamino and the longtime collaborator PJ Maertens, with the contribution of Eric Heigle (Arcade Fire, Dawn Richard) and Alessandro Buccellati (Arlo Parks, Sza) and the additional production of Chris Messina (Bon Iiver, Big Red Machine), Zach Hanson (Bon Iver, Sylvan Essan) and Jo Franken, the album was written largely in the apartment of Tamino in New York. Some songs were recorded in various hotel rooms during the tour with Mitskithe singer -songwriter of Japanese origin nominated in 2023 for the Oscar for the “Best original song” for “This is a Life”, written together with David Byrne and used as a musical theme for the film “Everything Everywhere All At Once” by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. Others in a New Orleans church or in a Brussels study.

In “Every Dawn’s a Mountain”, which made fans listen to fans on the occasion of recent concerts in Europe, including Italy (he played in Rome, at the Music Park), Tamino Arabic folk mixture and experimental indie rock, paying homage to its roots in an extremely pop key. Combining its vocal three octave extension with its guitar and the Arabic Oud, in the album Not only confirms that he has “the most extraordinary voice” of his generationas NPR Music proclaimed in a recent episode of All Songs Considered, but also In what ways he uses it to tell passionate stories, exploit a sound and share a vision that embraces cultures and continents.