PRINCIPAL Club Theater & DUENDE present:
~ for the first time in Athens! ~
TAMIKREST (Mali) live in Athens
Friday, September 5, 2025
@GAZARTE Roof Stage
One of the most important representatives of the blues of the great desert in recent years, with a trademark for the special mix of traditional music of the Touareg of the Sahara desert with modern elements of rock music,
Tamikrest from Mali, West Africa, will appear for the first time live in front of the Athens audience, in one of the most beautiful concert venues in the city that loves the music of the African continent so much!
“Tamikrest” in the language “tamasheq” means intersection, connection, knot, coalition. The members of the group come from different horizons (Mali, Niger, Algeria and France). Wanting to fully assimilate the Touareg heritage, they found in the revolutionary music of Ishumar the means to express it. “A desert hosts us, a language unites us, a culture binds us” is their motto.
The story begins in Kidal, capital of the eighth region of Mali, during a break for a hot cup of tea (of course). Pino, Cheikh and Mossa have just finished a guitar workshop with Juhan Ecaré (guitarist of Meiway) and decide to create a group with only two old handmade guitars. And that’s how Tamikrest began… “Although we are still young, guitars always have six strings!”
After a year and a half of hard work, the group is complete and their repertoire has grown and expanded with several original compositions. Although their music is rooted in Ishumar rock and desert blues, it incorporates various elements from international influences and neighboring cultures.
Through the message of their songs, Tamikrest want to make Tamasheq poetry and culture accessible to the inhabitants of a world larger than the vastness of the Sahara Desert.
Time: 8PM
Venue: Gazarte Roof stage
Country: Greece
