WATCH GLOBAL STARS TAMINO AND ANGÉLE ENCHANT IN MYSTICAL“SUNFLOWER” VIDEO 

CANADIAN TOUR DATES BEGIN IN MAY

WATCH / SHARE “SUNFLOWER” HERE

 HIGHLY-PRAISED SOPHOMORE LP SAHAR OUT NOW

BUY / STREAM SAHAR HERE

“Rich and melancholy” - FADER

“Hauntingly beautiful and sharp" - Esquire 

“Baroque-pop songs suggest an in-between time, full of reflection
and moments of mystery” - WNYC

“Astonishing” - NPR

“Emotionally-drenched ballads” - VMAN

“A magical elixir” - KCRW 

"His new songs simmer like a tagine perfumed with exotic spice" - WFUV

“Captivating vocal range goes from dusky velvet ruminations to achingly soaring longing” - Big Takeover 

“Sunflower” Artwork // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Today, Tamino releases an alluring, fantastical video for “Sunflower” off his acclaimed sophomore album Sahar. The surrealist video features Belgian superstar Angéle, and evokes imagery inspired by a love triangle depicted in short story ‘The Distance of The Moon’ by Italo Calvino. 

Director Bastiaan Lochs says of the video, “Calvino writes about a love triangle between a sailor, the wife of his captain and the sailor's deaf cousin. Together they paddle out to sea at night and climb onto the moon with a ladder to harvest 'moon milk'. It ends with the lady climbing onto the moon while it is drifting away from earth and never coming back. In doing so she becomes one with the moon, the object of affection of the deaf cousin whom she's become infatuated with, and leaves behind the sailor who in his turn has fallen in love with her.”

WATCH / SHARE “SUNFLOWER” HERE

Tamino will bring his ethereal vocal prowess on his Spring 2023 tour, including stops in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, following his SOLD-OUT North America/EU/UK fall tour and acclaimed sophomore album Sahar

The arrival of Tamino is enough to make even an agnostic ponder predestination. The grandson of one of Egypt’s most famed singers, the great Muharram Fouad, Tamino came to the guitar as a teenager only after finding a rare resonator in his late grandfather’s attic. He plays it now alongside the oud, dual links to his cultural past that he uses to understand and articulate his emotional present. Born from Tamino’s Antwerp apartment and bolstered by collaborators including Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood, producer/engineer PJ Maertens and drummer Ruben Vanhoutte, Sahar is a powerhouse sophomore effort that mixes Arabic folk and experimental indie rock with sweeping orchestral arrangements. 

BUY / STREAM SAHAR HERE

Spring 2023 Tour Dates
4/18 Washington, DC Howard Theater
4/19 Philadelphia, PA The Foundry
4/21 New York, NY Racket SOLD OUT 
4/22  New York, NY Racket
4/25 Columbus, OH A&R Music Bar
4/26 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
4/28 Nashville, TN Basement East
4/30 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall Downstairs
5/1 Austin, TX Antones
5/2 Fort Worth, TX Tulips
5/5 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room SOLD OUT 
5/6 Los Angeles, CA Lodge Room 
5/10 San Francisco, CA Bimbo’s
5/12-5/14 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Block Party
5/17 Toronto, CA Phoenix Concert Theatre 
5/18 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre 
5/19 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre

TAMINO’S NEW LP SAHAR OUT TODAY

SOPHOMORE ALBUM SAHAR OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS 

NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR KICKING OFF SEPT 16, SOLD OUT SHOWS LONDON, PARIS, BRUSSELS, BERLIN, AMSTERDAM, NYC, MONTREAL AND TORONTO

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS AND GLOBAL LIVESTREAM OCTOBER 20TH; TICKETS HERE

BUY / STREAM SAHAR HERE

“Hauntingly beautiful and sharp" - Esquire 

“Astonishing” - NPR

“Emotionally-drenched ballads” - VMAN

“A magical elixir” - KCRW 

"His new songs simmer like a tagine perfumed with exotic spice" - WFUV

“Captivating vocal range goes from dusky velvet ruminations to achingly soaring longing” - Big Takeover 


Tamino has just kicked off a mostly sold out North American tour making his first stop at Philadelphia's Xponential Fest where he performed on the main stage opening for Patti Smith, in addition to stops in Toronto and Montreal. His completely sold out European tour kicks off in November with multiple nights in Paris, London, Amsterdam, and Brussels.

WATCH / SHARE “YOU DON’T OWN ME” HERE

Born from Tamino’s Antwerp apartment and bolstered by collaborators including Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood, producer/engineer PJ Maertens and drummer Ruben Vanhoutte, Sahar is a powerhouse sophomore effort that mixes Arabic folk and experimental indie rock with sweeping orchestral arrangements. On Sahar Tamino rearticulates the Arabic oud, the instrument of his grandfather Muharram Fouad, one of Egypt’s most celebrated singers and actors, into more a ‘typical’ indie rock instrumentation. The way it pairs with his smoldering voice creates a sonic landscape which is lush, layered and haunting. Sahar is where the romanticism and tragedy of Jeff Buckley meets a cosmopolitan, universalist aesthetic sensibility – an effortless mingling of European, American and Middle Eastern influences. 

WATCH / SHARE “FASCINATION” HERE

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
9/23/22 - Urbana, IL - Pygmalion Music 
9/24/22 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall SOLD OUT
9/25/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
9/28/22 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
9/29/22 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10/2/22 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10/3/22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater *new date added
10/4/22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater SOLD OUT 
10/5/22 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/7/22 - 10/9/22 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/9/22 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
10/11/22 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
10/12/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg SOLD OUT
10/13/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *new date added


EUROPEAN TOUR 
11/21/22 - Paris, FR, - Le Trianon SOLD OUT
11/22/22 - Paris, FR, - Le Trianon SOLD OUT
11/24/22 - UK, London – Koko SOLD OUT
11/25/22 - UK, London – Koko *new date added
11/29/22 - Cologne, DE - Gloria Theatre SOLD OUT
11/30/22 - Berlin, DE - Metropol SOLD OUT
12/02/22 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso SOLD OUT
12/03/22 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso SOLD OUT
12/05/22 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
12/06/22 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
12/07/22 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal SOLD OUT

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SAHAR TRACKLIST
1. The Longing
2. The Flame
3. You Don’t Own Me
4. Fascination
5. Sunflower
6. The First Disciple
7. Cinnamon
8. Only Our Love
9. A Drop of Blood
10. My Dearest Friend and Enemy

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TAMINO SHARES “YOU DON’T OWN ME” FROM NEW LP

TAMINO’S SOUL STIRRING ODE TO FREEDOM “YOU DON’T OWN ME”, FROM NEW LP, SAHAR, ARRIVES WITH VIDEO CHOREOGRAPHED BY OLIVIER-WINNING, BEYONCE COLLABORATOR SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI 

WATCH / SHARE “YOU DON’T OWN ME” HERE

BUY / STREAM “YOU DON’T OWN ME” HERE

SOPHOMORE ALBUM SAHAR DUE OUT VIA ARTS & CRAFTS SEPTEMBER 23 

NORTH AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN TOUR KICKING OFF SEPT 16  ALREADY SOLD OUT LONDON, PARIS, BRUSSELS, BERLIN, AMSTERDAM, NYC, MONTREAL AND TORONTO

ROOFTOP PERFORMANCE GLOBAL LIVESTREAM OCTOBER 20TH; TICKETS HERE

PRE-SAVE SAHAR HERE

“Hauntingly beautiful and sharp" - Esquire 

“Taking multi-instrumentalism to a new level” “a magical elixir” “right at home on the indie-rock/post-punk sound spectrum” - KCRW on “Fascination”

"Impressive, introspective yet carefree, fun, and spontaneous" - Vman on “Fascination”

"His new songs simmer like a tagine perfumed with exotic spice" - WFUV

“Captivating vocal range goes from dusky velvet ruminations to achingly soaring longing” - Big Takeover 

Today, Tamino shares “You Don’t Own Me” from Sahar, his sophomore album due out September 23 via Arts & Crafts. The song is inspired by “Man’s Search For Meaning” by Viktor E. Frankl, a psychiatrist, philosopher and holocaust survivor who saw the search for meaning as central to the human condition. The song proclaims an existentialist commitment to freedom and offers a universal message of solace in the face of oppression. 

Legendary Olivier-winning choreographer and Beyoncé collaborator Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui was commissioned to choreograph the coinciding video. The result is a magisterial interpretation of time and oppression, represented by ten dancers behaving as an anonymous horde of bodies looming over Tamino, in turn becoming an extension of the sand swarming the expanse.

Director Bastiaan Lochs says of the video, “Time, to me, is the most universal oppressing force. the passing of time weighs down on everyone everywhere always. Our lives tick away second by second and there is no escaping this. But showing clocks didn’t seem very appropriate. Sand has always been the closest relatable substance to time for me. Perhaps because of the hourglass. Sand falling and filling up a space feels like a physical representation of time beating down relentlessly. The idea of Tamino in a house slowly filling up with sand started forming. A place undefinable in time. Where each second might as well be an eternity.”

WATCH / SHARE “YOU DON’T OWN ME” HERE

BUY / STREAM “YOU DON’T OWN ME” HERE

MORE SAHAR
Born from Tamino’s Antwerp apartment and bolstered by collaborators including Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood, producer/engineer PJ Maertens and drummer Ruben Vanhoutte, Sahar is a powerhouse sophomore effort that mixes Arabic folk and experimental indie rock with sweeping orchestral arrangements. On Sahar, Tamino rearticulates the Arabic oud, the instrument of his grandfather Muharram Fouad, one of Egypt’s most celebrated singers and actors, into more a ‘typical’ indie rock instrumentation. The way it pairs with his smoldering voice creates a sonic landscape which is lush, layered and haunting. Sahar is where the romanticism and tragedy of Jeff Buckley meets a cosmopolitan, universalist aesthetic sensibility – an effortless mingling of European, American and Middle Eastern influences. 

Tamino is set to tour Europe and North America this fall and has already sold out in London, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Amsterdam, NYC, Montreal and Toronto. To meet the demand, second nights have been added in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Paris, and Brussels.

WATCH / SHARE “FASCINATION” HERE
BUY / STREAM “FASCINATION” HERE

TAMINO NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
​​9/16/22 - Camden, NJ - XPoNential Music Festival
9/19/22 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair
9/20/22 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda SOLD OUT
9/21/22 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern SOLD OUT
9/24/22 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall SOLD OUT
9/25/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line
9/28/22 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
9/29/22 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10/2/22 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10/3/22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater 
10/4/22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent Theater SOLD OUT 
10/5/22 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge
10/7/22 - 10/9/22 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
10/9/22 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
10/11/22 - Washington, DC - Black Cat|
10/12/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg SOLD OUT
10/13/22 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *new date added

TAMINO EUROPEAN TOUR 
8/19/22 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival 
11/21/22 - Paris, FR, - Le Trianon SOLD OUT
11/22/22 - Paris, FR, - Le Trianon SOLD OUT
11/24/22 - UK, London – Koko SOLD OUT
11/25/22 - UK, London – Koko *new date added
11/29/22 - Cologne, DE - Gloria Theatre SOLD OUT
11/30/22 - Berlin, DE - Metropol SOLD OUT
12/02/22 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso SOLD OUT
12/03/22 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso SOLD OUT
12/05/22 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
12/06/22 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal SOLD OUT
12/07/22 - Brussels, BE - Cirque Royal SOLD OUT

 

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

SAHAR TRACKLIST
1. The Longing
2. The Flame
3. You Don’t Own Me
4. Fascination
5. Sunflower
6. The First Disciple
7. Cinnamon
8. Only Our Love
9. A Drop of Blood
10. My Dearest Friend and Enemy

TAMINO ONLINE
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TWITTER