{"id":42542,"date":"2017-11-09T13:56:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/touareg-band-imarhan-is-getting-funky\/"},"modified":"2021-10-18T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T14:59:43","slug":"touareg-band-imarhan-is-getting-funky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/touareg-band-imarhan-is-getting-funky\/","title":{"rendered":"Touareg band Imarhan is getting funky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pam-featured-content\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9988 pam-featured-content\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imarhan-Andrea-Mae-Perez-High.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"738\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imarhan-Andrea-Mae-Perez-High.jpg 738w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imarhan-Andrea-Mae-Perez-High-661x472.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imarhan-Andrea-Mae-Perez-High-465x332.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Imarhan-Andrea-Mae-Perez-High-375x268.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Imarhan&#8217;s second album <em>Temet&nbsp;<\/em>will be released on City Slang&nbsp;on February 23rd 2018. &#8220;Azzaman&#8221; is the first single.<\/h3>\n<p>Support by artits like Kurt Vile, Steve Shelley or Usher, touareg band from Tamanrasset &#8211; South Algeria &#8211; subsequently toured the globe bringing their ecstatic live show to venues across Europe, the U.S. and China. We can hear the influence of this world tour on their second album&nbsp;<em>Temet<\/em>&nbsp;as they start&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to take in elements funk, disco and rock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Temet <\/b><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Tamashek means \u201cconnections\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span>The band explains:&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople should love each other. They need to know each other, we need to know each other, everyone should get to know their neighbour, \u201c says Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane \u2013 aka Sadam We need to have the same approach as our elders. You will stumble across an old man who knows the world and will hand down his knowledge to his children.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the &#8220;Azzaman&#8221; music video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p4Fxa3V8BLo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cAzzaman<\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about the passing of time and the handing over of a heritage by each generation It\u2019s about the importance of leaving the right legacy. It\u2019s also about connecting the cultures, the mixing of the old with the new. The video was shot in Algiers to reflect the meaning behind the song, it\u2019s a big cosmopolitan city, an urban environment which culturally offers a lot yet it\u2019s still an place in which we can keep on preserving some Tuareg ways of life.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Imarhan,&nbsp;<em>Temet<\/em>, out February 23rd 2018 via&nbsp;City Slang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9990\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET.jpg 960w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-759x759.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMARHAN_TEMET-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imarhan&#8217;s second album Temet&nbsp;will be released on City Slang&nbsp;on February 23rd 2018. &#8220;Azzaman&#8221; is the first single. 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