Every Dawn's a Mountain Tamino

• 1 My Heroine 03:21
• 2 Babylon 05:41
• 3 Every Dawn's a Mountain 04:07
• 4 Sanpaku 03:35
• 5 Sanctuary 03:31
• 6 Raven 04:41
• 7 Willow 04:34
• 8 Elegy 05:23
• 9 Dissolve 06:43
• 10 Amsterdam 04:12
• Total Runtime 45:48

Info for Every Dawn's a Mountain

Seven years ago, Tamino suddenly became a star in his home country of Belgium - winning the national radio competition catapulted the young musician straight onto the big national and international stages. Tamino had expected to write his intimate songs for a small audience forever - and now suddenly found himself in front of an ecstatic crowd that would soon include Radiohead's Colin Greenwood.

Greenwood quickly became such a fan that he was soon working closely with Tamino: on tour, and also in the studio. With two albums and almost half a billion streams, hand-picked support slots with Lana Del Rey and Mitski, as well as a collaboration with Belgian superstar Angéle, the young artist with Lebanese-Egyptian roots plays to sold-out clubs and arenas in Europe, the USA, Mexico and the Middle East.

With the new album, Tamino takes a more conceptual approach to songwriting, because, in his own words, he felt ‘an enormous urge to build a metaphysical altar to what has been lost. The end result, though eclectic at times, feels like the most harmonious record I've made to date.’

All 10 songs are imbued with the same feeling of letting go. They were recorded in studios in his native Belgium and his new home in the USA, together with his long-time musical companion PJ Maertens. ‘Every Dawn's A Mountain’ builds a bridge between Tamino's own musical socialisation and contemporary influences, with the songwriting focusing on his transcendental vocals. A particular highlight of the album is the track ‘Sanctuary’, a joint piece with Mitski.

‘Just as fire can erupt with great force, most of these songs seemed to blaze their way into existence. Undaunted and without warning, they demanded my attention and determined the course of my days. They say that the faster the flame burns, the harder it is to catch. Similarly, capturing the right feeling while recording sometimes proved to be a challenge,’ says Tamino-Amir Moharam Fouad. ‘I've never really approached music conceptually. Usually, songwriting feels more like I'm carving away at a self-revealing sculpture rather than carefully realising a pre-existing plan. However, after recent developments in my life, I felt a tremendous urge to build a metaphysical altar to what had been lost. The end result, though eclectic at times, feels like the most harmonious record I've made to date, with all ten songs held together by an equal sense of honouring and letting go.’

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Tamino
Acclaimed for his “ageless music” (NPR) and a voice that conveys a well of wisdom wise beyond his 25 years, rising Belgian-Egyptian musician Tamino today unveils the details of his sophomore album, Sahar, due out September 23 on Arts & Crafts. The grandson of one of Egypt’s most famed singers and film stars, Tamino channels his own lineage, as well as the folk and rock music traditions from the Middle East and Europe for a borderless and timeless record.

Created in the wake of the international frenzy that followed his debut album Amir, Sahar was born in Tamino’s Antwerp apartment. Already adept at playing guitar and piano, Tamino took up the oud, an Arabic lute, under the mentorship of a Syrian refugee living in Antwerp. The instrument served as a key tool in the songwriting process, and provides a melancholic soundscape that is threaded throughout the project. The record is a distillation of Tamino’s solitary reflections, and a product of work with close collaborators including Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood, producer/engineer PJ Maertens, and drummer Ruben Vanhoutte.

That Tamino’s music is in part imbued with the sound of the Middle East should come as little surprise. His grandfather, Muharram Fouad, was one of Egypt’s most celebrated singers and actors, and it was his old guitar that Tamino was gifted as a child and set him on his musical journey. In Europe, Tamino already plays to sell-out audiences in the thousands including one standout show at the 8000 capacity Lotto Arena in Antwerp, a city he has long called home.

Tamino’s 2018 breakout debut album Amir was met with adoration from critics and fans alike. The Antwerp-based musician’s fanbase stretches across the world, from the Middle East to North America, and the album has collected over 126 million streams and garnered widespread praise from The Guardian, British GQ, BBC Radio 1, Ones to Watch, Paris Match and more.

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