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takamba

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 06:12:08 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Takamba is a hypnotic desert blues style originating from Tuareg communities of the Sahara, characterized by cyclical guitar patterns, driving rhythms, and vocals sung in Tamasheq. The music blends traditional North African melodies with electric instrumentation, creating a trance-like sound that reflects nomadic life and cultural resilience. Often political in nature, it serves as both celebration and protest, connecting ancient traditions with contemporary expression.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
75		2001-10-22	Tinariwen	The Radio Tisdas Sessions	african	tishoumaren # 69 african # 80
70		2003	Tinariwen	Kek Alghalm	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 64
48		2004	Tinariwen	Sastanàqqàm	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 46
55		2004	Tinariwen	Alkhar Dessouf (Zeid Hamdan Remix)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 51
25		2004-06-16	Tinariwen	Arghane Manine	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 29
77		2006-10	Toumast	Ishumar	africa maghreb morocco takamba tishoumaren	africa # 28 tishoumaren # 71 maghreb # 98 morocco # 100
22		2007	Tinariwen	Aman Iman (Water Is Life)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 26
37		2007	Terakaft	Bismilla (The Bko Sessions)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 39
61		2007	Tinariwen	Arawan (Deena Abdelwahed Remix)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 55
3		2008-10-06	Terakaft	Akh issudar	world	tishoumaren # 9
34		2009	Terakaft	Live 2008	african takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 36
15		2009-10-26	Toumast	Amachal	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 19
69		2010	Kel Assouf	Tin Hinane	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 62
12		2010-02-22	Tamikrest	Awnafin	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 17
82		2010-02-22	Tamikrest	Adagh	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 78
16		2011	Tinariwen	Taskiwt Tadjat	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 20
32		2011	Tinariwen	Imidiwaren (KMRU Remix)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 33
38		2011	Tinariwen	Tenere Taqqim Tossam	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 40
45		2011	Tinariwen	Assàwt	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 44
46		2011	Tinariwen	Mayssasnan Imanine	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 45
50		2011	Tinariwen	Tenere Den	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 47
71		2011	Tinariwen	Tassili (Deluxe Edition)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 65
30		2011-03	Bombino	Tazidert	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 31
92		2011-04-18	Bombino	Agadez	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 91
85		2011-04-25	Tamikrest	Toumastin	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 80
88		2011-04-28	Terakaft	Aratan n Azawad	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 82
99		2011-08-29	Tinariwen	Tassili	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 93
4		2011-11-30	Mdou Moctar	Wiwasharnine	takamba
76		2012	Terakaft	Kel Tamasheq (Deluxe Edition)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 70
5		2012-08-27	Terakaft	Kel Tamasheq	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 10
23		2013	Tinariwen	INSIDE / OUTSIDE	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 27
24		2013	Bombino	Akhar Zaman (This Moment) [Big Data Remix]	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 28
26		2013-02-10	Tinariwen	Emmaar	tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 97
100		2013-04-02	Bombino	Nomad	african blues country blues nashville psychedelic rock takamba tishoumaren world	world # 87 african # 98 country blues # 99 nashville # 99 tishoumaren # 99
79		2013-07-17	Mdou Moctar	Afelan	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 73
21		2013-07-17	Mdou Moctar	Kamane Tarhanin	takamba
56		2013-07-17	Mdou Moctar	Tahoultine	takamba
62		2013-07-17	Mdou Moctar	Tala Tannam	takamba
2		2014	Tinariwen	Taqkal Tarha	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 8
9		2014	Mdou Moctar	Nakanegh Dich	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 14
51		2014	Tinariwen	Ténéré Tàqqàl	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 48
31		2014	Mdou Moctar	Taliat	takamba
53		2014	Mdou Moctar	Anar	folk folk rock takamba
14		2014-02-10	Tinariwen	He Layla	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 18
83		2014-02-10	Tinariwen	Emmaar (Deluxe Edition)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 79
54		2014-02-11	Tinariwen	Remixed	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 50
58		2014-02-11	Tinariwen	Emmaar [Deluxe Edition]	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 53
42		2014-03-24	Terakaft	The Tapsit Years	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 43
8		2014-04-19	Bombino	Akhar Zaman (This Moment)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 13
57		2014-04-19	Bombino	Agamgam 2004	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 52
6		2014-10-17	Tinariwen	Inside / Outside Joshua Tree Acoustic Sessions	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 11
20		2015-04-18	Tamikrest	Taksera (Live)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 25
52		2015-05-08	Terakaft	Alone (Ténéré)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 49
80		2015-06-01	Mdou Moctar	Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 74
35		2015-11-20	Tinariwen	Live In Paris	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 37
68		2015-11-20	Tinariwen	Wartilla (Dan Carey Dub)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 61
74		2015-11-20	Tinariwen	Live In Paris 2014	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 68
17		2016	Kel Assouf	Tikounen	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 21
49		2016-02-20	Imarhan	IMARHAN	tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 94
96		2016-04-01	Bombino	Azel	guitar virtuoso international takamba tishoumaren	guitar virtuoso # 41 tishoumaren # 88 international # 96
81		2016-06-27	Afous d'Afous	Tarhanine Tegla	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 77
10		2017	Les Filles De Illighadad	Surbajo	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 15
29		2017	Tinariwen	Zawal	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 30
40		2017	Afous d'Afous	Tenere	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 41
87		2017	Tamikrest	Kidal	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 81
93		2017	Les Filles De Illighadad	Les Filles de Illighadad	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 85
98		2017	Les Filles De Illighadad	Eghass Malan	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 92
86		2017-09-01	Mdou Moctar	Sousoume Tamachek	takamba
91		2018	Bombino	Deran	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 84
95		2018-06-06	Etran de L'AÏr	No. 1	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 86
59		2019	Tinariwen	Anemouhagh	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 54
78		2019	Tinariwen	Imidiwan	takamba tishoumaren world	tishoumaren # 72
89		2019	Tinariwen	Amadjar	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 87
97		2019	Tinariwen	Aman Iman	african blues folk mali takamba tishoumaren	african # 68 tishoumaren # 89 mali # 91
66		2019-01-18	Mdou Moctar	Mdou Moctar: Blue Stage Session	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 58
27		2019-02-15	Kel Assouf	Black Tenere	african world tishoumaren	african # 5 tishoumaren # 59
13		2019-03-29	Mdou Moctar	Ilana: The Creator	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 35
47		2020-03-13	Mdou Moctar	Ibitilan	takamba
84		2020-03-13	Mdou Moctar	Chismiten	takamba
94		2020-03-13	Mdou Moctar	Ibitlan	takamba
43		2020-03-27	Tamikrest	Tamotaït	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 60
19		2020-11-27	Bombino	Live in Amsterdam	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 24
28		2021	Mdou Moctar	Afrique Victime	tishoumaren	acid rock # 7 tishoumaren # 100
64		2021	Mdou Moctar	Afrique Victime (Deluxe Edition)	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 57
65		2021	Mdou Moctar	Afrique Refait	takamba
60		2021-07-09	Les Filles De Illighadad	At Pioneer Works	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 75
11		2022	Tinariwen	Ham Tinahghin Ane Yallah	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 16
33		2022	Tinariwen	Matadjem Yinmixan	africa maghreb morocco north africa takamba tishoumaren tunisia	tishoumaren # 34 morocco # 82 north africa # 83 maghreb # 88 tunisia # 89
41		2022	Tinariwen	À l’Histoire	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 42
63		2022	Tinariwen	Kel Tinariwen	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 56
73		2022	Tinariwen	Kel Tinawen	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 67
39		2022-01-28	Imarhan	Aboogi	tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 76
90		2022-02-18	Etran de L'AÏr	Agadez	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 90
1		2022-04-15	Terakaft	Ishumar	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 7
7		2022-04-15	Terakaft	Bismilla	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 12
72		2022-08-24	Mdou Moctar	Niger EP Vol. 1	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 66
67		2022-10-25	Mdou Moctar	Niger EP Vol. 2	takamba
44		2023-09-15	Bombino	Sahel	tishoumaren takamba	tishoumaren # 63
18		2024	Etran de L'AÏr	Toubouk Ine Chihoussay	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 22
36		2024	Etran de L'AÏr	Adounia	takamba tishoumaren	tishoumaren # 38

Related genres

• tishoumaren
• african
• folk
• world
• maghreb
• africa
• blues
• morocco
• psychedelic rock
• international