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.

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.”

More on 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
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 2022 Tour Dates

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

Purchase Sahar by Tamino HERE
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