 Listen to samples at Musicline. Click here ...This Brussels-based vocal group is characteristic of that city’s
music scene, which is rapidly becoming a cultural melting pot. Of
French, Guyanese, Moroccan and Zairian origins, the members of
TAM ‘ECHO’ TAM rely on their solid mastering of vocal expression
to create an eclectic repertoire combining elements from gospel,
jazz, African roots music, the French chanson and American folkbop
„Multicoloured, poetical, inventive, and literally without boundaries,
two men and two women clearly dare to compete in the land
of Zap Mama“.
Created in 1993 with with the only goal singing „with the other“,
TAM ‚ECHO‘ TAM in the fi rst place is an encounter of four sensiblities,
of four voices. Obvious instruments, TAM ‚ECHO‘ TAM‘s
voices explore most playfully a cappella singing, looking for a natural
and direct communication.
Talking about playing, one immediately thinks of childhood,
imagination, simplicity of expression. Starting their work with improvisation
and vocal games, new sounds come to live giving each
song its particular tint. The mingle of genders and origins emphasizes
all the more the musical variety. The four singers never imposed
on themselves a particular style or theme, they long to be
the rythmic and melodic echo of what surrounds them. The compostions
absorb light-hearted humor, grace and nostalgic love,
always aiming at the greatest accuracy in tone, timing and interpretation;
but beyond the accuarcy they create suggestive soundscapes
and colour its many voices with a touch of blue overtones
that often haunt its apparent cheerfulness.
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