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The band is formed of Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane (aka Sadam), Tahar Khaldi, Hicham Bouhasse, Haiballah Akhamouk and Abdelkader Ourzig, who formed a friendship and bond after going to school together in their hometown. The name 'Imharan' translates to the meaning 'the ones I care about', something that rings true of the band.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Describing Imarhan’s sound, bandleader Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane, aka Sadam, points to the celebration inherent in Tuareg music – often experienced across generations, through weddings and other family events – and the deep pain at what has happened to the region across the last century; the pain of colonisation, bloody independence struggles ...
21 de ene. de 2022 · At the time of their previous album, 2018’s Temet, Imarhan were leading a more nomadic life than usual, split between southern Algeria and Paris. “I’m homesick,” sang Iyad Moussa Ben ...
26 de abr. de 2016 · [Imarhan] is about how the new generation is living in the desert, and it’s an open door to the rest of the world!”—Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane. The oasis city of Tamanrasset in southern Algeria, which the six members of Imarhan call home, has long existed at a cultural crossroads.
13 de oct. de 2021 · “ Aboogi reflects the colors of Tamanrasset, what we experience in everyday life,” bandleader Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane, AKA Sadam says via press release. “We give space to the wind and the natural energies, to the sun and the sand. We want to express their colors through music.”
In the language of the Kel Tamashek people, ‘Imarhan’ means ‘the ones I care about’ – Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane aka Sadam, Tahar Khaldi, Hicham Bouhasse, Haiballah Akhamouk and Abdelkader Ourzig all grew up near each other in Tamanrasset, Southern Algeria, in a Tuareg community of Northern Malian descent.
In the language of the Kel Tamashek people ‘Imarhan’ means ‘the ones I care about’ - Iyad Moussa Ben Abderahmane aka Sadam, Tahar Khaldi, Hicham Bouhasse, Haiballah Akhamouk and Abdelkader Ourzig all grew up near each other in Tamanrasset, Southern Algeria, in a Tuareg community of Northern Malian descent.
