
Tamino Tamino
Rather beautifully, his mother named him after the hero and prince in Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute'.
Working through his mother's record collection, however, led him to everything from Serge Gainsbourg to Tom Waits, and the beautiful music of Malian singer Oumou Sangaré. You definitely wouldn't be wrong if you thought you heard some distinct Jeff Buckley influences in his own work, either.
He would also listen to the music of his late grandfather Moharam Fouad - a renowned Arab actor and musician - explaining: "There's a certain kind of raw emotion in his singing, and in Arab music in general, that is mostly absent from Western music.
Rather beautifully, his mother named him after the hero and prince in Mozart's opera 'The Magic Flute'.
Working through his mother's record collection, however, led him to everything from Serge Gainsbourg to Tom Waits, and the beautiful music of Malian singer Oumou Sangaré. You definitely wouldn't be wrong if you thought you heard some distinct Jeff Buckley influences in his own work, either.
He would also listen to the music of his late grandfather Moharam Fouad - a renowned Arab actor and musician - explaining: "There's a certain kind of raw emotion in his singing, and in Arab music in general, that is mostly absent from Western music.

