Oumar Badi Mohamed Ag and Aboubacrine are two childhood friends from Aguel'hoc in the Adrar des Ifoghas (northern Mali). Music lovers from an early age, the two young Tuaregs begin by building “can-guitars“, dreaming of creating their own group. To get some experience, they start working with other guitar bands: Oumar joined the most popular group in Kidal, Amanar, as a bassist, while Aboubacrine worked with Ibrahim Djo. These musical exchanges gave them enough experience to start their own group in 2008, which they called Tadalat (meaning "pasture," but also "hope" in the Tamashek language).
Tadalat is expanding with the arrival of new guitarists (Aghaly Ag Abidine and Zeidi Ag Baba), a percussionist (Mohamed Ag Ibrahim) and a singer (Fatimata Walet Hadé) and have performed their first gigs in Mali, from the "soirée-guitares" in Ague'lhoc to the clubs in the capital Bamako, and also on the stage of the prestigious Festival in the Desert in Timbuktu, in January 2012.
Children of the "revolution of guitars" initiated by Tinariwen in the early 80's, the musicians of Tadalat rub shoulders every day with those of Terakaft, Tamikrest and Amanar, all from the flourishing nursery of the Adrar des Ifoghas. However, they differ from their older brothers and friends by arrangements, rhythms and styles of their own. |
