Artist
Tamar-kali
38 releases · 39 collaborators · 11 labels
- Real name
- Tamara Colletta Brown
- Date active
- 2003 – 2024
- Relevance
- High, strong ties with the core dub techno cluster, and linked to the roots dub sound
Bio
Born in Brooklyn, NYC, guitarist and vocalist Tamar-kali describes her music as "aggressive melodic rock and deconstructed chamber rock, with a voice that shakes your foundation with soulful intensity". She became a solo writer, musician and composer in 1997. She rose to prominence starring in James Spooner's award-winning documentary Afro-Punk. Inspired by her longtime love of strings, the Psychochamber Ensemble was established in 1998 - an all female instrumentalist string sextet which includes deconstructed versions of songs from her 5ive Piece rock project and pieces arranged and composed specifically for strings. Her recent performance piece and project is Pseudoacoustic Siren Songs backed with a “pseudo” acoustic band.
Influences: Fishbone, Bad Brains, PJ Harvey, Grace Jones
Influences: Fishbone, Bad Brains, PJ Harvey, Grace Jones
Also known as
Tamara Brown (3)
Member of
Tamar-kali (Artist)
Label
Relevance
Releases
Active
- Releases: 2 Relevance: very high Active: 2006 – 2009
- Releases: 25 Relevance: low Active: 2003 – 2021
- Releases: 4 Relevance: low Active: 2003 – 2009
- Releases: 3 Relevance: low Active: 2003 – 2010
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2017
- Releases: 2 Relevance: low Active: 2017
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2006
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2009
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2024
- Releases: 1 Relevance: low Active: 2024
- Releases: 1 Relevance: extremely low Active: 2003