Tamala

小檔案
親族の多くが音楽家という環(huán)境で生まれ育つ。
Jazz、neo soul、hip hop と 和 との融合を目指す、
奈良県出身、フィンランド在住の音楽家。
小簡介
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Tamala is a Japanese recording artist.
Born on Febrary 16,1977 in Osaka, Japan and raised in Nara which is also known as the oldest origin of Japan. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
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Most of her family belongs to Japanese classical theatre called "UTAZAWA" that began in the Edo period.Her aunt was a backing vocalist for Haruo Minami (the legend of Japanese musical history) and her mother was also a songwriter. Tamala was influenced by her family background.
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In 1996,
Tamala started her carrier under the guidance of a jazz drummer Hyo Miyagawa (1938-2011) who tought jazz at Osaka college of music. Since then, in Osaka,Kobe, Nagoya and Kyoto, singing at clubs, lounges and jazz cafes run to a huge number about 1000 times over.
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After moved to Tokyo, Tamala joined various jam sessions. Then she got an opportunity to join the trackmaker, Mabanua's debut album Done Already / Mabanua (2008), which peaked in the top 3 of the iTunes Japan HIPHOP chart, the top 3 of TOWER RECORDS and HMV HIPHOP R&B chart both. Also joined the compilation albumRam Cafe 4 (2009), which was broadcasted from Poland. In 2010, joined the 2 compilation albums produced by Kenichiro Nishihara. Natural Relax presented by folklove (2011), which peaked within the top 3 of TSUTAYA RECORDS best selling, and the No.1 of iTunes dance chart. Sweet Swing for Hershey's (2011), peaked within the No.1 of iTunes jazz chart and the top 4 of iTunes "albums" chart in Japan.
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In 2011, Tamala moved to Finland, released her debut studio album, Cosmology (2011).
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