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Band History
NOMAD SOUNDSYSTEM chooses different styles for its musical repertoire,
as varied as the cultural background of its members:
Rai, oriental-electronics, Drum & Bass, Rock, Dub and Gnawa -Trance
are merging effortlessly to a highly original urban mixture hard to compare.
Hard hitting western Dance grooves and soulful eastern melodies.
Or was it the other way ´round?
The handful of SoundNomads first gathered in a practise room in late 2002
and have been on their unusual musical trip ever since,
making them a big exception in the German music scene.
Call it ethnic or eclectic, their full on dance performances are
definetely electric. The group feels at home on festivals and on clubstages alike,
not getting tired of touring for an ever growing cheerful, dancing audience.
Nomad SoundSystem were presented the newcomer RUTH awards at TFF Rudolstadt in 2005,
won the award CREOLE Berlin/Brandenburg 2006 and played support gigs for
Rachid Taha, Nitin Sawhney or Transglobal Underground.
Their innovative performances, the joy of playing live and a highly unique sound show
they are a force to be reckoned with.
Discographie
- Summer 2006 Release of the single "Sidi Khouya" featuring P.R. Kantate
Label: Stock & Stein / Distribution Groove Attack
- May 2007 Release of "Nomad SoundSystem" Album (Germany/Austria/Switzerland)
Label: Stock & Stein / Distribution Groove Attack
- Compilations:
Oriental Garden Vol. 5 (Lolas World, Release february 2007)
DJ Click Flavor (No Fridge, France 2007)
India Club 3 (High Note Records, Taiwan 2007)
Berlin Calling (Piranha, Germany 2007)
Musicians
Karim Sfaxi (Tunisia) - vocals
& percussion:
Karim Sfaxi from Tunisia is a highly talented and charming lead singer and front man, whose expressive and soul
- colourful voice is taking audiences by storm. Young of age but an experienced singer and versatile percussionist
alike he s thought to have a bright future on his path, as Sfaxi does not need to hide from comparisons with the
likes of Khaled and Cheb Mami but found his own style already.
David Beck (Berlin) - guitars, guembre, oud & percussion:
Guitar player David Beck is familiar with culture jamming, as founder of the legendary Moroccan-German project
Gnawa Impulse he`s been connecting eastern rhythms with western texture and electronic structures since years.
A masterful multi - instrumentalist who also plays Arabic Oud, Guembre and percussion. He has been at the inner
core of the Berlin oriental underground scene for years always researching for roots and culture.
Tomoki (Japan) - laptop, FX :
David joined up forces with Tomoki Ikeda from Japan, who has worked several years as producer in Tokyo
before arriving to Berlin. Tomoki creates and edits beats, loops and samples on his laptop building a strong basis
and the rhythmical backbone for the progressive Nomad sound. On stage more in the background, he is the man
whose ideas are often blueprints for the group compositions. He s also engineering and does remixes for other
projects.
Miloud Messabih (Algeria) - percussion, accordion & vocals:
Hailing from the motherlands of Rai music, Algerian born Miloud Messabih is a percussionist of mediterranean
passion and impulsiveness. He has played and recorded with Rai legends like Bellemou or Tassili. On accordion
at heart with Arabic scales and tunings, he is responsible for causing the oriental hip-swing. He has also been
seen rapping on stage lately.
Shazam! (Berlin) - turntables & FX, bass:
DJ Shazam dedicates much of his work to Global Grooves with Breakbeats and created several clubseries in
terms of Asian/Oriental Underground. Deeply in love with music from the eastern hemisphere, he s been dropping
eclectic DJ sets as well as creating various Hindustani Raga or Drum& Bass live projects which led him directly
into the Nomad SoundSystem. Here he puts scratches and atmospheres next to dubby bass lines.
