Génération Taragalte is a musical group from
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
, formed in 2012, playing electric rock and blues.
The group's five founding members all hail from
M’hamid El Ghizlane (in
Zagora Province Zagora is a province in the Moroccan region of Drâa-Tafilalet
Drâa-Tafilalet ( ar, درعة - تافيلالت, darʿa - tāfīlālt; ber, ⴷⵔⴰ ⵜⴰⴼⵉⵍⴰⵍⵜ, drɛa tafilalt) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco. It covers ...
), a village whose main industry is tourism. The idea of making music in their own way came to them after they attended a concert by the
Tuareg
The Tuareg people (; also spelled Twareg or Touareg; endonym: ''Imuhaɣ/Imušaɣ/Imašeɣăn/Imajeɣăn'') are a large Berber ethnic group that principally inhabit the Sahara in a vast area stretching from far southwestern Libya to southern Alg ...
group
Tinariwen
Tinariwen ( Tamasheq: , with vowels , pronounced ''tinariwen'' "deserts", plural of ''ténéré'' "desert") is a collective of Tuareg musicians from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali. Considered a pioneer of desert blues, the group's gu ...
in 2009, at the
Festival Taragalte
M'Hamid El Ghizlane, also known as Lamhamid Ghozlane, (in Berber : ⵜⴰⵔⴰⴳⴰⵍⵜ Taragalt, in Arabic: محاميد الغزلان for "plain of gazelles") is a small oasis town in Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, with abo ...
, which is held annually in M'Hamid El Ghizlane.
They returned to Festival Taragalte in 2018, as performers,
and they performed at
Atlas Electronic that same year.
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Members
*Brahim - guitar, vocals
*Said - guitar, vocals
*Mostapha - bass, backing vocals
*Mohamed - percussion
*Khalifa - calebash, backing vocals
References
External links
*{{facebook, generationtaragalte
Moroccan musical groups