Tami T

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Tami T
Born1987 (age 37–38)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • DJ
Years active2005–present

Tami T (born 1987), formerly known as Tami Tamaki, is a Swedish singer songwriter, record producer, and DJ whose work spans electronic, dance-pop, and avant-pop.

Life

Tami T was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was part of punk bands as a teenager. They began producing their own music at the age of 18, and upon moving to Leipzig, Germany in 2013 they started making "glitter electronica" under the name Tami Tamaki. [1] Their breakthrough came when their song I Never Loved This Hard This Fast Before was featured in Ester Martin Bergsmark's 2014 film Something Must Break. [2] Their music also appeared on the Norwegian TV series Skam .

They began using the artist name Tami T in March 2016, and they are now based in Stockholm. [3] [1] Their debut album High Pitched and Moist was released in 2019 on the label Trannytone Records. [4] When asked about the heavily processed vocals on the album in an interview for the zine FEM, they explained that "by pitching [their voice] up an octave and auto-tuning it, it became a voice I could identify with and an instrument I wanted to work with". [5] In 2017, they co-produced the song "A Part of Us" on Fever Ray's album Plunge and toured with them. [6]

They aim to blur and redefine the lines of gender and gender identity with their music and art; they intentionally refrain from defining their own gender identity. [7] [8] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sako, Natalija (31 July 2015). "Tami Tamaki tar sin finstämda elektro till Nef". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Tami T och Moto Boy till Malmö Pride". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Here's What You Need To Know About Tami T, Berlin's Joyously Candid Pop Provocateur". The FADER. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. ↑ "Tami T". Discogs (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  5. ↑ "High Pitched and Moist: An Interview wit". FEM ZINE. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  6. ↑ "Tami T". Tami T | Gorki. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  7. ↑ Alkis_GenderCrash (2017-10-13). "Meet the artists". GenderCrash (in German). Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  8. ↑ "Album Review: Tami T – High Pitched and Moist – Rattlesnake". Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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