Tunisian underground music
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Tunisian underground music refers to music performed by Tunisian artists that play or compose in a style different from the established Tunisian mainstream. Using the term underground to define a performing arts movement or scene in tha Arab world, including Tunisia, takes on a slightly different meaning compared to the one generally understood when used in the western countries. Given that contemporary Tunisian mainstream music includes only a few different musical styles, underground music has come to include any artist or band that sings or composes in a different genre. For instance, while there's nothing underground about reggae, Tunisian reggae bands are considered part of the Tunisian underground scene.
[edit] State of the Art
Although small, the underground music scene in Tunisia is growing fast. Over the last 5 to 10 years there has been an impressive increase in the number of bands trying out all sorts of musical genres. However, the most active scenes are undoubtedly a) the Tunisian heavy metal bands and b) the Tunisian rap scene. Most of the heavy metal, dark and gothic bands in Tunisia sing in English. While several bands compose their own music most of these bands predominantly perform covers. In contrast, most Tunisian rappers perform in Tunisian (the local Arabic dialect). The Tunisian rap scene is very productive but it is still widely based on self-producing MCs.
[edit] Some Tunisian Underground Artists
New upcoming bands include Neshez [1], Zemeken [2] and Checkpoint 303 [3]
[edit] See also
- HarDoos.com: Online Metal Community, News and Gigs in Tunisia.
- TuniZika.com: A blog about alternative and contemporary Tunisian music. It features a downloadable audio program (in mp3 or podcast formats) which presents every other week 4 contemporary Tunisian artists. Most of the bands selected are promising unsigned artists.
- Tunizik.com: A Tunisian website that hosts and develops websites for a number of artists from the Tunisian underground scene (includes Tunisian jazz, rock, rap and heavy metal etc.). This site also offers up-to-date info on underground concerts in Tunisia.
- Zanzana.com: A Tunisian website dedicated to the local metal, punk and gothic fans. It has a large database of artist interviews and profiles as well as concert listings and runs a forum related to the radio program Zanzana hosted by Karim Benamor on Radio Tunis Chaine Internationale (RTCI).
- D A R K N O I S E.com: A Tunisian Website dedicated to the Underground bands of rock and metal. Interviews, Reviews,forum...
