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Sign in to saveHacène Zermani (born 1958 in Algiers, Algeria), known by the stage name Takfarinas, is an Algerian Kabyle Yal musician. Takfarinas took his surname from the ancient warrior of North Africa Tacfarinas who fought against the presence of the Romans in Algeria. Since 1979 Takfarinas has lived in France. However, his songs promote and celebrate the Kabyle culture into which he was born. Takfarinas is perhaps best known for his voice which covers a wide range and the 'takfa' which is based on a traditional lute like instrument which he has modified by adding a second neck. Each neck provides a disti
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Algeria
- Active from
- 1958
Discography
- Salamet1995
- Yal1999
- Honneur aux dames2004
- Zaama Zaama
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Takfarinas (born Ḥsen [Hassen] Zermani in Algiers, Algeria) is the stage name of an Algerian Kabyle Yal musician who was born in 1958. Takfarinas took his surname from the ancient warrior of North Africa Tacfarinas who fought against the presence of the Romans in Algeria. Since 1979 Takfarinas has lived in France. However, his songs promote and celebrate the Kabyle culture into which he was born. Takfarinas is perhaps best known for his voice which <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Takfarinas">
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Takfarinas
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Hacène Zermani
- Musical artist.alias
- Tak
- Musical artist.birth_date
- 1958
- Musical artist.image
- Takfarinas_performing_live_in_Algiers.jpg
- Musical artist.caption
- Takfarinas in concert, 1992
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.origin
- Algiers, Algeria
- Musical artist.genre
- Yal
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer, songwriter
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1976–present
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- Takfarinas performing live in Algiers.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1958-02-25
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
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Hacène Zermani (born 1958 in Algiers, Algeria), known by the stage name Takfarinas, is an Algerian Kabyle Yal musician. Takfarinas took his surname from the ancient warrior of North Africa Tacfarinas who fought against the presence of the Romans in Algeria. Since 1979 Takfarinas has lived in France. However, his songs promote and celebrate the Kabyle culture into which he was born. Takfarinas is perhaps best known for his voice which covers a wide range and the 'takfa' which is based on a traditional lute like instrument which he has modified by adding a second neck. Each neck provides a distinct sound, one neck is feminine and the other masculine. Nowadays the takfa has been replaced by an electric half-drum mandole. Like the takfa this has two fingerboards. The advantage of this new instrument is that it is able to create the large concert sound which he now needs.
==Musical career== Takfarinas – or Tak as his fans often call him – comes from a long line of musicians and showed his future innovative skills with musical instruments when aged only six years old he made a guitar using an oil cylinder and brake cable. As a youngster, Takfarinas was interested in the music of artists like Chaâbi, M'Hamed El Anka, Cheikh El Hasnaoui and Slimane Azem.
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