Tamala

小档案
親族の多くが音楽家という環境で生まれ育つ。
Jazz、neo soul、hip hop と 和 との融合を目指す、
奈良県出身、フィンランド在住の音楽家。
小简介
 
Tamala is a Japanese recording artist.
Born on Febrary 16,1977 in Osaka, Japan and raised in Nara which is also known as the oldest origin of Japan. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
 
 
 
Most of her family belongs to Japanese classical theatre called "UTAZAWA" that began in the Edo period.Her aunt was a backing vocalist for Haruo Minami (the legend of Japanese musical history) and her mother was also a songwriter. Tamala was influenced by her family background.
 
 
In 1996,
Tamala started her carrier under the guidance of a jazz drummer Hyo Miyagawa (1938-2011) who tought jazz at Osaka college of music. Since then, in Osaka,Kobe, Nagoya and Kyoto, singing at clubs, lounges and jazz cafes run to a huge number about 1000 times over.
 
 
 
After moved to Tokyo, Tamala joined various jam sessions. Then she got an opportunity to join the trackmaker, Mabanua's debut album Done Already / Mabanua (2008), which peaked in the top 3 of the iTunes Japan HIPHOP chart, the top 3 of TOWER RECORDS and HMV HIPHOP R&B chart both. Also joined the compilation albumRam Cafe 4 (2009), which was broadcasted from Poland. In 2010, joined the 2 compilation albums produced by Kenichiro Nishihara. Natural Relax presented by folklove (2011), which peaked within the top 3 of TSUTAYA RECORDS best selling, and the No.1 of iTunes dance chart. Sweet Swing for Hershey's (2011), peaked within the No.1 of iTunes jazz chart and the top 4 of iTunes "albums" chart in Japan.
 
 
 
In 2011, Tamala moved to Finland, released her debut studio album, Cosmology (2011).