Tami T

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Tami T
Born1987 (age 36–37)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • DJ
Years active2005–present

Tami T (born 1987), formerly known as Tami Tamaki, is a Swedish singer and composer.

Life[edit]

They were born in Gothenburg, Sweden. With their music and art, they constantly blur and redefine the lines of gender and gender identity. They explicitly don't want to define their own gender identity.[1][2][3]

Tami T was part of punk bands as a teenager and at the age of 18, they began producing their own music. It wasn't until they moved from Gothenburg to Leipzig, Germany, in 2013, that they started making "glitter electronica" under the name Tami Tamaki.[3] 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.[4] Since March 2016, their artist name is shortened to Tami T.[5][3] The artist is now based in Stockholm.[5]

They released their debut album High Pitched and Moist in 2019 on the label Trannytone Records.[6] 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".[7]

Their music also appeared on the Norwegian TV series Skam. They have co-produced the song "A Part of Us" on Fever Ray's 2017 album Plunge and toured with them.[8]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

  • High Pitched and Moist (2019)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alkis_GenderCrash (2017-10-13). "Meet the artists". GenderCrash (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. ^ "Album Review: Tami T – High Pitched and Moist – Rattlesnake". Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  3. ^ a b c Sako, Natalija (31 July 2015). "Tami Tamaki tar sin finstämda elektro till Nef". gp.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. ^ "Tami T och Moto Boy till Malmö Pride". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  6. ^ "Tami T". Discogs (in German). Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  7. ^ "High Pitched and Moist: An Interview wit". FEM ZINE. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  8. ^ "Tami T". Tami T | Gorki. Retrieved 2019-08-04.