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#MusicExchange: Tamara Dey
5 Dec 2017
Tamara Dey has won numerous accolades and was the driving force in the band Flash Republic for over 10 years, but that project is taking a break as she concentrates on her solo work.
Jumping into the studio with producers like DJ Maphorisa, 37 Mph, Kamera, Sketchy Bongo, Emblazon, Ganja beats, Gemini Major, and Cape Town-based producer Armeen Harron, Tamara plans to continue to collaborate with some of the top producers and artists in north, west, east and South Africa and aspires to tour the African continent in 2018; hoping to put herself and her new music on the map throughout Africa and abroad.
Khuli Chana features on a track called Kings; new single called Stuck in Our Way features internationally acclaimed Nigerian artist D’Banj; and her collaboration with acclaimed female house DJ, DJ Zinhle on Colours is enjoying rave reviews and is enjoying rave reviews and extensive airplay.
Tamara Dey has been known for crossing all cultural, age, and language barriers and has unassumingly been recognised as one of the few SA artists contributing towards bridging that gap.
Her music has been described as the ‘unofficial language’; celebrating the heart and soul of South Africa and it seems she’s just getting warmed up. 2018 is set to be one of her most exciting years yet.
We spoke to the fantastic Tamara Dey who, to quote a fellow musician, writes songs with hook lines for days.
When are you happiest?
When I'm not overthinking things.
What does music mean to you?
Music is a calling for me.
Any funny moments on stage?
Too many to recall. But there was that one time my dress broke when I was opening for Beyoncé. It was literally hanging on by a thread and some guy in the front row yelled, 'Take it off!'
Your heroes?
Nina Simone, Grace Jones, and Rosin Murphy.
It’s your round, what are you drinking?
Double vodka and soda with fresh lime.
The song you wished you wrote?
Wicked Game by Chris Isaac.
Nicknames?
Disco Dolly.
If you were not a musician what would you do?
I'd be an art curator or professional photographer.
Pick five words to describe yourself?
Fair, empathic, impatient, imperfect and expressive.
Greatest movie ever made?
Pulp Fiction
Favourite fashion garment?
A cape.
Give us some real proper slang and what it means?
'Meh' - a sign of disgruntlement.
Your greatest achievement?
It's still coming.
What do you complain about most often?
A lack of character in others.
Happiness is?
Old-school popcorn and slush puppy at the movies.
If you are walking on stage for a keynote speech like Barack Obama, what song would you use and why?
Muse - Starlight, but played by a live orchestra. It would make me feel like a winner.
Where would you like to be right now?
On a beach with Jason Momoa.
