Born on January 23, 1980 in El-Biar, a commune bordering Algiers, Tamni Reda
grew up in Koléa, west of the Algerian capital. Enrolled at the conservatory
from the age of 5, the young Tamni Reda began practicing music and learning to
play traditional instruments, including the mandolin. Influenced by a wide range
of aesthetics, from Bob Marley to Cheb Hasni, he gradually developed a taste for
Algerian raï and chaâbi. He began his artistic and musical career in the 1990s,
and became more popular in the 2000s, when he combined pop innovations with his
more traditional raï. He opted ...