Abdel is Gibraltar's bass player. A Berber born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco. He joined Gibraltar in 2003. In addition to bass, he plays derbouka and various percussion instruments. Abdel utilizes new technology and constantly working to evolve the sonic potential of Gibraltar. The sequences, for live performances and studio recordings, are arranged by Abdel to help tell the band's story. >> E-mail abdel@gibraltarband.com |
Gibraltar's lead singer, Kamel, was born in Algeria, in a small Berber town called Tigzirt, and before moving to the U.S.A, he lived in Europe -Denmark and France- where he played music with various musicians from different parts of the world. In Denmark, he was a member of a Latin American band but North African music is what is more natural to him, and in 1997, he created Gibraltar in Washington DC. and started fusing North African with the different musics he experienced, especially la rumba flamenca. |
Hacene is Gibraltar's rhythm guitarist and back vocalist. Born in Tigzirt, Algeria, he moved to the U.S right after college. With Kamel, he created the band in '97 and performed as a duo in various venues, singing in different languages, Berber, Spanish, French, Arabic, and English, which gave Gibraltar a unique and expansive repertoire. Hacene sings, plays guitar, bendir, krakeb (Saharan castanettes). >> E-mail hacene@gibraltarband.com |
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