With Tamtam

With Tamtam

Summary. Saudi singer-songwriter (Reem Altamimi) based between Riyadh and Los Angeles, empowerment, identity, and East/West bridge-building. Track-specific credits: producer as FEiN (with Brandon Woodward) on “Rise”; executive producer on “Drive” (2018, women-driving ban lift); composer, co-writer, recording/mix engineer, keys, and guitar on the 2018 Accidental Muse × Tamtam singles. Session guitar on public SoundBetter profile.

Saudi singer-songwriter (Reem Altamimi) based between Riyadh and Los Angeles, empowerment, identity, and East/West bridge-building. Track-specific credits: producer as FEiN (with Brandon Woodward) on “Rise”; executive producer on “Drive” (2018, women-driving ban lift); composer, co-writer, recording/mix engineer, keys, and guitar on the 2018 Accidental Muse × Tamtam singles. Session guitar on public SoundBetter profile. Collaborator hub for Luke F. Walton and Scoobert Doobert credits with Tamtam. Status on site: complete. Tamtam is billed publicly as a Saudi singer-songwriter between Riyadh and Los Angeles, with a cross-cultural pop identity around empowerment, gender, identity, and East/West bridge-building. Her YouTube bio and press including The WiMN describe that positioning. Vogue Arabia (Jun 2025, Saudis Abroad) profiles her LA base and bilingual pop ethos: artist context, not a Walton credit. FEKR Meet Tamtam documents Rise (2018): written with Jordan Benjamin / Grandson, “produced by Brandon Woodward and Luke Walton, commonly known as Fein,” video by Meshal Al Jaser; Tamtam calls it a favorite because “a lot of my favorite creatives were involved.” In a What's On interview (Dec 2021, Flash Entertainment Regional Artist Spotlight), Tamtam names Luke Walton and Brandon Woodward as producers on her EP work and says she hopes to keep working with FEiN: “they are in a band called Fein.” Same piece: Tamtam calls Kuwait Rising an amazing festival where “the crowd were singing along.” Kuwait Rising (Apr 27, 2018, DAI cultural center, Kuwait): Tamtam on the bill as Joss Stone headlined: Red Bull; Luke Francis Walton performed with Tamtam (Lyn Winter Rise press release). Arab News credits Drive with lyrics by Tamtam, production by Siren, and executive producer Luke Walton: released around the lifting of Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving. ROLLERCOASTER (2023), produced and played on by Walton and Woodward (FEiN). Luke Walton’s SoundBetter profile also lists guitar for Saudi artist TamTam. An early production credit: after the Doobie Brothers / Gregg Allman touring era with Lara Johnston's band, before the Scoobert Doobert bedroom-pop releases. Accidental Muse (2018): Summertime Feeling and five later singles billed as ax and Tamtam on Spotify (artist page); ax is Luke Walton, his billing on this two-person project. Tamtam sang on every Accidental Muse song, including Summertime Feeling. Luke Walton's account. Glamglare (July 12, 2018) calls Summertime Feeling the debut and names neither of them. It describes a hidden Los Angeles persona who toured as a hired guitarist for the Doobie Brothers, Gregg Allman, and Heart. The Doobie Brothers and Gregg Allman lines match the Lara Johnston support dates. Heart is only in that piece. Luke Francis Walton: composer, co-writer, recording engineer, mix engineer; keys and guitar on the run. Same calendar year as Drive and Rise. Distro metadata on Luke's own Friends ($WAMI$ era) also used the Accidental Muse name, a separate use of the name from this side project. Later Tamtam releases outside the ones listed here are not Luke credits. Example: the 2022 Coke Studio FIFA World Cup A Kind of Magic rework (Felukah, Tamtam, Danna Paola), no Walton involvement. Walton's Tamtam credits run 2018–2023: production, Accidental Muse, and live dates. Production: Rise (2018 · FEiN production (public) · guitar, synths, recording (his account) · w/ Grandson · Meshal Al Jaser video); Drive (2018 · executive producer · Arab News · women-driving ban lift); ROLLERCOASTER (2023 · producer (Apple Music credits: Walton, Malca, Woodward)). Live: Kuwait Rising (Apr 27, 2018 · DAI cultural center, Kuwait · Tamtam on bill · Joss Stone headlined · Luke Francis Walton performed · Tamtam: “amazing music festival” (What's On, 2021)); Rise premiere, Neuehouse Hollywood (Apr 30, 2019) (tamtamsound story · Luke on guitar · the “greatest guitar player” line is the caption); Peppermint Club: West Hollywood (Sep 2, 2018 · Luke Walton guitar · Tamtam vocals · archive: before show, on stage, guitar close-up · 8713 Beverly Blvd). Accidental Muse (with Tamtam): Summertime Feeling (July 2018 · Tamtam sang · Luke Walton's account · Glamglare calls it the debut and names neither of them); The Way We Move (2018 · composed, co-written, recorded, mixed · keys, guitar); Chill Vibes (2018 · composed, co-written, recorded, mixed · keys, guitar); Weakness (2018 · composed, co-written, recorded, mixed · keys, guitar); Light and Dark (2018 · composed, co-written, recorded, mixed · keys, guitar). Press on Tamtam releases: Genius: Rise (Luke Walton + Brandon Woodward), FEKR: Meet Tamtam (Rise · FEiN named), What's On: Tamtam names FEiN (Walton + Woodward), Red Bull: Kuwait Rising (Apr 27, 2018), Lyn Winter: Rise press release (PDF), Arab News: Drive (exclusive MV), The WiMN: Tamtam profile, Vogue Arabia: Saudis Abroad (Tamtam, LA), The New Arab. Related hubs: With Meshal Al Jaser (Arabian Alien / Rise video director).

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