Namosh | |
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Born |
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany |
8 May 1981
Nationality | German |
Occupation | musician, singer, performance-artist, actor and DJ |
Website | namosh.de |
Namosh or Namosh E. Arslan (born May 8, 1981) is a German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ.
Namosh has lived in Berlin since 1999. He describes his music as a form of "organic-electronic with Singsang, Liebesrap, Jazzgrunge, Hardcore-a-cappella." Namosh is known for his eccentric and wild live performances. He performs mostly solo or with other artists at various events.
He has worked with a lot of well known artists and musicians such as Peter Thomas, Wolfgang Müller and Angie Reed, performing or producing music together with them. In the music magazine Q, Björk described Namosh's song "Cold Cream" as her favourite song of 2005. The song appeared on his first album Moccatongue, which was released in 2006. It was followed by Keep It for Later. This, his second album, was released in 2009.
In addition to his musical activities Namosh has worked as actor. He has had roles in the film Saturn Returns by Lior Shamriz and in the Children's theatre play Kleider machen Leute at Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin. Reviewers of the newspapers Der Tagesspiegel and Berliner Zeitung praised his performance in the play.