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Atef  was born in the south of France, from a Tunisian background, he grew up with Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Oum Kalthoum, Sting and The Police…. He started his first band in 1987, studied English, and back to his music.

In 2000, he co-founded the band : “M’Source” and released two mystical and captivating albums, mix of melodies from all over the world pulsed by electro-world music, but no machines on stage, everything was performed live.

He worked with Touré Kunda’s original sax player : Don Billiez on his albums (Con alma, Echoes of the magic trips).

And also worked in “The new soul collective” in Marseille.

He then moved to London for a few years thanks to a sponsor met in Monte Carlo.

Over the years, He performed in Dubai, London, New York, Dakar, Fez, Marakech, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, New Delhi, Berlin, Haifa, Amsterdam, Paris …

Atef is known in France as The singer “with an angel’s voice”. He released his first solo album in 2014 “Perfect Stranger” (Universal Mercury). Now he is an independent artist, and is working on his second album, which is for the first time in French. A thrilling journey ahead. Expected in 2019.