Gabriel Naïm Amor is a French born, Parisian musician who moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1997 where he lives with his family. Also known as Naïm Amor, he recently switched to his full name Gabriel Naïm Amor.

Then, as part of the “experimental avant pop” Amor Belhom Duo with drummer Thomas Belhom, he met and recorded with Joey Burns and John Convertino of the band Calexico. 

In 2005 he finished his first record ‘SANGUINE’, an album produced by Joey Burns of Calexico.

His next album “DANSONS” was released in May 2012 on British indie-label Vacilando '68 and Sweet Dreams Press in Japan. 

Beyond recording albums and performing,Gabriel Naïm also developed “side projects” that resulted in four albums of instrumental music entitled 'Soundtracks'. The first one came out in 2000, a Volume II was released in 2004, a Volume III came out in 2009 and the Volume IV in 2011. 

During 2013 Gabriel Naïm was ready to record a new album and went into the studio to create this current music project, which is a combination of electric guitar, string ensemble and vocals, entitled 'HEAR THE WALLS'. 
His thoughts behind the album name were this: 
"When you turn the music off, you can hear the walls, the sound of one specific place, it's nude ambiance that makes it so unique. This album fits the moment and the place when you decide to finally turn the music on again and.....listen." 

In November 2016, a collaboration with John Convertino (Calexico) resulted in the release of an album called "THE WESTERN SUITE AND SIESTA SONGS"

An all instrumental album "MOMENTS BEFORE"was released in Japan and Europe in spring 2018. 

During the Covid pandemic a second collaboration with John Convertino (Calexico) was recorded in the summer of 2020, the album “CORRESPONDENTS” released in the fall by Sweet Dream Press in JAPAN.

The album “STORIES” is released on Fort Lowell Records in 2024. A collaboration album with Kid Congo Powers on In The Red Records by late 2024 or early 2025.

Naïm Amor has played guitar on tour and also on recordings with Howe Gelb, worked with John Parish, plays on numerous albums as guest guitar player (Dean Owens, Fredda, Howe Gelb, Marianne Dissard ,Andrew Colberg, Al Foul…). He also composes film/short film soundtracks between recording his albums. He completed the score for the PBS documentary film "Precious Knowledge - which has won two awards at the San Diego and Los Angeles Latino Film Festival. The film was screened in various festivals including the New York HBO Latino Film Festival, And aired nationwide on PBS in May 2012.

Naim Amor is a French native who grew up in Paris, but in many ways he is quintessentially Tucson. His first love is music. Arizona Illustrated Producer Vanessa Barchfield spent some time with the Arizona transplant to find out more about what makes him tick and why he is so loved.

Producer: Vanessa Barchfield
Photographers: Nate Huffman, Gage Judd
Editors: Nate Huffman, Vanessa Barchfield