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WILD BIRD

by Idriss El Mehdi

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Full Digipack with his booklet that comes in a lovely gatefold card case, with artwork by Tom Payeur

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1.
Words by Pierre Grillet / Music by Idriss El Mehdi Do you have a problem ? Tell me what’s your problem ? Everybody has one But your brotha’ says it’s not my problem That’s a big big problem Problem everywhere That’s a big big problem Problem sur la terre I know how to fix everybody’s problem Let the big big people Have big big problems & Let the small people have No problem at all But there is a problem The one and the only one Everybody knows Air is the only thing we share That’s a big big problem Problem everywhere That’s a big big problem Problem sur la terre I know how to fix everybody’s problem Let the big big people Have big big problems & Let the small people have No problem at all But it’s not very fair The small small people Have big big problems And the big big people have No problem at all
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Words & Music by Idriss El Mehdi I can’t see you my friend You’re hiding behind your fears I can’t hear you my friend Cause you lost your voice the day you gave up Why should I, why should I listen to your lies ? Why should I pay attention to your despair ? So, You’d better Kill the Beast Kill The Beast ‘Cause you contrive & shape this kingdom Of hate and loneliness You sold your soul to evil As you sold your brothers and sisters Why should I, why should I spare you ? How could I, how could I forgive you ? So, Kill The Beast… Now you come & cry to me Begging for help Calling for redemption That could save you from fire But there’s nothing left in your garden But brambles & nettles There’s nothing left in your garden But brambles & nettles I could forgive you my friend ‘Cause you never knew what you were doing But don’t count on me to feed your creep There’s only one way for you to come back There’s only one way for us to welcome you back So, Kill the Beast I can’t see you my friend You’re hiding behind your fears I can’t hear you my friend Just kill the beast
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Words by Lyly M / Music by Idriss El Mehdi You're trying to take control of my mind But i still get my spirit You're trying to take control of my body But i still get my soul, my soul When will this stop, I can't take it anymore I've been waiting so long so many years For you to understand i was different You’ve put me into a jail of medecines You held me as if i was dangerous You can't see who i truly am Because of your ignorance I am a wild bird, wild bird held in a gold cage Still i can whisper to the moon and the stars I am a wild bird, wild bird held in a gold cage Still i can see the sun and the clouds, wild bird My head up, my eyes wide open From ashes to dust i always come back Strong and proud i am the phoenix You can't see who i truly am Because of your ignorance I am a wild bird, wild bird held in a gold cage Still i can whisper to the moon and the stars I am a wild bird, wild bird held in a gold cage Still i can see the sun and the clouds I am a wild bird, wild bird held in a gold cage Still i can whisper to the moon and the stars I am a wild bird, wild bird held in a gold cage. Still i can wistle to the moon and the stars. I am a wild bird held in a gold cage.
5.
Guembaia 06:20
Words by Teofilo Chantre, Milo Lee & Idriss El Mehdi /Music by Idriss EL Mehdi Canta Toca Dança Senhora Dona, Samba da Baia Canta Toca Dança Ritmo De Gnawa, Transe Gnawa Africa Baia Tem Magia Louvaçao De Santo Devoçao No Canto Please feel free to dance with me Do you wanna get in transe with me Leave behind you all your misery And feel free child to dance with me Africa Baia Tem Magia Louvaçao De Santo Devoçao No Canto. People are dancing, Gnawa & people are living, Baia & people are crying, Gnawa & i don’t know what i’m feeling, Baia People are living, Gnawa & people are suffering, Baia People are crying, Gnawa But all i know is that i can heal it Africa Baia Tem Magia Louvaçao De santo Devoçao No Canto.
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Words by Milo Lee & Idriss El Mehdi / Music by Idriss EL Mehdi Goddam the Pusher man Pusher man you gonna fall The devil only wanna take my soul Goddam the pusher man Pusher man, I’m not your son I aint no friend, I don’t like you at all Repeat I don’t wanna be, don’t wanna be like you I don’t wanna live, don’t wanna live like you I don’t wanna think, don’t wanna think like you I don’t wanna be, don’t wanna be like you Goddam the Pusher man Pusher man you gonna fall The devil only wanna take my soul Goddam the pusher man Pusher man, I’m not your son I aint no friend, I don’t like you at all He sales you dreams to take away He’ll trick your mind with easy ways U betta think twice before he comes your way He sales you dreams to take away He’ll trick your mind with easy ways Like a prisoner you’ll belong to him someday I don’t wanna be, don’t wanna be like you I don’t wanna live, don’t wanna live like you I don’t wanna think, don’t wanna think like you I don’t wanna feel, don’t wanna feel like you I don’t wanna be, don’t wanna be like you.
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Words by Pierre Grillet / Music by Idriss El Mehdi Do you have a problem ? Tell me what’s your problem ? Everybody has one But your brotha’ says it’s not my problem That’s a big big problem Problem everywhere That’s a big big problem Problem sur la terre I know how to fix everybody’s problem Let the big big people Have big big problems & Let the small people have No problem at all But there is a problem The one and the only one Everybody knows Air is the only thing we share That’s a big big problem Problem everywhere That’s a big big problem Problem sur la terre I know how to fix everybody’s problem Let the big big people Have big big problems & Let the small people have No problem at all But it’s not very fair The small small people Have big big problems And the big big people have No problem at all
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One O One 04:49
Words by Lyly M & Idriss El Mehdi / Music by Idriss El Mehdi Yin and yang, taurus and bull We can melt, we can fuse Spirit and soul, horse and knight It's one heart, beating and singing Heat and fire, earth and wind We can sing, we can fly No boundaries, no chains We are free, we are us, one o one I take the blues out of my mind When i feel your love I take the blues out of my mind When i feel your love One and one, two people, two horses We can be as long as we are we Free to love, free to share Free to be free, free to be we, One o one I take the blues out of my mind When i feel your love I take the blues out of my mind When i feel your love
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Jungle Beast 04:36

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The incomparable groove of Keziah Jones, the warm voice and mythic slides of Ben Harper and the profound mystique of maalem gnaoui Mahmoud Guinea in a single project : afro-gnawa soul has finally revived and fused with original blues, replacing the double bass and electric bass by a heavily amplified guembri. Sounds crazy ? Not for Idriss El Mehdi, who in his first LP « Wild Bird » forges blues-funk of a rare modernity and finesse that pays homage to the ancestral music of descendants of African and North American slaves.

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released April 22, 2013

Idriss EL Mehdi & The Bladi Band are :

Idriss El Mehdi : Lead Vocal, Guembri, Steinway Piano, Korg MS20 (track 1, 6, 7) Percussions, Bck Vocals
Benjamin “Harper” Coursier : Electric Guitar, Dobro, Ebow
Kevin “Nice Shoes” Serpaggi : Acoustic Guitar
Oussama “Cachichi” Chraibi : Percusion
Karim “Mahjik” Mahjoub : Drums, Backing Vocals

Guest Artists :
We humbly thanks them to join the story
Tony Allen : Drum (track 8)
Milo Lee : Backing Vocals (track 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
Amine Mohamed Taoufiq : Backing Vocals (track 5)
Yacine Bennani : Vocals (track 6)

Produced by Idriss El Mehdi & Philippe Vandenhende
Arranged by Idriss El Mehdi
Recorded by Philippe Vandenhende at so many lovely places : Studio de la Reine, Lockout Studio, Claudia Sound Studio, Studio Ecuries, Studio Tabaskko
Additional engineer & technical support : Thomas Bonneau
Additional Recording by Maxime Lefevre & Jeremy Delvallée
Mixed by Philippe Vandenhende at Money Penny & Lockout Studio
Masterised by Jean-Pierre Chalbos at Studio La Source

Cover Photo by Hedge www.hedge.fr
Art & Illustration by Tom Payeur

April 2013

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