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Maghreb, Isha & Space (2010)

by Yoshi

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  • This collectors item comes in hand-made recycled wood-case, with CD + limited edition DVD Documentary by Y. Misdaq aka Yoshi. It also includes a 16-page colour booklet, giving lyrics, photographs, drawings & warm messages. The georgeous package comes wrapped in a dark psychedelic tie-dye fabric. This item was hand-crafted with prayers for the intended recipient - they are extremely limited in availability and will increase by 1 dollar with each copy sold.

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1.
Dawn Song 05:41
We are born with the dawn Imprints of the morning We are dreaming We wake from sleep We arrive back in bed and peace We are kept unfurling Every dissatisfied moment We are domes like the Earth Charging forwards Through the Universe Spinning at speeds, everything that we need Grinning like seeds in the garden of weeds The sheer prospect! The shining prospect! The possibilities My knees bend The destiny Un-crack my bones and my body's alive Water splash in the new dawn alive Dripping wet As we mean to go on Creative juices help me sing my song I am a Muslim, I come from a line Soul dangle on the very edge of the string The latest edition The new model I'm modeling The greatest of missions to be awake and be following The greatest of visions to be subservient My ego is still asleep A stupid and a lazy old mule My palms face my face There are clouds therein Stars on my fingertips The last of the stars Half-Sky Light Still-Silences-Everywhere Seagulls start in their hundreds down there By the beach where the ocean waves Spray some old man sittin' on the pebbles Salt-lick Lick my lips .Smile. Lovely level .I could die.
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I'm in a home in Fukuoka feeling IiiiiiiI Traditional wood on my ankles and clear blue sky A different smell and I'm thankful it's no surprise A lover-ly morning, swarming with butterflies Me and Ms. Mika rolling down a green hill Photographers need to understand how I feel Sakura blossoms, sun snowing on my nose Where does the Spring-time wind blow from? Nobody knows
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Stupid writers, you don’t know what to think or to do Trying to keep Hip-Hop inside of a zoo (yes you do!) I been doing this for ten years, so long You don’t know what to say ‘cos your minds ain’t strong Aren’t you tired of these gimmicks? Aren’t you tired of these cynics? Pessimistic players in these policy clinics Tell you how to sound with a subtle force of fashion, innit. On my way through the market, arc it / Dome it, chrome it, soul-like-stone it / Must be hard for you, this ‘Cos this [is] the kind of Hip-Hop where I don’t talk / Must be hard for you to get analytic / and get real subtle- that’s the way that I kick it / Kick dope heads, crumble like a palace of biscuits / This glassy-world’s full of fragile, scared, puffed-up pigs / Running around and they catching the light... Clingin’ to the blingin’ of their last ideals / Everybody’s fit to fall like Baghdad and have / [their] Glorious statues of themselves / Ripped down by gangs of your humility / That's the pain when you said, 'It's killing me,' / Your conscience drips and it bleeds reality / Forget that nonsense legality / This go a-deeper than the laws and applause / If everybody loves you and licks your paws / You might-might-m-might milk the applause / You might think that you arrived and saw / World tours and all the opened doors / Trendy photos and words from Pitchfork / And die-hard fans and the endless -talk / And Nelly Furtado wanna sing with YOU! / Coldplay and Timbaland too / And Timberlake too, up to timbuktu / Who are you when you look in the mirror? / Say it out loud, it's a corny line, say: Who Am I ? Oma-say Oma-Sah A Makusa
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No Mystery 04:08
It’s Universal How I glide I’m walking Circles That the experienced understand This thing is patterns, man N’every symbol interchangeable But some bright ideas Can never cyn-ify, pessi-fy (They’re never cynical, pessimistic) Some shiny things Keep you guessing at the taste of a Sip of the Sun Some soft-sun Bids you run t’ward it’s crux of the Heart-Haqq He’s Haqq, He’s Heverlasting [living] inside And it’s love He’s everlasting, inside And it’s love It laugh and cry you like the first ride It’s love... It’s no mystery, except in the where and the how And the Hu and the when But I know what, I just don’t really know what...
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Love Song 05:14
.I wanted to merge you. .I wanted to merge you. 'Til we feel so right 'Til we feel so right .I wanted to burn you. .I wanted to burn you. Turn you, hurt you Make you feel like I did .I wanted to serve you. .I wanted to serve you. Old dreams gone Old love song History now History now (Why?)
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New flowers Don't take hours Spring from the bravery springs Deep within ya You got that brand new chance like Virginia Make your new world Make it great like a stranger You may be getting old but there ain't no danger Stick close to light Let Love be your labour See Lah is the center Lah is the harbour Seaside shore Where you were before Armour - Memories Past life Don't be sad Don't be sad, this is a transient time Test and stress keep on coming like time Keep on moving like time Stay firm like time Don't think like time On the beat like rhymes Let your heart sing signs Let your heart sleep deep And sing songs Through the slumber snores Sing songs about the golden unknown shores Of course The Golden Unknown shores are for sure The Unknown Mystery is for sure. Make that decision Make it strong like religion Come home like a pigeon Come home to the vision of the family lights Friendship Heights You can see them laugh See them twinkle like stars Under sea-bed, swaying You gotta dive back in You gotta swim back deep To the Pearls of Origin We all spoke the same Sounds of music & friendship Language(i)s a misty mascara for beautiful girls All you need is hands and Hearts and Eyes and Swirls And colours that you feel So you can show them real Like dreams that you hold in your Golden Unknown Heart It's real. It's real. [Freestyle]

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"Your album is plush brother, lilt and water... I listen to it a lot" - Shabazz Palaces, Seattle, USA

"eee! excellent ethereal esoteric. I've really been enjoying your album. it's really something special. You've succeeded in introducing me to your world and it's truly a lovely place ... "no mystery" takes me back to my childhood.. many a summer spent listening to billy idol on my cement porch and playing with legos. very soulful and playful.

i wish more people could understand what you've achieved and what's typically accepted as 'talent' or 'good' is not necessarily either. i feel you've made an album that everyone should own. anyway i could go on.." - Jerohme Spye, Baltimore, USA

"Lovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelovelove. its all about love ... I thought it was phenomenal." - Nadia, Birmingham, UK.

"It's all about circles. The whole thing just made me think of circles. Seasons and cycles too." - Haroon, Maryland, USA.

"Ur music never fails in putting a smile on my face! thanQ :)" - Soraya, California, USA

"First time I heard [Dream Suite # 3] it gave me the feeling of magic, it reminded me of magic, like fantasy like, it has a starry sound. I had it on repeat while I was doing my artwork, it took me somewhere else!" - Aisha, Brighton, UK

"My favorite tracks are 'Dawn Song,' 'I Am Alone (2nd Prelude),' and 'Love Song.' The first of those is of the pop variety, generally, and the others are in my studio/prayer/stream-of-consciousness mode." - Christopher, New York, USA

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released March 23, 2010

Written, produced & performed by Yusuf Misdaq aka Yoshi at Nefisa Studio, Brighton, UK, 2007-8 /// Tracks 07, 09 (#2) & 11 recorded in Virginia, USA, 2009 /// Beat #1 of track 09 produced by H. Shahnawaz aka Diamondscepter, Maryland, USA, 2007.
Cover by Yusuf Misdaq.
Booklet contains artwork by Mikrosopht & photography by Janine Storm van Leeuwen

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MASTAKAI, (previously Yoshi / Yusuf Misdaq) has lived many lives in many places. He was making beats, writing lyrics, producing music and singing songs long before he was born. He is from Afghanistan. He will die there, and be reborn again there.

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