Spleen by Smadj

Tracklist

1.	Zakari	5:38

2.	SmadjIbe	3:58

3.	Jailbreak	3:51

4.	Variation sur thème	4:11

5.	Ya Hmama	3:13

6.	The End	4:29

7.	Cham3a	3:08

8.	The B of the Desert	3:37

9.	Mwasha	4:08

10.	Solution	5:47

11.	Tendre Bal	6:16

Credits

released June 15, 2015

1 Zakari
Composed By – Smadj
Oud [Electric Oud], Electronics – Smadj
Piano – Bojan Z*
5:38
2 Smadjibe
Composed By – Smadj
Oud [Acoustic Oud] – Smadj
Trumpet – Ibrahim Maalouf
3:57
3 Jailbreak
Lyrics By – Arash Sarkechik
Music By – Smadj
Oud [Electric Oud], Electronics – Smadj
Vocals – Arash Sarkechik
3:51
4 Variation Sur Un Thème
Bandoneon – William Sabatier
Composed By – Smadj
Oud [Electric Oud], Electronics – Smadj
Piano – Bojan Z*
4:11
5 Ya Hmama
Bass – Didier Bouchet
Lyrics By – Sofiane Saidi
Music By – Smadj
Oud [Acoustic Oud], Electronics – Smadj
Vocals – Sofiane Saidi
3:13
6 The End
Composed By – Smadj
Oud [Electric Oud] – Smadj
4:28
7 Cham3a
Clarinet – Amine Bouhafa
Lyrics By – Sofiane Saidi
Music By – Smadj
Oud [Acoustic Oud], Electronics – Smadj
Vocals – Sofiane Saidi
3:08
8 The B Of The Desert
Bass – Didier Bouchet
Composed By – Smadj
Drums – Touma Guittet
Oud [Electric Oud] – Smadj
3:36
9 Mwasha
Arranged By – Smadj
Oud [Electric Oud], Electronics – Smadj
Piano – Bojan Z*
Vocals – Sofiane Saidi
Written-By – Traditional
4:07
10 Solution
Bandoneon – William Sabatier
Composed By – Smadj
Oud [Electric Oud], Electronics – Smadj
5:46
11 Tendre Bal
Composed By – Smadj
Kora – Ballaké Sissoko
Oud [Electric Oud], Electronics – Smadj
6:16

Liner Notes – Smadj
Mastered By – Raphael Jonin*
Mixed By – Philippe Teissier Du Cros, Smadj
Photography By – Smadj
Producer – Smadj
Recorded By – Philippe Brismée (pistes : 11), Philippe Teissier du Cros* (pistes : 2), Smadj (pistes : 1, 3 to 10)

On CD label and back cover:
℗ & © 2015 Jean-Pierre Smadja under exclusive license for the world to harmonia mundi s.a. | JazzVillage, a label of harmonia mundi | Made in Austria

Standard Digipak with an 18-page foldout inlay inserted on left inside (Liner notes, lyrics, tracklist with songwriters, performers & musicians, general credits, photos by Smadj with comments, thanks to)

Produced by Smadj.

Recorded from May 2010 to February 2015 with the Smadj mobile nomad studio in Montreuil, Paris, and Mâcon (France) and Istambul (Turkey)
Piano recorded at Plushplace; bandoneon and Sofiane Saidi vocals recorded at The Cavazik;
Bass and drums recorded at Brother's Boyle's Studio

"Smadjibe" recorded by Philippe Teissier du Cros at Studio Boxson
"Tendre Bal" recorded live at the Bozar Palace of Bruxelles by Philippe Brismée

Mixed by Philippe Teissier Du Cros and Smadj at Studio Boxson, Paris, February and March 2015
Mastered by Raphael Jonin at J Raph i.n.g., Bois-Colombes, France, March 2015

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