Going Down I’m diving in an ocean, water of unconsciousness Am I afraid of the dark? I can’t go deeper I am dreaming, a dark shadow a shadow of my mind I’m not frightened anymore he’s here to guide He is kind of a double, and I feel he knows me all I wish I could see him more often in his eyes I can see my soul I saw my anger, and we danced I saw my power, warm embrace I’ve met my fears, no disgrace, I can face well unconsciousness you’re stronger than me stronger than me No matter if I am weak or strong I am two, I am both In the dark, I can find my inner light And I’ll keep digging and I’ll keep searching what’s inside At least this time I went down
Ezuz
Here she is In the middle of nowhere At the end of the road Trying to find a way And it’s like a picture A memory for the future Of her being Alive and free Alive and free
She feels the wind on her cheeks She walks between the stones She listens and her heart is beating Looking at the desert exploring the Inside And it’s like a picture A memory for the future Of her being Alive and free Alive and free
This time is not about past or future She feels Inside right now A part of everything And she accepts all her pain She even forgives the time All is quiet Everything is clearer in her mind
And it’s like a picture A memory for the future Of her being Alive and free Alive and free This time is not about past or future She feels Inside, right now A part of everything
L ’anniversaire Aujourd’hui c’est un gâteau souffle le temps sur mes bougies je pousse, une mauvaise herbe j’ai déjà l’âge de l’oubli Aujourd’hui c’est dans la boite images figées, nos jeux d’enfants vite le temps de l’incandescence j’ai déjà l’âge de mes parents Aujourd’hui c’est le fil des ans je tire, déroule, mais quelques noeuds me retardent inéxorablement j’ai déjà l’âge des bilans Aujourd’hui c’est votre présence témoignage de ma vie le goût amer joyeux anniversaire Combien de bougies avant la grande lumière ? Combien d’amour il nous aura fallu Quelle importance les cheveux blancs et le temps, et le temps...
God or your Mother I I I I I I I I
am under your skin flow into your veins am the music of your thoughts am the color of your pain can set all your beauty know your fantasy am the shake of your fear am the sun drying your tears
I am the love you thirst I am the air you breath The backbone of your life I own your peace I can be everything you ask I can be everything you want I can be everything you need I can be everything you fear You will come to me It is meant to be I am strong enough You belong to me I am in all of your creations And I care about your actions I listen to your prayers I am the muse, inspiration…
What is your life without me It’s a nonsense you will find me But believe, please believe You are inside, a part of me You will come to me It is meant to be I am strong enough You belong to me It might be me talking It might be you It might be God or your mother your wife, your sister It might be just I, in love, ‘cause I am in love you’re made with love We are in love, in love...
Credits Recording Engineers Philippe Teissier du Cros & Franck Jaffrès Recorded at Studio Sequenza (Montreuil – France) between 25 and 28 November 2013 Mixing Engineer Philippe Teissier du Cros at Studio Boxson Mastering Engineer Raphael Jonin – J RAPH i.n.g Piano Tuner Jean-Michel Daudon English Translation John Tyler Tuttle Cover Photography Martin Guimbellot Booklet Photography Mathieu Berthon Cover & Booklet Design Gaëlle Löchner Production & Editorial Coordinator Virgile Hermelin Produced by Philippe Teissier du Cros & Franck Jaffrès
All tunes composed by Mélina Tobiana & Martin Guimbellot except Ezuz (Mélina Tobiana) MF’s Ego / Sleeping with the fishes (Stephan Moutot) Grandma’s hands (original version: Bill Withers) © Interior Music Corp No Diggity (sample version: Black street / No Diggity) (Riley / Withers / Walters / Hannibal / Vick / Stewart) © Donril Music / Zomba Enterprises Inc. / Interior Music Corp. / Queen Pen Music / Funky Mama Music / WB Music Corp / Smokin’ Sounds Music Ltd. / Chauncey Black Music / City Housing Publishing / Daddy’s Lil’ Boyz Music/ Libvirg Publishing Inc. Mélina Tobiana vocals, piano (on Ezuz) Martin Guimbellot double bass Emmanuel Duprey piano & fender rhodes Stephan Moutot tenor saxophone Rémy Voide drums Guests Renaud Gensane trumpet Jerry Edwards trombone (Going down, M. Blues & Grandma’s hands)
Thanks
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who participated, however much, in this album. Martin Guimbellot, without you, this album would not exist, and I would not be either the same woman or the same singer. Thank you so very much for your love, support, high standards, talent, passion, respect and understanding. The two of us have done everything, and I think we’ve succeeded in making something beautiful. Thank you, Stéphane Moutot, for your commitment, your help, your compositions, your musicality, your ideas, your unfailing faith in this project. Thank you, Rémy Voide, for your musicality, your patience, your ideas, your freedom, your appetite and your listening. Thank you, Emmanuel Duprey, for your enthusiasm, your metaphors that make me die laughing, your musicality, and your ideas, which groove. Thank you, guys. This album is ours. Thanks to Outhere Music and especially to Pascal Dumay and Franck Jaffrès for having allowed us to make this disc, to have trusted us and left us total freedom on the music we wanted to record. Thank you, Philippe Teissier du Cros, for your work, your Audiard-like lyrics, your professionalism and your passion. Thank you, Letitzia Morelli, for your classes, your listening, your help, our laughs, your creativity and your inspiration on many of the words of this album.
Huge thanks to my family: Maman, Papa, Léa, Gel, Jean Lou, Sam, Gaby, Charlie, Jérémy, Schlomo, Simona and Mimi for your love, your support, your attentive listening and all your encouragement. I am so lucky to have you in my life. I love you. Thanks to my friends: Viviane, Salomé, Cla, Alex brun, Alex blond, Math, Audrey, Kesheteu, Carine, Laura, Benj, Lolouche and Sylviouche. Thanks for our laughs, your listening, the joyful havoc you bring into my life. I love you. In no particular order I would like to thank: Romain Clerc-Renaud, Benoit Daniel, Pascale, Jean-Philippe, Thomas, Benjamin and Stephanie, Nicole, Marrik, Marielle and Robert, Eric, Antony, Sam, Cha, Tam and Nico, Caro, Cédric, Mali, Victor, Pierre, Joséphine, Cristinetta, Yann, Lawkyz, Samuel, Mykey.T, Cédric Falzon, Léon Parker, Lydie, Dimitri, Jérome, Jeep, Sange, Jonathan, Yonatan, Tibo, Maud, Cindy, Shu-chan, Christelle, La noude, Clélia, Laura la corse, Pauline, Polo, Céline, Laurent, Zoé, Adrien, Mélanie, Cendrine, Driksé, Jérémy, Guillaume, Lorraine, the clients of Rue Laffitte and all those I can’t mention for lack of space. Thanks to everyone who buys this album and who comes to our concerts. Thanks to life, music, musicians, singers, artists and everyone who has inspired me and continues to inspire me every day.