Madness live accoustic @ Art' cade

Madness live accoustique à Art' Cade, Ste Croix Volvestre.

Madness, madness, craziness, foolishness...
Oh Lord such a sadness
Yo haitian man
first black man
to have fought
and won the pride
of our blackness
don't let madness
take you into the road
of oppression
and destruction...

For my people

Monument in Savannah celebrates Haiti's role in American revolution

When the world look at Haiti today, what comes to mind generally is the nepotism, the poverty, the coup d'etat, the tonton macoutes and so on...in short the image of a failed state.
If I lament this state of reality, I also feel we as a people have been cheated of our true place in history and our contribution to the world.

In fact very few people are aware of the efforts the young nation made to help the freedom fighters of South America. The other day, someone asked me if it was true that Haiti fought for its independence and was the first black republic.
Finally the role our ancestors played in the important battle of Savannah during the American revolution has been recognized...

My Ayibobo Japan Tour 2009

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I just returned from my first tour to Japan titled "Ayibobo Japan". It was also my first visit of this country that has always fascinated me since the day I first read James Clavell's "Shogun", this reading would lead me to books by Yoshikawa Eiji and films by Kurosawa...

I did not have enough free time however to explore the country as I would have loved to, but was still able to visit the beautiful "Imperial Villa" in Kyoto a definite example of the Japanese's art de vivre and one of the most beautiful Japanese garden....

In terms of history, I was touched the most by "Nijojo" or Nijo Castle, it was the shogun palace in Kyoto the imperial city, this place saw the affirmation of the Tokugawa clan as shogun and the resignation of Yoshinobu the last Tokugawa shogun. About a year ago, I had read the almost day to day account of those last days of the shogunate in the "Last Shogun" by Shiba Ryotaro and this made the visit of the castle even more vivid...

The temple of the temple at Nara just defied words...

This little film is not a tourist film it is more about my tour, the people I met and the way I experience Japan. It is not a professional film, the camera's work and editing is definitely amateurish, which is a shame that I have to admitt since years ago I studied "Television Production" but for years I did not touch a camera (neither was I the one always filming since I was on stage) and this is my first try at Imovie editing on my macbook.

So I hope you will be tolerant and enjoy the film.
Peace
Karlex

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Remembering 9/11

8 years ago, I was seating on the terrace of a bar in Paris, enjoying my last day of vacation I was due to leave the day after. I went inside to use the men's room as I walked back I noticed everyone had their eyes fixed on the Tv screen, so I looked up and saw that awfull image that we all remember, at first I tought it was a movie, even tough it looked like the news. But my mind was simply refusing to register and accept this could be real...
I remember walking back to the terrace, nothing had changed nobody outside seemed to know what was going on, the air was still carefree... As I sat back my friends noticing how stunned I looked wanted to know what had happened to me... Very soon the mood changed on the terrace, in the metro that we took everyone look somber. For my generation, it was the first time we had the feeling that the sky had fallen over our heads. the numbers 911 took on new meaning and will never be anonymous again
The next day I stayed all day at the airport, and was taken by bus to an hotel untill the planes could fly again. Nobody complained, our world had changed but we were alive and thankful and grieving for those that were lost or had lost a dear one, grieving that other human beings could have perpetuated such horrors.
8 years later, that action is still claiming lives but we most of us have gone back to our carefree lives saved the nostalgia that our best years may be behind us...
May the departed find peace...
May the living find peace...

Sharing a great track with you

As an artist, I feel the need sometimes to talk also about other's work especially those that have inspired me.

Today I want to share with you, this track from the great Tony Allen, it's part of an album that was produced by Doctor L a superb french producer, with whom I hope to work one day.

Enjoy and do not hesitate to leave your comments

Peace

Horizons Lointains

On July 30th, if you are in France or Germany, catch "HORIZONS LOINTAINS HAITI", on the ARTE network a film by Anne Lescot presented by Patrick Poivre D'avor.

in The film, PPDA, as he is called in France, meets with famous Haitian writers such as René Depestre, Gary Victor, Frank Etienne, Yanick Lahens, Lyonel Trouillot. The one hour documentary was fimed in Haiti using the 2009 carnival and Haitian Voodoo as a background.

I was very honored to have 2 songs from my 2006 album "Ghetto Fabulous" selected for the film.

If you are overseas or do not have time at the hour of broadcasting you can watch it on line from the 31st untill August 7th at the following adress

http://plus7.arte.tv/fr/1697480.html

Get my new album here @ fnac.com

http://musique.fnac.com/a2669212/Karlex-With-all-due-respect-Digipack-CD-album?Mn=-1&Mu=-13&Ra=-28&To=0&Nu=1&Fr=0

Hope you will enjoy the film and the music

a little unplugged on the Train from Paris 3 years ago

license for documentary film

Lil' People Record has licensed two of my songs for the BO of a documentary film by Anne Lescot narrated by Patrick Poivre D'avor

The film will debut on ARTE in August, and broadcast in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg

The film "HORIZONS LOINTAINS" which means literally "far horizons" was shot in haiti with Mr D'avor interviewing famed Haitian writers. 

A TOUGHT ABOUT LIFE IN OUR TIME

A TOUGHT ABOUT LIFE...

 

In this time of uncertainties as many of us fear the ground is shifting like sand under our feet, our way of life heading to unknown and new territories and the prospects for the future seem pretty scary.

My friends, I just want to remind you of two things. First, that life itself is change thus change is a reflection of the fact that we are alive and should be welcomed and not feared. The second thing is that life is today and to worry ceaselessly about tomorrow is to miss out on life.

John Lennon said: Life is what is happening while we are busy making plans for tomorrow.

 

In the Talmud it is said: Better one day in this life than 1000 years in eternity

 

Peace my friends

POSTING ON TWITTER

The other day I stumbled upon the Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard’s words « I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this » Today Saturday the 25th of April 2009,  I cannot help recalling this as I put my first post on TWITTER hoping not to bore my fellow human beings with my doings. See ya