Welcome to the Mad Masters EP. Individual tracks are priced at £1 or you can download the whole album for free.
credits
released 01 January 2010
All songs written by Karim Fanous
All instruments, vocals by Karim Fanous
Additional performance credits (thank you friends):
Mad Masters - Steve Honest played Lap Steel, Eliza Wren Payne sang vocals and overtone. Jamie Barclay co-arranged and programmed pads and 808 beats.
Architect's Son - Karim Fanous played acoustic guitar and sang vocals. Claes Bjorklund played all other instruments. Jonna Lee sang backing vocals. Architect's Son was produced by Martin Terefe.
The Mad Masters EP was produced by Karim Fanous
It was mixed by Thomas Juth @ Kensaltown
and mastered by Geoff Pesche @ Abbey Road
The Mad Masters EP was recorded by Karim Fanous @ Chateau Fanous.
Additional Recording:
Mad Masters - vocals and guitars recorded by Steve Honest
Echo and Narcissus - vocals recorded by Thomas Juth @ Kensaltown
Architect's Son - all instruments and vocals recorded by Dyre Gormsen @ Kensaltown
I've got to keep moving
I've got to keep moving
There's a hellhound on my trail
Leave me be you mad masters
Sometimes I can't fight the guilt
It engulfes me
Consumes me whole
I can't stand it
I want to be a better man
Need to make a stand
In the morning I feel so pure but
I go slip sliding through the day
It gets to night and I feel so ragged
Need an upper purer than the best
I need to get myself away from this
Living in a pipe dream
This is no ordinary state of mind
Leave me be you mad masters
I've got to keep moving
I've got to keep moving
There's a hellhound on my trail
Track Name: Lament For Jackie
Young Jack Elpert got lost today
He sat on his bike and sped away
Little legs spinning as fast as they could
Showing to the world how quick he could go
But Jackie you've lost your family now
Jackie you need to find them somehow
Father couldn't keep up his old legs with the pace
Older brother in his own world
He didn't give chase
Jackie where are you know
Jackie come back somehow
Evil hides in pretty places
Evil hides in honest faces
Child in danger
Child in danger
Jackie you should not trust that man
Jackie you should not hold his hand
Terrified of losing his grip on the world
Projecting to another
Dark memories unfurl
Jackie you're in trouble now
Jackie you need to run somehow
Someone please intervene
Someone please help him
Young Jack Elpert got lost today
He sat on his bike and sped away
Silly boy
Poor smile boy
It all turned out so wrong
Track Name: Echo And Narcissus
When I see myself
Such a beautiful suffocation
What a heavenly stimulation
I'm drowning in the light
Blinded by the sight
Echos of a love
A meaningless exchange
Anyone I want
Falls into my arms
And death is not my curse
Maybe a new start
There isn't enough space in one heart
And I question why
I'm never happy
The questioning subsides
When I see myself
Such a beautiful suffocation
What a heavenly stimulation
I'm drowning in the light
Blinded by the sight
Together and alone
Muted in my shame
The one who is my love
Lies blind forever
Hung on every word
With such a bitter taste
I yearn for him to hear the voice of my heart.
When I see myself
Such a beautiful suffocation
What a heavenly stimulation
I'm drowning in the light
Blinded by the sight
Track Name: Architect's Son
Pen to paper on a lonely
Day week month year
He lives only for his visions
He will stay true
All these visions
Find their way through
Soon these shapes will fill the sky
How could someone imagine such beauty
And after all is built and done
I am left an architect's son
Form and colour
Lights will tumbe
Through your eyesight
You'll be humbled
Line square circle
All his plans will
Serve their purpose
Through his deft hands
And soon these shapes will fill the sky
How could someone imagine such beauty
And after all is built and done
I am left an architect's son
Watch her fly across these sand dunes
Dream so high and we can excuse
Human traits
Which keep us on solid ground
Soon these shapes will fill the sky
How could someone imagine such beauty
And after all is built and done
I am left an architect's son
Pen to paper on a lonely
Day week month year
He lives only...
Track Name: London Loves You
London loves you through the buildings of old
London loves you through the history told
London loves you through the art and the gallery
London loves you through the schools and traditions
London loves you through a new world vision
London loves you through the relic and legacy
London loves you through the pubs on the towpath
London loves you through the churches and stained glass
London loves you through Sir Christopher Wren
London loves you through the gardens and palaces
London loves you through the sun on the River Thames
London loves you through the Egg and the Gherkin
London loves you through the strain and the headache
London loves you through the rush and the heartbreak
London loves you through addiction and white line
London loves you through extortionate pricing
London loves with unaffordable housing
London loves you like prey in the wild
London loves you through pierogi and pivo
London loves you through the kibbeh and sausage roll
London loves you through the Aussie's and Kiwi's
London loves you through the mosque and the synangogue
London loves you through the coptic and orthodox
London loves you through the new in the old docks
London loves you with a withered identity
London loves you through a splintered community
London loves you like a friend and an enemy
London loves you like the playground of filthy rich
London loves you like the ruthless and mean bitch
London loves you like the whore of the traveller
London loves you through the anger and protest march
London loves you through a number and photo-card
London loves you with the death of a new start
London loves you with a heart of democray
London loves you with the lessons of history
London loves you through the years and the centuries
London loves you like a mother with child
London loves you like prey in the wild