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00:00Hello and welcome to a new episode of Patchwork, your daily and artistic show.
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02:40Hello sir!
02:43You are a great musician and a great singer.
02:48You are a singer, you are a composer, you are a producer and a DJ.
02:51I'm not a DJ
02:54I've heard a remix version of the song
03:00It's a reinterpretation of Hussein Slaoui's song
03:05I'm not a DJ, I'm a composer, an interpreter and a visual artist
03:09Do you play any instruments?
03:11I play the piano, but I'm very much into composing
03:15So you're a composer
03:17What software do you use?
03:20I work with the producer in Paris
03:23We work together in Ableton
03:26What's the difference between Hussein Slaoui's song and the one you play?
03:33Hussein Slaoui
03:35I grew up listening to Hussein Slaoui's songs
03:39I recently discovered Hussein Slaoui's song
03:43I thought about it and I talked to people around me
03:47Even my family and friends didn't know Hussein Slaoui's song
03:51That's why I decided to reinterpret his song
03:54It's the original version
03:56Yes, but it's not the same lyrics as Hussein Slaoui's
03:59So we have the Hussein Slaoui's version and the Hussein Slaoui's version
04:03It's not the same rhythm and the lyrics are different
04:07Is there a date when Hussein Slaoui's song was released?
04:11No, but it was released in the 40s or 50s
04:18And Haji Ahmed Dawia was born in the 70s?
04:21No, around 2010
04:242010 is a different version, because this vinyl record doesn't date back to 2010
04:29Ah, I know this one because I worked with Hamid Bouchnakh
04:34Ah, so you worked with Hamid Bouchnakh and Haji Ahmed Dawia
04:39Yes, I know this one from 2010
04:44What do you like about the song?
04:47I already know the song, and when I discovered Hussein Slaoui's song
04:53I found the lyrics and I said to myself that it's a completely different meaning
04:57I liked the melody and the idea of making it in Paris
05:03I have this vinyl record
05:05Ah, so you have this vinyl record
05:08Yes, exactly
05:10I was in Paris at the City des Arts this year
05:16And one night, when I heard the song, I already talked to the producer
05:20Because he wanted to talk to us about the version of the song
05:24The first version of Hussein Slaoui
05:26Yes, exactly
05:27Can you say that Hussein Slaoui's version is a bit popular, modern and heavy?
05:33Yes, exactly
05:35He is an avant-gardist
05:39He is the one who popularized Ch'aibé
05:42And I think he represented Morocco at the Universal Expo in Paris
05:47Hussein Slaoui, exactly
05:49Thank you very much, Qaidoum, for the modern song
05:53So, what are your ingredients?
05:57A big electronic touch?
05:59Yes, a big electronic touch
06:01When I was in Paris, I had the idea to go out at night
06:07I sent a WhatsApp message to the producer
06:12I told him that I wanted to make a version of Hussein Slaoui's song
06:16The next day, I sent him an a cappella version
06:19I sent him the piano version
06:21Because I found the chords he was talking about
06:25I changed the melody a bit
06:27I changed the structure a bit
06:29To make it more pop, more contemporary
06:33In a way
06:35The next day, I sent him the audio version
06:39I listened to the audio and sent it to him
06:41So, there are a lot of versions
06:43In the final version, there is a WhatsApp voice memo
06:47The chorus is the first WhatsApp voice memo I sent him
06:52Of course, it is mastered
06:54Yes, of course, it is mastered
06:56The harmonies
06:58There are a lot of things that were added later
07:00And there is a nice arrangement of chords
07:02I love everything that is romantic, dramatic
07:05There is a violin, cello, alto
07:08So, there is a lot
07:10Why did you choose to be a DJ?
07:15Because there is a DJ discipline called VJ
07:19Visual Jockey
07:22The visuals, the images
07:24Kengolo, maybe with the electronic touch
07:27Or the visual touch, video
07:29It gives a performance
07:31A kind of installation
07:33A kind of happening like Kengolo
07:36Which combines nostalgia and modern music
07:41These images from the archives
07:43How did you use them?
07:45How did you find them?
07:47Why did you choose these images?
07:49It was again during my residency in Paris
07:53Earlier this year
07:5515 years ago, I had the idea of making a video
07:57With the archives of Morocco
07:59And I had the idea of the beautiful box
08:01I said to myself, this is the perfect opportunity
08:03It is a song from the archives of Morocco
08:05I said to myself, I will work the same thing for the video
08:08For the video, there was a lot of research
08:11Both on YouTube and in places where they store the archives
08:17A lot of time
08:19I think there were 30 versions of the video
08:2430 versions
08:26It was a lot of research
08:29Trying to see how to make sense
08:32In the story I wanted to tell
08:35How I wanted to show Morocco in my own way
08:38You chose images with Moroccan dances
08:43Moroccan dances
08:45A little bit of folklore
08:47A lot of pottery
08:49I like the fire
08:50Moroccan deserts
08:52What were the messages you wanted to convey through the video?
08:55What I wanted was mainly to show the richness and diversity we have in Morocco
09:02Because it is always something that fascinated me
09:05From south to north, from east to west
09:07There are so many different things
09:10And the culture is very rich
09:12That's why I wanted to show this video
09:15And also show that the people are very active
09:22When you look at this, you say that this people is very active
09:29They have everything for themselves
09:31You live in Canada
09:33You live in Montreal
09:35You live in France
09:38Why did you show this project to your music friends?
09:42Your Canadian and French friends
09:45What do they say about this project?
09:47And what do they say about Morocco?
09:49It's very cool
09:51I often come back to him
09:53The producer with whom I work on the songs
09:55He's from Paris
09:56We met for the first time in Canada
09:58We talked a lot
09:59I showed him a lot of Moroccan songs
10:01He came to Morocco three times
10:04We worked on music here too
10:06We went for a walk
10:08He loves it
10:10I bought him krakub
10:12He learned how to play krakub
10:14You can export Moroccan culture
10:17Exactly
10:18Recently, I was on TV in Quebec
10:22They talked about Hossein Slaoui
10:24It moved me a lot
10:26They said that he is the pioneer of Moroccan music
10:28Hossein Slaoui
10:29And hearing his name on Quebec TV
10:31It moved me a lot
10:33More than hearing my own name
10:35What do you think about your strategy?
10:40Do you want to know more about the heritage abroad?
10:43Yes, of course
10:45I don't overthink a lot in life
10:50I think my Moroccan roots are stronger than me
10:55They are very deep
10:57As I said, it's in the blood
11:00It's not something I think about
11:02But I always try to find the Moroccan side
11:06You don't say it spontaneously
11:08Exactly
11:09I say heritage, but I want to specify marriage
11:11Because in Morocco, culture and tradition
11:14Are often transmitted by mothers
11:16And female figures
11:18So for me, it's heritage and marriage
11:20Yes, we can say heritage and marriage
11:22It's good, I like it
11:24Let's see another version of the clip
11:30Why is there a third version of the clip?
11:35This is the clip
11:37This is the official clip
11:39The third version is the visualizer
11:42This is the cover
11:46This is the cover
11:48This is the visualizer
11:50This is another version
11:52This is the version with the lyrics
11:54Because I put the lyrics in English
11:58So people can understand them
12:00I also put them in French in the description
12:02So people can understand them
12:04Why is there a third version of everything?
12:06Because the more content, the better
12:10Thank you
12:12Is it important for you, Mehdi
12:15The message of listening, the listening platforms
12:17Are they important for you?
12:19Of course, it's important
12:21That's how we can reach people
12:23You have to work with your time
12:25That's how it works
12:28So you have to take advantage of it
12:30What are the most important platforms for you?
12:33Deezer, Spotify, Unrami, etc.
12:37Or YouTube?
12:39It really depends on YouTube
12:41If you have a visual
12:43And since I'm a visual artist
12:45YouTube is very important for me
12:47Because it's how I see things
12:51For others, it's a streaming platform
12:56Let's go back to Patrimoine.com
13:00Why do you like it so much?
13:02And why is it important for you?
13:05What are your next projects?
13:08Always
13:10As I said, I grew up with my parents
13:13We listened to a lot of Moroccan music
13:16Najat Ateb, Mohamed Rwisha, Samira Saeed
13:19Nathalie Riwan
13:21It's in my blood
13:23And I think growing up in Canada
13:26Maybe reinforced my fascination
13:28And curiosity for my identity
13:30And my roots
13:32So we'll always find that
13:34Even if I don't want to
13:36We'll feel it in my voice
13:38We'll hear it
13:40When you listen to my songs
13:43You'll feel the Moroccan side
13:46I noticed that Generation Z
13:49You like nostalgic Toski
13:52And old Moroccan songs
13:55How do you explain Generation Z
13:58Who grew up completely
14:00Their parents and grandparents
14:03Lived this music
14:05How do you think Generation Z
14:07Likes Moroccan music?
14:09I think it's a parallel
14:14With the fact that I grew up in Montreal
14:17Maybe distance with things
14:19Helps us romanticize them
14:21It becomes an ideal
14:23It's as if time was perfect
14:27As if there was no problem
14:29We can re-imagine the past
14:31As we want
14:33Maybe time is more tense now
14:35The atmosphere
14:37I'm very strong
14:39It's very tense
14:41Maybe it's good to go back to the source
14:44And idealize certain things
14:46I think it's good
14:48It allows us to re-adapt
14:50To the challenges of the present
14:52Do you think you were born in the 40s or 50s?
14:58Good question
15:00I liked the beginning of the 2000s
15:04The beginning of the 2000s was the beginning of everything
15:10The internet
15:12It was the beginning
15:14It was the time I met Shakira
15:18It was the time of pop
15:20I don't know enough about the 40s
15:24To venture into it
15:26Me neither
15:28Let's go to the new interview
15:30With a French artist
15:32Who participates in a show on Netflix
15:36With a new school
15:38This artist is called J.E.R
15:40Everything he says is extraterrestrial
15:42He directs his songs
15:44He produces his music
15:46Let's watch a clip of J.E.R
15:48Interpreting a show song
16:12The girls' days
16:14I already know that
16:16The girls' days
16:18You don't even see them
16:20The girls' days
16:24Go on, go on, go on
16:26Go on, go on, go on
16:28I've already seen it
16:30Go on, go on, go on
16:32I've already seen it
16:34Moments go by like air
16:36We are all the time elsewhere
16:38We can live everything like yesterday
16:40The girls' days
16:42I've already seen it
16:44I get bored
16:46I believe everything
16:48Everything that doesn't hurt me
16:50I learn what I don't need to know
16:52I see all the colors
16:54So much, so much, so much
16:56That I don't need to go elsewhere
16:58To see better
17:00I make nets of codes
17:02I have false prophets
17:04Who make incomplete information
17:06Second after second after second
17:08But it's not that bad, I like it
17:10People, I've seen it, I know it
17:12This is the new artist J.E.R
17:14Who is one of the heroes
17:16And one of the stars of the show
17:18New School
17:20On Netflix
17:22He is famous for his clips
17:24And for his artistic direction
17:26For his projects
17:28In this song, he criticizes
17:30Everyone who scrolls
17:32He scrolls a lot
17:34Because he has a phone
17:36And the more he scrolls, the more he scrolls
17:38The images
17:40It's a nice discovery
17:42We've talked about artistic direction
17:44There's something important for you
17:46How do you manage your artistic direction?
17:48Do you have a team?
17:50Everything is me
17:52So you choose the images, everything
17:54Editing, I have the photos
17:56Artistic direction
17:58I'm the one who changes the costumes
18:00The costumes of the 40s
18:02I change them
18:04The costumes of the 40s
18:06I took Hossein Slaoui's photo
18:08The one with the cigarette
18:10He showed it to me
18:12So I did it again
18:14I was inspired
18:16I wore the same costume
18:18I don't know how I got rid of the cigarette
18:20So
18:22That's it
18:24I'm really behind everything
18:26Let's talk about Hamid Zahir's song
18:28Hamid Zahir
18:30What else?
18:32Did you change his costume?
18:34His artistic direction?
18:36No, I just thought it was part of the concept
18:40I'm really into it
18:42How did you come up with the idea?
18:44What are the upcoming projects?
18:46In early 2025
18:48I'm going to release a composition
18:50That I wrote
18:52It's not a cover, it's not an interpretation
18:54It's a project that I'm doing
18:56Right here in Morocco
18:58France and Canada
19:00In three languages
19:02French, Darija and English
19:04I'm mixing them
19:06Electro-pop?
19:08Yes, Moroccan electro-pop
19:10With music videos?
19:12Yes, there will be visuals
19:14I'm not going to reveal too much
19:16Do you have a relationship with Patrimoine?
19:18Yes, and Matrimoine
19:20Slash Matrimoine
19:22The title of today's episode is Patrimoine
19:24Matrimoine
19:26So early 2025
19:28How did you start?
19:30Did you start with music?
19:32Did you have a group?
19:34A project?
19:36Yes, I started music
19:38Officially in 2019
19:40But I didn't start with music
19:42I started with art
19:44Since I was a kid
19:46Since I was a kid
19:48I like drawing, painting
19:50Sculpture
19:52Photography
19:54I did theatre, I did dance
19:56But music was something
19:58I did in secret
20:00I was a bit shy
20:02But as a teenager
20:04I wrote songs
20:06I imagined them for other artists
20:08The music videos were already made
20:10Sometimes I would download music videos
20:12On my computer and I would edit them
20:14I would take them and edit
20:16I was 14 or 15
20:18Did you already have a PC?
20:20Yes, I did
20:22A big PC
20:24I already did that when I was a kid
20:26But one day I really wanted to
20:28I had compositions
20:30I wanted to sing them
20:32But I still didn't have the confidence
20:34To sing my songs
20:36I still couldn't sing in front of people
20:38So I had friends
20:40Singers
20:42I took them to a home studio
20:44I went with them
20:46We made the songs
20:48So I could listen to my songs
20:50Sometimes I would bring the mic closer
20:52And I would sing
20:54But I didn't do that
20:56Can we say Mehdi
20:58That you have a geeky side?
21:00Yes
21:02I think so
21:04A bit
21:06And these people
21:08Who have a geeky side
21:10Who are talented
21:12Who are talented
21:14Who are talented
21:16Who are talented
21:18Who are talented
21:20These are young men
21:22Who are apprentices
21:24Not anyone
21:26Who can dance, sing, or play
21:28And has a lot of talent
21:30And then works very hard
21:32and edits music videos
21:34Maybe these people
21:36Start a brand
21:38Behind the art project
21:40Mr. Mehrdi
21:42Exactly
21:44When I was two
21:46I was a Disney fan
21:48I used to go to Disneyland every year.
21:51We used to watch a beautiful scene,
21:54take a break, put a piece of paper on top of it,
21:57and start drawing.
21:59I had a lot of scenes from Disneyland.
22:01I used to do that.
22:03But my parents always saw that,
22:06they always encouraged me to do that.
22:08But I didn't want to go to art school,
22:11because when I went to Canada,
22:13I didn't have a degree.
22:15At first, I wanted to go to aesthetic surgery.
22:18That's when I said to myself,
22:20how am I going to meet art,
22:22and at the same time, this,
22:24and aesthetic surgery.
22:25Aesthetic surgery has a lot to do with drawing.
22:27Exactly.
22:28Even if you don't draw,
22:30you can still draw.
22:32Aesthetic surgery is forbidden.
22:34Anyway, that was the direction I took.
22:38But when I started, I said to myself,
22:40it's impossible, I have to go to art school.
22:43I did visual art in Canada.
22:47But music really allowed me to encompass everything.
22:51You can think of music videos,
22:53you think of choreography,
22:55you think of staging,
22:56how you want to perform,
22:57how you want to dress,
22:58the cover,
23:00the jacket,
23:01even the clothes you wear.
23:02You think of several spheres.
23:05Music is what really allows you to encompass everything.
23:11Do your parents always encourage you,
23:13always support you,
23:14or is it just like that?
23:16I fought for a while,
23:19but thank God,
23:21they are my biggest fans.
23:23They are very, very proud of me now.
23:26But at the beginning,
23:27it was really when I decided to tell them,
23:29I don't want to go to medicine,
23:31I want to go to art.
23:33It was a little more difficult.
23:36They don't always understand everything,
23:38but they like it.
23:40That's the important thing.
23:41The new word is the beautiful cup.
23:44And from here,
23:45the beginning of 2025,
23:47you are going to launch something new.
23:50I wish you good luck.
23:51I wish you good luck.
23:53Thank you for having me.
23:55I hope that my music will connect with as many people as possible,
23:59as far as possible.
24:04That's it.
24:05And the Canadian accent is still there.
24:08The Canadian accent is still there.
24:10I want to wipe it.
24:12Next time, bring pancakes.
24:14God bless you.
24:15Good luck.
24:17This is the end of today's episode.
24:18Thank you for the technical support,
24:19and the artistic support of many, many, many of your fans.
24:22See you later.
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