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Manahil

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Manahil is a young musical band from Quebec, Canada, created by keyboardist and producer Mathieu Fiset. The idea of having such a project never crossed Mathieu’s mind untill he heard the voice and talent of Hind Fazazi, a young singer from Moroccan origin.

The whole adventure started as an amateur recording session, an afternoon of August 2006. Realising the potential of the young singer, Mathieu invited her to sing on one of his own composition. By sharing their ideas, they quickly realised that something unique was being created so they decided to record a short demo featuring their first creations. This demo simply called Manahil was the first draft of what would later become Hadayane, their debut album.

This album is first of all defined by a strong oriental atmosphere, joined by a lot of progressive, electronic and even metal influences. All of the album lyrics are written and sung in arabic. Hadayane was released in an independant way on September 8 of 2007 and is still available on CD Baby.com and iTunes.

A new EP titled From Roots To Clouds has been released on April 9 of 2009, as a limited CD edition and digital download. This record reveals the acoustic side of Manahil, with songs written in english and featuring dark and mellow compositions. A promotional tour will take place in Canada for the rest of 2009.

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Manahil est une jeune formation musicale de Québec, créée par le claviériste et producteur Mathieu Fiset. L’idée de mettre sur pied un tel projet ne lui serait jamais venue en tête s’il n’avait pas découvert la voix et le talent de Hind Fazazi, une jeune chanteuse d’origine Marocaine.

L’aventure débuta lors d’une session d’enregistrement amateur un après-midi d’août 2006. Voyant le potentiel de la jeune chanteuse, Mathieu l’invita donc à chanter sur une de ses propres compositions. En mettant leurs idées en commun, ils ont vite réalisé que quelque chose d’unique était en train de se produire, c’est pourquoi ils décidèrent d’enregistrer un court démo avec leurs premières créations. Ce démo simplement intitulé Manahil fut le premier essaie de ce qui allait plus tard devenir Hadayane, leur premier album.

Cet album est tout d’abord caractérisé par une forte ambiance orientale, accompagnée d’importantes influences progressives, électroniques et même métal, le tout agrémenté de paroles écrites et chantées en arabe. L’album vit le jour de façon indépendante le 8 Septembre 2007 et est toujours disponible sur CD Baby.com et iTunes.

Un nouvel EP intitulé From Roots To Clouds est sorti le 9 Avril 2009 en deux éditions, l’une physique, en nombre limité, l’autre digitale. Cet enregistrement révèle le côté acoustique de Manahil avec des chansons chantées en anglais et des compositions principalement sombres et douces. Une tournée prendra place au Canada pour le reste de l’année 2009.

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Member Since: 20/11/2006
Band Website: www.manahil.ca
Band Members: - Mathieu Fiset : Keyboards, piano, programmed beats and acoustic drums

- Hind Fazazi : Vocals


Sounds Like: Order the new EP "From Roots To Clouds" on CD Baby.com :

1. 10:00 PM
2. Eternal Morning Light
3. Biharou Tofoulati (Acoustic Version)
4. Where It Ends
5. To Anger

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Order the debut album "Hadayane" on CD Baby.com :

1. Andourou Ila Kabri
2. Ouardatou Sabah
3. Biharou Tofoulati
4. Ihsasoun Min Dahab
5. Addalam
6. Alf Laïla Oua Laïla
7. Moutahid Bil Hawa
8. Min Faouk
9. Khalia
10. Oua Akhirane

You can also download it on iTunes

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Here's a live video of Khalia, a song from the first album "Hadayane" :

More Manahil videos on YouTube
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Hadayane (2009 Reissue) : now available !

So as announced some weeks ago, we have now reissued our first album Hadayane !The new edition comes in a new, beautifull CD jacket, no plastic ! The artworks has been reworked a bit too so it feels a...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:59:00 GMT

Working on something cool...part6


Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:17:00 GMT

Working on something cool...part5


Posted by on Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:19:00 GMT

Hadayane reissue

Hey folks !We are planning to do a reprint of our first album Hadayane wich ran out of stock some months ago (actually there's exacly 4 copies left somewhere on CD Baby.com, go grab them while it's st...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 11:32:00 GMT

Working on something cool...part4


Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Working on something cool...part3


Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 09:05:00 GMT

Working on something cool...part2


Posted by on Fri, 15 May 2009 10:13:00 GMT

Working on something cool...part1


Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 13:51:00 GMT

From Roots To Clouds - EP : Lyrics

We've just uploaded the lyrics of the songs on the new EP "From Roots To Clouds".You can read them in the photo section, they are scans of the original lyrics book. (Including mistakes, corrections, r...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:58:00 GMT

From Roots To Clouds - EP : Available Now !!

Download the digital edition on CD Baby.com :1. 10:00 PM2. Eternal Morning Light3. Biharou Tofoulati (Acoustic Version)4. Where It Ends5. To AngerThere's also a limited CD edition available with more ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:43:00 GMT