Adil Takhssait better known by his stage name

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 Vaï as a solo act, and earlier as Mélo (or Melopsy) (during his membership of Les Messagers du Son

LMDS (band)

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 (LMDS

LMDS (band)

LMDS, abbreviation for "Les Messagers du Son" was a French language hip hop duo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the late 1990s made up of Lyrik and Mélo / Mélopsy .The group broke up in 2001...

), is a Canadian

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 (Quebec

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) rap

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 and hip-hop musician of Moroccan

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 origin. Adil Takhssait was born 24 April 1979 in Paris

Paris

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 (France

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) in an Moroccan

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 family and immigrated to Canada

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 in 1993, and established himself in Montreal

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, Quebec

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. He is an author compositor and performer.
He is presently signed to K.Pone.Inc

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 record label.

In LMDS

Adil Takhssait formed in 1994 his first band LMDS

LMDS (band)

LMDS, abbreviation for "Les Messagers du Son" was a French language hip hop duo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the late 1990s made up of Lyrik and Mélo / Mélopsy .The group broke up in 2001...

abbreviation of Les Messagers Du Son with his classmate and friend Cyril Kamar (later on K'Maro

K'Maro

Cyril Kamar, better known by his stage name K.Maro, sometimes also K'Maro is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter and producer of Lebanese origin. He sings in French and in English...

). Adil took the name "Mélo" (Mélopsy) whereas Cyril Kamar took the name Lyrik.

LMDS, Les Messagers du Son has had two successful albums, Les Messagers du Son in 1997 and Il Faudrait Leur Dire in (1999). The self-titled debut album of LMDS Les Messagers du Son issued in 1997 achieved top positions in the Quebec

Quebec

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 charts and the duo were appeared at Les FrancoFolies de Montréal

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 music festival in 1999. They followed that by "Il faudrait leur dire" and a compilation released in France, where both had resided for some time.

After the break-up of the group in 2001, both Adil Takhssait and Cyril Kamar have continued with solo careers

Vaï, as a solo act

Soon after the break-up, Adil issued his solo breakthrough album Street Life with the single coming from the album and also entitled "Street Life" featured Zaho

Zaho

Zehira known by her artistic name Zaho is an Algerian R&B singer living in Montréal, Canada.-Biography:...

 and sampled on "Sweet Dreams" by Annie Lennox

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.

The "Tous Héros" about boxing and violence and gained cult status amongst fans. The song sampled on James Brown

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 hit "It's A Man's World".

His follow-up album Ma raison in 2008 includes the single "Sur ma vie" was featured in the daily Top 5 chart in Canadian

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 French language

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 cable television

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 specialty channel

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 MusiMax

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He was also featured in Zoxea's song "Reste calme" and in DJ Blast's "Un homme à part".

His "Visages tristes" is about the Arab-Israeli conflict using samplings from the soundtrack of Schindler's List

Schindler's List

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As solo act

• Street Life (2003)

Tracks of the album

• • "Intro gloire à l'album"
  • "Pour Ceux"
  • "Zahri" feat. Freeman (Krhyme Le Roi)
  • "J moins trois"
  • "Klebs"
  • "Street Life"
  • "Vecu"
  • "Comme un fanfare"
  • "On fait le tour" feat. DJ Horg
  • "Jrap avec mes trippes" feat. Sully Sefil
  • "Revolta"
  • 'Esperance"
  • "Rap tous les jours" featuring Osfa
  • "J moins deux"
  • "V. A. I. L. L. A. N. T." feat. Roots Foundation
  • "Plus"
  • "Verbal Fight" featuring Zaho
    Zaho
    Zehira known by her artistic name Zaho is an Algerian R&B singer living in Montréal, Canada.-Biography:...
    
    
  • "Original moi"
  • "Street Life (remix)" featuring Roots Foundation
  • "J moins un"
  • "Mtl Connection" feat. Va

• Ma Raison (2008)

Tracks of the album:

• • "L'odeur du dancefloor"
  • "Sur ma vie"
  • "Infidèle"
  • "Faux mc"
  • "Je retiens mon souffle"
  • "Ma raison"
  • "Tour du mic"
  • "Made in" feat. Minea
  • "Donne-moi le temps"
  • "Love & happiness"
  • "Djamer" feat. Minea
  • "Solide comme un rocher" feat. Mickey Dangerous
  • "Si seulement"
  • "Superstar"
  • "Y'a pas moyen" feat. Minea
  • "Bienvenue" feat. Bad News Brown

With LMDS

• "Cette une belle histoire" with Jodie Resther
• "Joins toi à la dance"
• "Tu me dirais"
• "Le bien de demain"
• "La Squadra"

External links

• Official site
• MySpace site
• Official blog page at SkyRock
• Blog at Blogspot