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The More I Learn (The Less I Know)

by Jeremy Mage & The Magi

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A (burning) meditation on lifelong learning.
A shout out to deep friendship.

One time I was depressed on the tour bus, a good buddy said,  “Well, if you feel like the biggest piece of sh%t at the center of the universe, deal with the first by dealing with the second”.

Oh. Right.

A lesson worth learning again and again.


This song is part of that process. And a way of making fun of and celebrating a (sometimes overly spontaneous and under planned?) approach to life.

Recorded live with Cyprien Rochat on guitar, Daniel Spahni on drums, Jeremy Mage on keyboards and lead vocals.

And lots of my best mates on the “Give Thanks for My Friends” Outro, including Carnatic singer Purnash, Jamaican dub poet Nya, Afrobeat queen “Wunmi”, Dean on Trombone, Noélie and Daria, Max on Violin, Adrien on Trumpet, Amin and Jacques on sax, Redouan on Dumbek…where you at? GIVE THANKS FOR MY FRIENDS!

lyrics

Forgetting my steps but i'm learning to dance
Jumping to fly by the seat of my pants
Hold on to the air in the palm of my hand
Try not to care that my castles are sand
I had faith in fate now i have faith in chance

Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama

Restart the heart of beginning again
The fool on the hill lends a hand to ascend
Hold on to the ladder and climb towards the dark
Far off the map, so wet follow the spark
Dust off the dust, and give thanks for our friends

Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Oh that's how it goes
The more i learn the less i know
Yay yay mama
Give thanks for my friends!

credits

released June 30, 2021
Daniel Spahni: Drums, background vocals
Cyprien Rochat: Guitar, background vocals
Jeremy Mage: Moog Bass, Keyboards, Vocals

Special guests:
Wunmi, Noélie Broglie, Daria Nile, Purnash, Anne Moser, Elio, Nya:
Additional Vocals

Dean Jones: Trombone
Adrien Oggier: Trumpet
Amin Mokdad, Jacques Schwarz-Bart: Sax
Redouan Nhili: Dumbek

Inspired by Miriam Makebe
Cover art by Priska Wenger
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe

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Jeremy Mage & The Magi New York, New York

Mage is a New Yorker living in Switzerland. He played B-3 in church and broke his nose in a mosh pit, and then years later he broke it again on a Steinway. In between, he studied with Baba Olatunji, Alan Ginsberg, Fred Frith, Yusef Lateef; learned Raga in Varanasi and clave in Havana. He world-toured with Lizz Wright, Wunmi, and the Easy Star All Stars. His influences are a hopeless mix. ... more

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