The entire Urban Gipsy album is a collection of stories that were born in the city, about every apartment I slept in, every girl I kissed and lied to (smile), the people I drank with and the people I smoked with.
All this, but within a confined space: Brussels.

Saying that though, I’m pretty sure that there’s some guy in London who experienced the same kind of stories, or someone in New York who has similar tales.

Most of the songs were written in a period where I was living rough and very spontaneously.
The only thing that kept me focussed and not let me go really wild was Kapri, who was four years old at that time.
The cool thing was also that I was never really into the drugs thing. I was more into just hanging out with the musicians where the music and vibe was good.

Besides that I lived from one day to the next, seeing where I could get my next gig and next bit of money. I only ate when I was hungry, never for pleasure, as I can do now, and most of the time it was stuff like Douroums or Chinese.
I moved from one place to another with so many people. I couldn’t pay my rent so I was staying until the rent that I owed was equal to my guarantee, then stayed a couple of days at friends until I found a new apartment.
Fortunately for me, I never stayed out on the streets: I’m lucky enough to have good friends that would have never allowed me to do that: I just had to ring the doorbell and they were like “oh my god it’s Bai”. They let me in, it was nice and warm inside and I could stay for a couple of days before I moved on. I could never live like that in another city, but in Brussels people knew me from bars and I was a bit like a local character... that crazy African guy.

Now I’m older, I have a son who is 8 years old, I look at life differently. I get older and see myself growing with my son. But I know that I could never buy those past experiences: they were rich, rich experiences... I didn’t have those experiences in order to write songs, I just had them and wrote about them. I was just living a life and documented it afterwards in the songs.
I listen to the songs and can remember exactly the period... but of course my life has changed.
Now I can’t say really anymore that I’m still an Urban Gipsy. Spiritually yes, but physically not anymore.
Not in the same sense as before anyway. Maybe next year, where I'm thinking of doing some traveling, me and my guitar, going to some other cities. Brussels is not far from Cologne, Paris, London... and I might just travel out there, do some buskin or playing in some small pubs.

It started already actually with my trips to Spain: I pack my bag every 2 months, take guitar an amp, and go down to my friend Nader to gig with him for 10 days.
I feel like I can do that now. Even though I stayed in Belgium for the past years, to learn this craft of song writing and performing, I think now after two records I can go out and be a bit “brave”.
Well, it’s not really brave, because I’m a very cautious person: before I make my move I must make sure it’s the right move that I’m making...
The wandering spirit is still there thoug, only now it will be from city to city.
I can never be an Urban Gipsy in Brussels anymore cuz I’ve got so many friends here that people won’t let me out in the could for two minutes.

But Brussels is my home. Brussels is a great "country".