The Almond Tree is a new composition composed by Samvad to commemorate a good friend, a mentor, a brother, that passed away in August 2017.
His name was Almond and in some ways he is the cause of our musical existence. Life is a mystery if we think how some encounters can change the course of someone's life. Well, Almond was one of those encounters that changed our lives and it is thanks to him that we are what we are now…

This video is recorded live at Horto festival, Greece , with the great Yannis Zannis accompanying us on Tabla .The composition is set to Matta Taal (9 beats cycle) and it is based on raga Kaunsi Kanra.
Somehow while pl(r)aying and composing for him it took different shades so it can not be classified within a raga… Somehow this is more soothing to his free spirit.
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I want to be free
so free
like a dolphin in the sea
like a bird in the tree
like a flower and the bee
I want to fly high
so high
like an eagle in the sky
and when my time has come
I gonna lay down and die
and when my time has come
I gonna rise up and fly
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Fly high Almond...

Yours, Igino & Virginia

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