- artist:Lamia Bedioui
- featured artist:Lamia Bedioui & The Desert Fish
- region:Athens
- release year:2015
- style(s):Folk, Mediterranean
- country:Greece
- formats:CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Kamenidis Andreas
- label:LBedioui Music Production
- publisher:LBedioui Music Production
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" ATHAMRA " means in Arabic the fruit.
A musical meeting between the Tunisian singer and story teller Lamia Bedioui and the Greek band " The Desert Fish ".
The band plays oriental instruments such as Oud , Qanun ,Ney but also Cretan Lyra , Guitar , Mandolin and different kinds of percussions.
"...I planted an orange tree when i went to jail..."
...The Infanta, the knight, the garden, the palace, the silken slippers, a forbidden meeting.
The king's world. The sea
...the sea, desert, swamp, jail, fire, pirates, ravaged countryside, the battle, fish madness.
Ya kalbi khali. The heart's patience.
Fragmentary words of tales. Stories that turn into songs. Melodies that narrate.A gleaming orange tree.
Athamra, fruit of the dream.
A journey in time and space with songs and improvisations,
based on the musical tradition around the Mediterranean, together with new compositions.
The repertoire embraces songs from Arabic countries
(Tunisia , Algeria , Morocco ,…)
as well as Spain , South France , Italy , Greece , …
There is also the element of the narration specially in the last track of the album " The dream " , a new composition
(Text and Music by Lamia Bedioui )for voice ,percussion and vocals.