Name: Dewdrop
Duration: P00H06M13S
Description: An improvisation based on a poem by Urmila Mahajan, this is also our tribute to Calcutta, a city of splendour and decay with a rich musical history, connecting the 'experience of ancestors' to 'the awareness that like a drop of dew / I can only be certain that / I am here now'.

Dewdrop

from Heads and Tales by Tinctures

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An improvisation based on a poem by Urmila Mahajan, this is also our tribute to Calcutta, a city of splendour and decay with a rich musical history, connecting the 'experience of ancestors' to 'the awareness that like a drop of dew / I can only be certain that / I am here now'.

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DEWDROP

Every life is an intake of breath
in the corridors of humanity.
Within unfolds
the experience of ancestors;
a stirring that
churns the present
Every moment is more splendid
with the awareness
that like a drop of dew
I can only be certain that
I am here now.

Urmila Mahajan

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from Heads and Tales, released September 18, 2021

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Tinctures Berlin, Germany

exploring the nature of consonance and dissonance on the piano and guitar

Aman Mahajan (p) Bangalore

Nishad Pandey (g) Berlin

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