An almost impossible duet between two creators from opposite sides of the music industry: On the one hand – the great Jewish singer Hasidic Avraham Fried, and on the other hand, one of the most prominent Israeli creators in the Israeli music industry – Aviv Geffen.
So how did this happen?
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""It could have been another evening of routine coronavirus at my home in Brooklyn," says Avraham Fried. "But a video sent to me by a friend from Israel made me tear up instantly. I had never met Aviv Geffen and such a meeting was not even on the agenda.
""But if there's one thing that Corona has taught us, it's that 'there's no such thing, there's no such thing' and hearts can meet and connect even tens of thousands of kilometers away. When I saw Aviv tearfully in the video during an interview and asked to extinguish the discourse of hatred and increase brotherly love, I couldn't stand by any longer and answered his call. Because we are brotherly people.".
""This song comes to provide an opening for hope and unity, and to find a place where we can meet," explains the song's creator, Aviv Gefen.
""It was recorded after countless fascinating conversations between Avraham and me. We felt that it was a statement that we both wanted to leave behind. A kind of testament of a country that wants the people who live in it not to be forgotten.".
In drought
Lyrics and music - Aviv Gefen
The walls of the soul crack and a ray of light breaks through.
How beautiful to see the vine blooming in the wilderness
Even a skeptic carries a little prayer with him.
In a time of drought, when we waited for the blessing rains
Even if you worry a lot
Don't lose hope and believe in love.
There is no peace and there is no tranquility.
You are also afraid and bitter.
I am your brother, don't forget.
Even if you are a little distant
Even with my eyes closed, I heard your voice.
You called me to stay in your tent of solitude.
It is small flames in one big bonfire.
We forgot that in times of drought, everything burns.
Even if you worry a lot
Don't lose hope and believe in love.
There is no peace and there is no tranquility.
You are also afraid and bitter.
I am your brother, don't forget.
Even if you are a little distant
During a drought
Lyrics, composition, arrangement and musical production: Aviv Gefen | Musical consulting: Yuval Stoppel
Clip: Production and design: Shlomo Chaim Rivkin | RIVKIN MEDIA Illustration: Dudi van den Berg
