07 Inner Oasis

06 Desert Butterfly

05 Believe

04 Azadi

03 Neo Quest

02 Fata Morgana

01 Orient Sun

Yossi Sassi & the band Live @ HaEzor club, Tel Aviv, 28/04/2015
LIVE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXW0k_J6zi8
Bouzoukitara - Yossi Sassi
Vocals - Sapir Fox
Bass - Or Lubianiker
Electric Guitar - Ben Azar
Percussion - Roei Fridman
Drums - Shay Ifrah

Sound - Ofer Froind
Audio editing - Ben Azar
Mix - Eyal Amir

Yossi Sassi - Bleak (Opeth Oriental Metal cover)

released May 25, 2016 

All music & lyrics by Yossi Sassi, except "The Explorientals": Music by Yossi Sassi, Or Lubianiker, Shay Ifrah, Roei Fridman , Ben Azar 
Produced by Yossi Sassi 

The Yossi Sassi band 
Yossi Sassi – Vocals, Guitars (Electric, Nylon-String, Acoustic, 7-Strings), Bouzoukitara, Bouzouki, Charango, Oud, Saz, Chumbush, Keyboards on "Madame TwoSouls", "Road Less 
Traveled" 
Or Lubianiker – Electric Bass 
Shay Ifrah – Drums 
Ben Azar – Guitar solos 2 and 3 on "Palm Dance", Electric Guitar on "The Explorientals" 
Sapir Fox – Vocals ("Road Less Traveled", "Bird Without A Tree", choir on "Wings") 
Roei Fridman – Percussion 

Guest musicians 
Zaher Zorgati - Vocals on "The Religion Of Music" 
Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal – Guitar solos 1 and 4 on “Palm Dance” 
Diana Golbi – Vocals on "Root Out" 
Roy Zu-arets – Piano 
Yoav Efron - Keyboards on "Wings", "Rizes Kai Dromoi", "The Religion Of Music", "Thundercloud" 
Bob Katsionis - Hammond and additional keyboards on "Rizes Kai Dromoi" 
Ariel Qassis – Kanun 
Daniel Hoffman – Violins 
Itzhak Ventura - Arabic, Turkish and Persian Ney 
Danielle Sassi - Flute 
Yankale Segal – Fretless Bass on "Bird without a tree" 
Assaf Perelmuter – Lap steel, Diddley bow 
Harel Shachal – Clarinet 
Dan Piloni Kark, Jonathan Jacobi, Liron Schaffer – Choiron "Wing" 

Management & Production Management: Raya Kosovsky 
Cover art sculpture: "Suspended orange tree" by Ran Morin, 
environmental sculpture & planning 
Cover, booklet artwork and photos by Irene Serrano Espejo 
Cover art photo by Cobe Tamshes 
Band photo by Ami Bornstein 
Album Design by Guy Nakash 

Legal consulting: Ivri, Kerner & Co .Law Offices 
Special thanks to our families and Jeremy Shotts 

Engineered and recorded by Liron Schaffer at Jaffa Sound Arts, Tel-Aviv Jaffa 
Assistant engineer – Aner Baruch 
Guitars technician – Benjamin Millar 
Drums technician – Ami Bornstein 
Zaher Zorgati recorded by Kevin Codfert @ X-Fade studio 
Mixed by Liron Schaffer at Jaffa Sound Arts 
Mastered by Jonathan Jacobi at Jaffa Sound Arts 
Pre-production & additional recordings by Yossi Sassi at Simplyossi studios 


Thundercloud

Winter

The Religion Of Music (feat. Zaher Zorgati)

Madame TwoSouls

Mr. NoSoul

Root Out

Palm Dance (feat. Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal)

Wings

Familiar internationally to music fans by his unique trademark signature sound, Yossi Sassi redefines oriental rock. Voted "Top Newcomer of year 2012" by 'Rock Hard' magazine readers, Sassi blends East with West, Rock with Folk music and traditional Acoustic instruments with virtuoso Electric guitar. With over 22 years experience as a Producer and Composer/Arranger, as well as founding member of "Orphaned Land" (Century Media USA/EMI), Yossi Sassi (Warner Music / Verycords), Orphaned Land's musical mastermind, continues to soar to new horizons.  
Sassi is known for being the constant explorer of sound and musical boundaries, driving inspiration from different cultures around the world. Sassi plays 17(!) different types of guitars and traditional instruments, and was invited to play live and share the stage with artists such as Metallica, Marty Friedman, Steven Wilson, Dave Lombardo, Ron 'bumblefoot' Thal and many others. 

As a veteran performing artist, with hundreds of global shows and major festivals in his record, Yossi Sassi performs ~80 shows in 30 countries on an average year.

Yossi Sassi invented the unique Bouzoukitara instrument (Electric guitar combined with acoustic Bouzouki), gave a TED talk on 'The power of music to unite people', and was awarded 4 peace and friendship awards from cities and governments. He endorses some of the best musical equipment manufacturers in the world.
 
Featuring world-known musicians such as Marty Friedman (Ex-Megadeth, 27 gold and platinum records, 5 Grammy nominations), and joined by some of the top musicians out there (Shay Ifrah on drums, Or Lubianiker on Bass and Berkley's Ben Azar on guitar), this album takes you to a journey around the world with traditional instruments such as Saz, Bouzouki, Oud, Chumbush and many more!

The result is easily one of the most diverse and atmospheric albums the music world has ever seen, heard and felt.

..NEW album coming in 2014!  for more music and info: http://www.YossiSassi.com 
Quotes...
"An amazing musician!"
Marty Friedman

“Both melodic and exotic, "Melting clocks" is primarily a musical journey, like daydreaming”
My-Head-Is-A-JukeBox

"Instantly recognizable guitar sound... such talent... 
spectacular musician!"
La Grosse Radio

"Sassi's ethnically styled solos differ from anything you would normally expect to hear"
Rock Freaks

"Such a joy to live and communicate with others through music is rare... the positive energy generated by this man is infectious!"
Auxportes Du Metal

“Beautiful music for carefree hours, highly recommended!”
My Revelations

"Simply a DIAMOND DISC which musicians everywhere should have in their record collection! 
Without a doubt this year's Top 5 for me!"
Greek Rebels

Yossi Sassi - "Numbers' World" (from the album "Melting Clocks")

opening track of 'Illusion of Choice', 4th studio album

Kardia - Yossi Sassi & The Oriental Rock Orchestra

4th track from the album 'Illusion of Choice'

Maktoob - Yossi Sassi & The Oriental Rock Orchestra

Familiar to numerous music fans all over the world by his unique trademarked signature sound, Yossi Sassi blends East with West, Rock with World music, melodic tunes with progressive passages, and traditional folk instruments with roaring electric riffs. With over 20 years of experience as a Producer, Composer/Arranger and Founding member of "Orphaned Land" (Century Media USA/EMI), Yossi Sassi (Verycords/Warner Music) continues to soar to new horizons.

Yossi is known for being the constant explorer of sound and musical boundaries, driving inspiration from different cultures around the world. Yossi plays 17(!) different types of guitars and traditional instruments, and has been invited to play live and share the stage with artists such as Metallica, Marty Friedman, Steven Wilson, Yehuda Poliker and many others.

Yossi Sassi has cooperated and recorded with artists from Kuwait to Portugal. He is a veteran performing artist, with hundreds of global shows and major festivals in his record. 

Featuring world-known musicians such as Marty Friedman (Ex-Megadeth), this album takes you to a journey around the world with traditional instruments such as Saz, Bouzouki, Oud, Chumbush and many more!

The result is easily one of the most diverse and atmospheric debut albums the music world has ever seen, heard and felt.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe1nY7Gf4ME

Simple Things (from the album "Melting Clocks")

The live show intro track for Yossi Sassi's "Melting Clocks" live performance.
Based on the track "Scanner Darkly" by "Oceanic" (produced by Yossi Sassi).
Concept and Mix by Yossi Sassi at "Simplyossity Studios" (originally recorded and mixed by Liron Schaffer).
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering - California/USA.

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