{"id":29158,"date":"2014-04-08T23:51:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T06:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=29158"},"modified":"2014-04-10T09:51:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T16:51:31","slug":"yossi-sassi-capturing-the-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=29158","title":{"rendered":"Yossi Sassi – Capturing the Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A guy and a guitar – it’s about as far as you can get from heavy metal, but that is my first impression of Yossi Sassi. Not that the co-founder and former member of Orphaned Land is going acoustic, not at all, and that amazing instrument he’s holding is a guitar and then some… He’ll soon be launching Desert Butterflies<\/em>, which looks to be a densely textured album, with layers of sound and some exciting collaborations (Marty Friedman, Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, Mariangela Demurtas & more). The album launch will take place on May 8th at Reading 3, but in the meantime, Yossi offered a first look at Capturing the Butterfly<\/em>, a documentary on the making of the album, with a preview screening at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.<\/p>\n

But nothing can compare to live music, and after the screening Yossi took the stage with his Bouzoukitara (his own creation, merging an electric guitar and bouzouki) and sang a beautiful song from the new album – Cocoon.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the official version!
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\nYossi Sassi will conduct a workshop on April 24th at the Port of Tel Aviv on merging roots with contemporary music – here’s the link to the event<\/a> with more details.<\/p>\n

Desert Butterflies album launch – May 8th @Reading 3, here’s the link to the event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A preview of “Capturing the Butterfly”
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