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Former ORPHANED LAND guitarist and founder YOSSI SASSI has unveiled the cover artwork, created by the international award-winning Dina Bova, for his upcoming album “Desert Butterflies”, due to the release in 2014.

Recently YOSSI SASSI released the first official studio clip ‘Cocoon’, check it out below:

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Yossi Sassi – Vocals, Guitars (Electric, Nylon-String, Acoustic, 7-Strings), Bouzouki, Charrango, Oud, Saz, Chumbush, Keyboards
Or Lubianiker – Electric & Acoustic Bass
Shay Ifrah – Drums
Ben Azar – Guitar solo on “Inner Oasis”, “Neo Quest”
Mariangela Demurtas – Vocals on “Believe”
Marty Friedman – Guitar Lead on “Orient Sun”
Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal – Guitar solo on “Fata Morgana”
Erez Lev Ari (courtesy of NMC United) – Choir vocals, additional guitars on “Fata Morgana”
Roei Fridman – Percussion
Roy Zu-arets – Piano, Hammond
Ariel Qassis – Kanun
Daniel Hoffman – Violins
Itzhak Ventura – Arabic, Turkish and Persian ney
David Sassi – Choir vocals
Yosefa Zauosh – Vocals on “Fata Morgana”, “Azadi”
Shlomo Oz – Sitar

Engineered and recorded by Liron Schaffer at Bardo Studios, Ramat-Gan, Israel, and Piloni’s studio (Zaza Jaffa), Tel-Aviv, Israel. ‘Jason’s Butterflies’ engineered and recorded in 1998 by Udi Koomran at his living room, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Assistant engineer at Bardo studios – Idan Katz
Guitars technician – Arie Aranovich
Drums technician – Ami Bornstein

Mixed by Liron Schaffer & Yossi Sassi at Piloni’s studio (Zaza Jaffa). Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper at Turtletone studios, NYC.  Pre-production & keyboards recordings by Yossi Sassi at Simplyossi studios. Cover and photo artwork by Dina Bova. Album Design by Nina Zidani & Sana Jamm, Studio Kanaba

More information at http://www.facebook.com/yossi.sassi