Israeli guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and co-founder of ORPHANED LAND, YOSSI SASSI has posted on his Official Youtube Channel a new studio live session video of “Fata Morgana” from Yossi Sassi’s second album “Desert Butterflies”, check it out below:
The video is featuring:
Bouzoukitara – Yossi Sassi
Vocals – Sapir Fox
Bass – Or Lubianiker
Electric Guitar – Ben Azar
Percussion – Roei Fridman
Drums – Shay Ifrah
Also check out the video footage from Tel Aviv last October, during the Desert Butterflies IL Tour 2014. The video features Moran Magal, performing the Pink Floyd Oriental Rock Cover “High Hopes”:
Israeli guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and co-founder of ORPHANED LAND, YOSSI SASSI has posted on his Official Youtube Channel a HQ video footage from the recent performance in Tel Aviv, for the PORCUPINE TREE cover “Shesmovedon” featuring Sapir Fox, watch it below:
Comments Yossi: Another cover we recently did is a Porcupine Tree song called “Shesmovedon”, featuring Sapir J Fox, she is an amazing Israeli vocalist who was a guest musician on our IL 2014 tour and we wanted to do something special with her. This is what came out of it.
Recently Yossi posted the live video “Neo Quest” from Yossi’s recent album “Desert Butterflies” from the recent performance at Red Sea Beer Festival in Eilat.
Also check out the video footage from the recent Tel Aviv Show,the video features Moran Magal, performing the Pink Floyd Oriental Rock Cover “High Hopes”:
Israeli guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and co-founder of ORPHANED LAND, YOSSI SASSI has posted on his Official Youtube Channel a HQ video footage from the recent performance at Red Sea Beer Festival in Eilat. The video features “Neo Quest” from his recent album “Desert Butterflies”, watch it below:
Also check out the video footage from the recent Tel Aviv Show,the video features Moran Magal, performing the Pink Floyd Oriental Rock Cover “High Hopes”:
Israeli guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and co-founder of ORPHANED LAND, YOSSI SASSI has posted on his Official Youtube Channel an introducing video for his version of Harmonic Minor with “minor additions”, Yossi adds “I made it Oriental and spooky a bit. Enjoy the funny video editing & cool bass playing by Or Lubianiker!” Check out the video below. Get the playback track & tabs HERE.
Yossi is currently available for Online Guitar Lessons for intermediate & advanced guitar players! Email info@yossisassi.com to get more details!
Recently the State Of Israel, in co-operation with Israeli Vibe posted online a special video footage about YOSSI SASSI and his way of inventing music, creating a sound that wasn’t there before. In the video YOSSI tells about how he got involved with music and how he came up to create his “bouzoukitara”. Check out the video below:
In 2011, YOSSI SASSI decided to plan an instrument that would later become an “embodiment of his musical journey”. What first began as a seeking for an efficient way to switch between the acoustic Greek Bouzouki to his electric guitar, gave birth to the “Bouzoukitara” – a unique instrument that combines a traditional Greek mandolin (Bouzouki) with an electric solid-body guitar.
Together with Luthier Bejamin Millar, he was able to transform his design into reality. The double-neck instrument has a shared surface, so when one guitar is played it resonates to the open strings of the other guitar, thus allows him to produce some unique sound layers, for example when playing the Electric guitar while recording the Bouzouki going through a Pre-amp or overdrive, capturing the sympathetic harmonies & overtones.
Photo by Cobe Thamshes
In the summer of 2013 Sassi began working on a new design, code-named “Mark II”. Aided again by Luthier Bejamin Millar, they were able to transform the design into reality – a double-neck instrument, combining an acoustic guitar, electric guitar and an acoustic/electric bouzouki!
Yossi Sassi comments:
“Featuring various modifications from the first model in ergonomics, wood choice, pick-ups, functionality, less weight, new neck angles and much more – this one of a kind instrument is all I can ask for!”
Israeli guitarist, producer, composer, arranger and co-founder of ORPHANED LAND, YOSSI SASSI has posted on his Official Youtube Channel a HQ video footage from the recent Tel Aviv Show, during the Desert Butterflies IL Tour 2014. The video features Moran Magal, performing the Pink Floyd Oriental Rock Cover “High Hopes”, check it out below:
Bouzouki Guitar & Vocals – Yossi Sassi
Keyboards & Vocals – Moran Magal
Bass – Or Lubianiker
Electric Guitar – Ben Azar
Percussion – Roei Fridman
Drums – Shay Ifrah
Moran Magal and Yossi Sassi – Tel Aviv 15 September 2014 – photo by Sharon Shapira
Michael Kobrin, Young Middle Eastern musician who Combines Acoustic and Rock elements creating a whole new sound, Based on ethnical & classical cultural life in the middle east, has released an Acoustic Rock Album “Searching”, produced by Yossi Sassi (Co-founder – Orphaned Land). Influenced by Blues and Rock from the west Michael Kobrin combines between different worlds, using beautiful melodies/lyrics, unique acoustic guitar playing, and extraordinary vocal range. Check out the videos below.
Animal – official video (single)
Learning How To Live (single)
Michael Kobrin was born in 1991 in a small port city called “Mariupal” in Ukraine and at the age of 4 moved to Haifa, Israel. As a foreign child Michael was naturally influenced by different cultures. At the age of 11 he started singing in a choir and playing the middle eastern “Darbooka”.
Michael’s father, a boxing trainer, wanted him to become a boxer which eventually didn’t happen. At the age of 13, Michael started playing classical guitar and writing his first songs, which were always inspired by challenges, love and life in the middle east.
At the age of 17 Michael was already performing on stages and winning talent competitions. At that age he wrote his first guitar piece.
in the process of combining classical music with modern rock, blues and folk, Michael discovered the acoustic guitar. Very soon he started discovering new percussive techniques inspired by Roland Dyenz, Andy Mckee and John Mayer. Through listening to rock, pop, oriental and progressive metal songs, step by step, Michael evolved into an out-of-the-ordinary songwriter who combines the Acoustic and Rock worlds.
After finishing music matriculation exams, Michael went to Boston looking for inspiration at a musical program in Brandeis, also had shows at France, Germany, Romania, Italia, Spain and Ukraine. Continuing his vocal studies, Michael Graduated the “BPM College” of Sound & Production.
As a singer, Michael has experience in all genres choosing carefully his unique vocal sounding. In 2012, he started working with his album producer, Yossi Sassi (Orphaned Land co founder). The cooperation led to Michael’s uniquely sounding debut album called “Searching”.
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