ITA ZOR, by Phurpa & Queen Elephantine

ITA ZOR

by Phurpa & Queen Elephantine

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	1.	ITA ZOR Side A 27:05
	2.	ITA ZOR Side B 23:14

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This inner space journey features an international collaboration between Phurpa (phurpa.bandcamp.com), renowned Russian ritualists that perform the ancient Bon music of Tibet, and Queen Elephantine (queenelephantine.com), the avant garde rock group formed in Hong Kong and now based in Philadelphia, USA.

Together they weave history with the future into an offering that reflects the present moment, slowly teasing the tension of a dense electric buzzing chaos while seeking anchor and abandon in ancient knowledge. This chant and drone work goes incredibly deep, astronomically far out, and is the sound of death as much as of healing.

Phurpa provide the backbone with their transcendent thunderous throat chanting while Queen Elephantine create an otherworldly cloud around them, using gyaling horns, conch shells, gongs, flutes, ceremonial bells and bowls, drums, guitar, and electronics.

The artwork features a striking sculpture by Transylvanian skull-carver Victor Seiche, a fitting image for the sound of a dead wisdom tradition adored, adorned, and defiled with sincere devotion.

This piece is in devotion and reflection of our times. None of the artists involved in this release are taking a personal profit, and all Bandcamp proceeds will go to the Vipassana Prison Project: prison.dhamma.org. For this reason, if you wish to purchase only the digital version, please go to:
queenelephantine.bandcamp.com/album/phurpa-queen-elephantine-ita-zor

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Cassette — Misophonia (UK)
Digital — Atypeek (France)

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released May 4, 2021

PHURPA — Vocal
Alexey Tegin, DAN, DUT

QUEEN ELEPHANTINE — Instrumental
Indrayudh Shome, Samer Ghadry, Brett Zweiman, Nathanael Totushek, Ian Sims, Camden Healey, Floris Moerkamp, Buddy van Nieuwenhoven

VICTOR SEICHE
Artwork — Skull carving

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