Yugen, by Zarathustra

Yugen

by Zarathustra

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Immediate download of the digital album Yūgen of Zarathustra in any format you choose. Download includes album art. Please download as FLAC format if you can for lossless audio quality.

Any feedback please contact Zarathustra at guyduplessis.irisa@gmail.com

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1.	Massa Confusia 06:24	info	download
2.	Zarathustra - Dissolution 07:35		download
3.	Zarathustra - Mortificatio 04:36		download
4.	Zarathustra - Albedo 05:47		download
5.	Zarathustra - Rubedo 05:50		download
6.	Zarathustra - Coniunctio Oppositorum 06:39		download
7.	Zarathustra - Philosopher's Stone 07:28		download
8.	The Ground of All Being 07:20		download

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Yūgen is a musical and conceptual journey that represents the inner-structures and sequential stages of psycho-existential evolution - from the archaic to the supra-personal.

Yūgen was inspired by the work of Ken Wilber, Carl Jung, Jan Smuts, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer and the Alchemists.

The musical style of the album was influenced by the Japanese concept of yūgen - which describes the subtle profundity of things, revealed or suggested beauty, at once elusive and meaningful.

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released June 6, 2009

All music written by Guy du Plessis, additional riffs and harmonies by Wayde Holland

Guy du Plessis: Guitars, Programming, Synths, Bass Guitar, & Vox.
Wayde Holland: Lead Guitar

Arranged & Produced by Guy du Plessis

Recorded & mixed by Guy du Plessis, Muizenberg, Cape Town over the period of March 2007 to June 2009.

Mastering done by Matthew de Nobreye at
Timecode Mastering

Additional musicians:
Additional drums - Andrew Austin (Philosopher's Stone)
Backing vocals - Millie Oosthuizen (Dissolution)
Additional vocals and keyboard - David Hut (Dissolution)

Art direction: Guy du Plessis
Cover design: Millie Oosthuizen

Yūgen is dedicated to my brother Jurie Germishuis (1971 - 2004) Horridas nostrae mentis purga tenebras.

Review by Chavdar from Avante-Garde Metal.com:

I liked the approach of ZARATHUSTRA on "Yugen” and downloaded their album. On the one side of the spectrum the songs varies from dark ambient, industrial or alternative electronica to a kind of new age feel, the signifying of which, under my impression at least, owes a lot to the fine blending of clean, smooth, drawn-out guitar solos..thus, both synthetic and organic, often unifying echoing space with flat bases, the unusual and difficult to pinpoint order of "Yugen” is like various cohabitations of magnitude and additional diversity.

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Zarathustra is a progressive rock/experimental band from Cape Town, South Africa.

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