Phurpa – “Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer” (album) An Ancient Bon Tantric Dzogchen Mystical Journey rgyud-skad

Phurpa – “Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer” (album) An Ancient Bon Tantric Dzogchen Mystical Journey ~ rgyud-skad overtone chanting Tracks: PHURPA - ya tog rid pa’i gyer - 01 Part I PHURPA - ya tog rid pa’i gyer - 02 Part II This double album is the successor to the previous release entitled “Chöd” from nearly a year ago. The new release shows how Phurpa constantly transforms itself through their own musical exploration as well as personal spiritual development. Apart from intensive concerts, its members are famous for their long meditation trainings/sessions. This constant movement, the exploration of various techniques and discovering new inspirations in eastern culture makes Phurpa musicians more and more eager to use traditional instruments in addition to their distinctive “rgyud-skad” singing, thus enriching the already familiar formula. By emphasizing the sacred and spiritual nature of their activity, they seek to enrich it in such a way that the listener can find the novum, bearing in mind that not only the aesthetic but very spiritual world of the ancient deities of the Bön tradition is particularly important. The title, referring to the magical quest for the universe, should set the direction for the interpretation, or be merely a pretext or an invitation to this mystical journey. Before Buddhism reached Tibet, practices involving shamanic rites derived from various ancestral cults became known as Bon. Phurpa, led by contemporary artist Alexei Tegin, is a Moscow based group in this tradition. This Tibetan monastic choir uses a specific kind of overtone chanting which is based on the principle of the singer’s transmogrification during the “chanting meditation“.  The Russian combo Phurpa presents us with the continuation of their previous album Chöd . Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer condenses more than an hour and a half of Tibetan chants into a single CD, immersing the listener in a transcendental state.   There are several facets that make Phurpa great . The first of them is its clear integrity. This Russian project is not intimate with any style of music other than that practiced for ritual purposes. They are capable of performing a three-hour concert based on harmonic chants and sacred instrumentation without hesitation, achieving sound textures shielded by hieraticism and absolute darkness. The second is its successful ability to publish releases in physical format, with no less than five different proposals so far this year. A ruin for collectors. Finally, it is worth highlighting his exemplary and trustworthy presentation on stage, dressing up in clothing belonging to the Bön tradition, an Asian belief that precedes Tibetan Buddhism. Their rituals are a constant door to the tripartite division of worlds that this belief practiced, easily leaning towards the entrance of demons. Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer is the band’s latest offering released by the Polish label Zoharum . It has been presented on a double CD, and contains more than an hour and a half of authentic rituals seasoned with all types of ancestral instrumentation. It is in the same vein as their previous release Chöd . Phurpa does not intend to surprise or create new trends, quite the opposite: they intend to rescue animist cults that had been buried in the history of Asia. The first CD that Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer structures is dominated by paths of cavernous songs in continuous linearity that manage to transport us to a state of absolute trance. The second is much more dynamic and concessive if we compare it with its predecessor, since in it the songs are interspersed with eventual silences, drum and metal percussions, and other kinds of elements that help us escape from the mundane context. Listening to Phurpa is a meditation exercise that few know how to enjoy, since the modern man’s ear is not equipped to understand music in its original state, and this is as a support for religion, as a tool of use and not as an end in itself. Discover & Support PHURPA: ~ ~ ~ for the benefit of all sentient beings