PHURPA
No words are needed to present the russian collective Phurpa. Spawned by the mind of Alexei Tegin, Phurpa brings the sacral Bön´s chanting tradition to the modern electronic scenario, through the use of the old tibetan chant´s technique, as well as the use of some proper tibetan´s sacral music instruments, like tibetan trumpets and percussions.
Their vast discography flags itself with some of the most important and interesting labels in the experimental panorama nowadays, like Brave Mysteries, Zoharum, Cyclic Law and Lust Vessel between the others. The leitmotiv of Phurpa´s music art is always the same: bringing the Bön tradition to the experimental music panorama, through a dark, heavy and extremely engulfing aura, which emanates from their live´s aesthetic as well.
Their contribution to the Modern Bön VA is an extract from their live at the first Modern Bön festival.
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