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Phi Yaan-Zek

Music for Phi Yaan-Zek is a deep on-going journey of self-discovery and surrendering to creativity. Each of his five solo album releases so far have been like a collection of diary pages and personal sketches from moments in that journey. Expanding on his Indian/French/British multi-cultural roots, Phi's dynamic creative vision dances yin-yang style between the polarities of passionate, dark intensity and warm, otherworldly playfulness.

As such his unique musical voice has made him much in demand both as a guitar player and composer. Over the years he has recorded and performed with such inspirational musicians as Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai), Marco Minnemann (Steve Wilson, The Aristocrats), Bumblefoot (Guns N' Roses), Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, The Aristocrats), Steve Lawson, Andy Edwards (Robert Plant, IQ) and Lalle Larsson (Karmakanic, Agents of Mercy) whom he met in the early 90s as a fellow student at the American Institute of Music in Vienna Austria.

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Phi Yaan-Zek resurrects ghost of Frank Zappa on genre-bending new album

Phi Yaan-Zek resurrects ghost of Frank Zappa on genre-bending new album

Source: Lauren Rogers

When rock & roll iconoclast Frank Zappa passed away in 1993, he left behind a spirit of adventure in music that was as revolutionary as it was irreverent. There won't be another like him. However, that doesn't mean there will not be any artists who won't even come close. Zappa's successor just might be a relatively unknown guitarist from London, England named Phi Yaan-Zek. Yaan-Zek's latest album, Dance with the Anima, a collaboration with drummer Marco Minnemann, is a genre-bending ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Deeper With The Anima

Geomagnetic Records
2012

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Dance With The Anima

Geomagnetic Records
2010

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Solar Flare

Geomagnetic Records
2005

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Anomalies

Geomagnetic Records
1997

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Worlds Beyond Cause

Cydonia Records
1997

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