Sipo

Sipo Began Working Behind The Scenes In Recording Studios And Within Two Years Became Head Engineer At A Top Facility Shaping Sound For Big Name Artists Scoring Platinum Selling Albums. The Average Person Of This Status Might Become Too Addicted To Success And Lucrative Opportunities To Leave This Position But Sipo Had Bigger Creative Plans All Along. While Helping Other Artists Fulfill Their Creative Dreams He Was Hard At Work Writing His Own Songs And Laying The Foundation For His Breakout As An Indie/alternative Rocker With Year Of The White Rose. The Title Of Sipo’s First Solo Effort Is Rife With Symbolism. The White Rose Is Symbolic Of Death And Rebirth As In The Shedding Of His Former Self To Pave The Way For The Emergence Of His Artistic Debut. He Previously Recorded A Three Song EP The Black Hills That Included The Hypnotic And Pulsating “In Skin ” A Track That Finds New Life On Year Of The White Rose. The Creative Fulfillment Of Those Sessions Inspired Sipo To Leave His Lucrative Job Move Outside Los Angeles To Set Up A Studio On The Ocean And “go Underground” Where He Wrote And Recorded The Nine Powerful And Compelling Tracks That Round Out The Collection. “Many People Thought I Was Crazy To Turn Down The Work ” He Says “but I Thought I Was Crazy Not To. I Look At It Like I Purchased My Own Liberation Instead Of Accumulating Material Things.” Finances Became A Struggle At One Point During This Intensely Creative Period But In True Risk-Taking Indie Artist Fashion Sipo Resisted The Temptation To Get Back Into Studio Life. He Turned Down Several Offers To Engineer Albums That Ultimately Became Massive Hits In Order To Focus On Making His Own Music. “These Gigs Were Hard To Resist Given The State I Was In ” He Says “but I Knew They Would Consume All Of My Time. I Made The Decision To Continue Mining My Own Creative Depths Instead. Something Transformative Was Taking Place In My Life And It Was More Powerful Than I Had Control Of. I Was Casting Off Everyone And Everything That Had Their Claws In Me Including My Own Self And A New Level Of Consciousness Was Revealing Itself.” Once The Songs Were Written He Brought Them To Life With A Powerful Organically Driven Rhythm Section Featuring Drew Moss On Bass And Two Drummers Max Cuzor And Robi Gonzalez Who Call Themselves Rawbeats. The Duo Custom Built Their Own Drum Kit Dubbed “The Mono” And Play Different Beats On It At The Same Time Creating Polyrhythms Throughout The Album. As For The Vocals Year Of The White Rose Has Provocative Lyrics That Tie Directly Into The Themes Of Self-Realization And Transcendence. The Hard Driving Explosive And Otherworldly Opener “He Who Has Ears Let Him Hear…” Cuts The Confusion Of The External World And Turns The Ear Inwards. “White Light ” Centered Around A Dream Sipo Had Deals With Suffering And Purgation. The Darker Edged “See Change” Finds Him Searching The Shadows For Greater Consciousness. The Final Track “Rise” Documents His Own Disintegration And Reconstruction. “Year Of The White Rose ” Sipo States “is My Attempt At Inner Redemption And Union Through Music.” read less