12 years after formation of one of Germany's most successful artrock bands the Freising quintet RPWL takes its first shot at a concept album. "Beyond Man and Time" is a musical journey through the world outside of Platon's cave. On 09 March 2012 the record is released as a regular version as well as a bonus edition that includes an audio book. The record will also be presented live across Europe in April 2012. "6,000 feet beyond man and time" - that is how Nietzsche once signed off the first lines of his opus magnum "Thus Spoke Zarathustra." Quite similar to Nietzsche, RPWL's story's protagonist is on a journey and meets various characters, partly adapted from Zarathustra, as means towards new insight.
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