Tag: Mulatu Astatke
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DON’T MISS: One of the jazz highlights of the year is an album by WEB WEB and the supergroup is produced again by Max Herre for Compost Records
One of the contenders for jazz album of the year comes from German supergroup WEB WEB – who continue their collaboration with songwriter and producer Max Herre on their fifth album, WEB MAX II – and it is out now on Compost Records. They first joined forces with Herre in 2021 and released the WEB…
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Azmari were formed in Brussels, but tour the world musically – inspired by Turkish music lately, they’ve evolved their ethiojazz sound and release their new album on Ghent’s Sdban Records
Azmari are a European musical polygot fusing a range of influences from around the world – the group’s single Fat Ari provides a sample of the new album Samā’ī, which is out in the new year. Created in Brussels in 2015, Azmari weave ethiogroove, dub, psychfunk and eastern sounds – taking inspiration from artists such…
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The Budos Band are back: ‘Long In The Tooth’ is another rocking album for Daptone, fusing afrobeat and rock with some of NYC’s finest musicians
The Budos Band return again with another collection of new material that fuses the Ethio-funk stylings of Mulatu Astatke and psychedelic rock – it’s called Long In The Tooth and is out via label home, Daptone. The Budos Band formed in 2005 in New York City, rebounding outta a jam session, with the legendary afrobeat…
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New Mulatu Astatke single – ‘Kulun Mankwaleshi’ with Black Jesus Experience on Agogo Records – is out now ahead of new album in June
Legendary vibraphonist and ‘Father of Ethio-jazz’, Mulatu Astatke, joins forces with Melbourne-based eight-piece Black Jesus Experience on their latest album To Know Without Knowing released via German imprint, Agogo Records, this summer. The nine-track assembly will once again feature the unmistakable Ethiopian style – following their first collaborative studio full-length album, Cradle With Humanity, in…
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The Heliocentrics release new LP – A World Of Masks – on Soundway Records
Pre-orders are being taken now at Soundway Records for the the new LP by London psychedelic jazz collective The Heliocentrics. The band have their roots in the ‘90s when drummer Malcolm Catto recorded for Mo’Wax and Jazzman. They recorded their breakthrough album for Stones Throw, Out There in 2007 and have since collaborated with Ethio…
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