Here is an afternoon of solo piano recordings done at my Ah!Home!Studio! with Daniel Seifu, an Ethiopian pianist.
	Having studied music at Yared Music School in Addis Ababa, Seifu has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of Ethiopian music, musicians & culture. Having met, befriended and heard Ethiopian greats such as Mulatu Astatke and Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam, Danny’s music has one foot firmly planted in the rich history of Ethiopian folk melodies, with the other in admiration of some of the great jazz pianists, both American & Ethiopian.
	He was the Musical Coordinator and piano player for the National Theatre of Ethiopia, and spent much of his time in Addis Abbaba playing in piano bars and hotels. Speaking of the music scene in Ethiopia Danny’s eyes light up as he explains the love people have of music there -
	‘Everyone is listening to the music,’ he says with wide eyes.
Having moved to Australia in 2007, he now lives in Melbourne and runs Dinknesh Ethiopian Restaurant in Footscray. He is kept extraordinarily busy with his young family, full time work, running his restaurant and, perhaps most importantly, playing music. 
	If you ever get the chance I suggest heading down to his restaurant to see him play on a Saturday or Sunday night from 8pm-11pm. You can walk up to him at the bar, order an African beer & Doro Wot and then take a seat. What follows is amazing. You will watch him place the order in the kitchen with his wife, Seble, who is also the restaurant’s chef. After he serves a round of food and drinks, he rushes to the keyboard in the corner of the room, plays a 15 minute set of Ethiopian piano, rushes back to the kitchen, grabs the food, brings it to your table, takes another round of drinks, serves them, and then rushes over to his piano for another set of music. Once the food orders begin to slow, his wife comes out in traditional dress, sings, dances and then heads back in to the kitchen - either to cook more meals or for a series of seemingly endless costume changes.
	You can also see Danny and his wife playing around Melbourne in their group Afro-Habesha. 


Danny Seifu - Solo Piano @ Ah!Home! 01

Danny Seifu - Solo Piano @ Ah!Home! 03

Danny Seifu - Solo Piano @ Ah!Home! 04

Danny Seifu - Solo Piano @ Ah!Home! 05

To celebrate the completion of Compilation No. 1 (No Worries), Ah!Puch! is putting on a party at the Order of Melbourne & you're all invited.

Featuring live performances by:

♫ The Slum Boys first performance in ages at 9:30pm
♫ Bangs & Ez hit at 10pm
♫ Varuni has her debut public performance at 10:30pm
♫ Monte Morgan and his syncopated hips swing at 11pm
♫ TGV departs, express to Luxembourg at 11:45pm

DJ Esty will close the evening out, DJ Munzel will be spinning records throughout the night, and if we ask nicely perhaps Mr. Ponzu will spin some records too!

Live visual manipulations by Sherwin Akbarzadeh!

And the best part? It's free! Or for a gold coin donation you can take home a copy of Ah!Puch! Compilation No.1, featuring recordings by some of Melbourne's finest International local acts, with sounds from as far away as Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka & West Papua, all recorded here in Melbourne! What more could you want?

Visit - ahpuchrecords.wordpress.com - for more information.


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01 Ah!Puch!Live! - Varuni - Cosmopolitic

02 Ah!Puch!Live! - Bangs & Ez - Take You To Da Movies

03 Ah!Puch!Live! - The Slum Boys - Dancing in the Moonlight

04 Ah!Puch!Live! - Monte Morgan - Lemonade (Happy Music)

05 TGV - Rydeen (YMO COVER)

My friend Ingram died today. I'm going to miss you heaps, man, and i'm always going to wonder about the music we could have made together. Peace to your family & loved ones. Lochie xoxo

Slum Boys - Hurts So Bad (R.I.P. Ingram)

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