Ethiopian Jazz

The Way To Nice - Mulatu Astatke (Mulatu Steps Ahead)

One of 26 tracks available on the <a href="http://georiot.co/3TgR">Strut Africa</a> sampler on iTunes.

Taken from the album <i>Inspiration Information</i> by Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics, "Esketa Dance" is one of the songs included on our Strut Africa collection, which also features music from legends including Ebo Taylor, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo, Tony Allen, and more. 

For a limited time, the original albums on which these songs appear are also available for at a special discounted rate. Happy holidays from the Strut crew!

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Inspiration Information 3

Dewel

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Esketa Dance (Strut Africa)

Mulatu Astatke, I Faram Gami I Faram

Mulatu Astatke - Mascaram Setaba

Mulatu Astatke - Motherland

A track from Mulatu Astatke's forthcoming album <i>Mulatu Steps Ahead</i>, out on March 29th 2010

Mulatu Astatke - Green Africa

As sampled by Nas and Damian Marley on the new single ‘As We Enter’

Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta

Asiyo Bellema   Mulatu Astatke Feat  Frank Holder & Niaaza Alsherif

Reinterpretation of Masenquo (Mulatu Astatke & the Heliocentrics)
Enjoy!

Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Masenqo (Krema Sidulé Reinterpretation)

Afro Latin Soul

Mulatu Astatke-  Playboy Cha cha

Ethio Stars feat. Mulatu Astatke "Yekereme Fikir"
Order: https://Piranha.lnk.to/YekeremeFikirEP

"Kutakawa" – previously unreleased, this world exclusive adds a chunky element of exhilarated Disco / Party to the Reggae, Jazz and Funk grooves of the original version. It takes a minute to pump up - then struts and prances lustfully to a melody and hook equally as flashy and catchy.

More about the release: lnk.piranha.de/ethiostars_single_info

Ethio Stars ft. Mulatu Astatke - Kutakawa

Mulatu Astatké - Yèkatit

Mulatu Astatke - Ené Alantchi Alnorem

Available on vinyl / CD / digital: https://bbemusic.lnk.to/SoulFuelled
Ernesto Chahoud’s ‘Taitu’ is a collection of soul-fuelled stompers straight from the dancefloors of 1970s Addis Ababa. A breathless journey through the unique Ethio sound that bands were forging at the time, the 24-track compilation is the result of the Lebanese DJ and crate digger’s decadelong love affair with the ‘golden age’ of Ethiopian music.

Among the musical gems featured are 7”s by some of the heavyweights of the scene including the godfather of Ethio jazz Mulatu Astatke and Alemayehu Eshete, the vocalist dubbed the ‘Ethiopian Elvis’, alongside tracks by more obscure artists such as Merawi Yohannis and Birkineh Wurga.

For ‘Taitu’, Chahoud has selected 24 of his essential Ethio-Soul 7”s, that never leave his DJ box, and together they capture this opportune moment in Ethiopian music history that saw bands experiment with an armful of influences: gliding through R&B, rock & roll, jazz, funk, soul and boogaloo. What came out was a distinctly Ethiopian interpretation: pentatonic scales, horn-driven melodies and soul-shattering vocals sung in Amharic.
The songs are difficult to box in to one genre but they share a simplicity and rawness, added to by their lo-fi quality – with many recordings made in rudimentary studios with only a couple of mics for the entire band.
From the R&B stomper ‘Honey Baby’ by Alemayehu Eshete to Astatke’s swaggering ethnic-jazz instrumental ‘Emnete’ and the bluesy melancholic vocals of Hirut Bekele on ‘Ewnetegna Feker’, ‘Taitu’ is a window in on the exciting records being made in Ethiopia in the 1970s.

Mulatu Astatke - Emnete

Hackney Colliery Band's brand new album 'Collaborations: Volume One'

Collaborations: Volume One

Netsanet (feat. Mulatu Astatke)

A nice edit by Nicolas Jaar for your Sunday delight! 



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