Posts Tagged ‘mulatu’

Event: Last Minute Ethio Runnings!!!

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

The first post in a loooong time. Apologies for going underground, but underground is where the best work is done….

In a last minute switch up, our Vibe session this month happens a week early and will feature the heavy (yet somehow light) Ethio-Jazz vibes of the ABYSS QUARTET. Mulatu would be proud…

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News: Strut Strikes Again

Friday, August 7th, 2009

We all loved the collabo between Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics and their ‘Inspiration Information‘ hardware but I’ve heard through the grapevine that some Finnish saxophone geezer that goes by the name Jimi Tenor and Afrobeat’s Tony Allen have been combining their talents to concoct a new release on Strut Records.

Due to drop in October, this is bound to be top notch – so keep your ears close to the ground for this one peeps. Fill me in if you know something I don’t know. Sweet…

In the meantime, while I go and explore Jimi’s very wonderfully peculiar back catalogue, check out this promo:

… and just in case you forgot how good it was the last time Strut united two heavy duty musical forces:

Happy Friday!