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Mulatu Astatke
Taitu - soul-fuelled stompers from 1960s-1970s Ethiopia
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dereksmusicblog
d. 17. Feb. 2018
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Derek Anderson
d. 17. Feb. 2018
"A reminder of the innovative music being released during the golden age of Ethiopian music. During that period, musicians and bands took upon themselves to experiment, and fuse a variety of different influences and disparate genres, ranging from boogaloo, funk, jazz, R&B, rock 'n' roll and soul in an attempt to create new, exciting and innovative music. The musicians used pentatonic scales and often stomping beat or handclaps while braying horns provided the melody and accompanied impassioned and soul-baring vocals sung in Amharic. It was a potent and heady brew".
Juno
2018
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2018
"Over the last decade, Lebanese DJ and traveling crate-digger has developed an obsession with the "golden age" of Ethiopian music in the late '60s and 1970s. Back then, Ethopian musicians developed a distinctive "Ethio" style that drew influences from a myriad of black American styles - most notably funk, soul, jazz, rhythm and blues, boogaloo and rock & roll - whilst remaining home-grown and East African in feel. To prove the dancefloor-slaying potential of some of these raw, fuzzy and thrill-packed gems, Chahaud has joined forces with BBE to deliver this fine 22-track set. There's not enough space to list all of the highlights, but suffice to say it will appeal to all those who enjoy heavy, funk-fuelled hybrids of East African, Arabic and black American music".