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Friday, March 20, 2015

AIYE #60 : Mikael Seifu - Africa In Your Earbuds [ethiopia]




       Mikael Seifu is an Ethiopian electronic music producer & performer. Seifu fuses both the secular Ethiopian music of nomadic folk musicians, known as Azmaris, and the sonics of Tobia with garage & his own dream brew, which he calls “Ethiopian electronic.”

     Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Seifu attended the French school Lycee Guebre-Mariam as a child, and went on to study music production & the music industry at Ramapo College of New Jersey, a small school about 45 minutes outside of Manhattan. Here, Seifu studied under avant-garde composer, trumpeter and inventor of the “Mutantrumpet,” Ben Neill. “He opened me up to another way of thinking about music,” says Seifu.




Mikael Seifu - Yarada Lij




      After his time at Ramapo, Seifu traveled back to Addis Ababa where he currently runs his recording studio, a central hub for the perceptive & open-minded local musicians of Addis Ababa, and continues to cultivate & curate the local electronic & Ethiopian experimental music scene.

His debut EP, Yarada Lij, draws from a long list of musical influences including Ethiopian & African Folk, the Addis Acoustic Project, Ben Neill, Burial, Zion Rebels, Air, Röyksopp, reggae and R.F.


“My music is about vibrations…it does something to me and I want to immediately share that with people. It’s not Eastern, Western, Martian… it’s about that impact. If that impact is not shared, it doesn’t matter.” - Mikael Seifu





       Ethiopian beatsmith Mikael Seifu made his impressive debut this year with the 4-track Yarada Lij EP and loose single “Tuff Ruff” — a striking hybrid of house & UK garage production with secular azmari folk and sacred music traditions of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The Addis Ababa-based producer, who cites labelmate Endeguena Mulu, Burial, traditional Ethiopian folk, and Scott Storch as his influences, is the torch-bearing artist on the newly formed Washington, D.C. imprint 1432 R.What do you think?


      For his Africa In Your Earbuds mixtape, Mikael Seifu delivers an astounding, hazy journey through reinterpreted Ethiopian folk sounds. The producer mentions, “The last two songs are the only unaltered from the mix. I basically went for it and picked artists of Ethiopia or who are Ethiopian. That being said I used bits and pieces of their works and composed on top of that for the mix. One can say the majority of the mix is technically original stuff with it’s major influence and theme being Ethiopian folk."










Mikael Seifu - AIYE #60: Mikael Seifu (19:47)



Samples Used For Mix/Tracklist:

Ethiopian Folk

Tommy T - Oromo Dub(Cushitic Dub)
Gash Abera Molla - Enkutatash & other
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou - The Last Tears of a Deceased
Addis Acoustic Project - Soundcheck at Jazzamba Club
Hailu Mergia - Ambassel
Seifu Yohannes - Yekermo Sew
Zion Rebels ft. Lion Heart Soldiers, Tiger & Black Haze -  Dess Yebelesh
Lema Guebre-Hiwot - Medina Zelessegna


Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Invisible System - Live and Raw [2012] [uk+ethiopia] [EXTRACT]




Invisible System - live 2011



       Invisible System's live performances at festivals and concerts in the UK, and Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), have been known to simulate, attack, relax, exhaust people from dancing, confuse, uplift and even frighten others!







With Dennis Wint as the main front man in the UK he has become known by the press as a cross between a Jamaican/African Johnny Rotten and a rasta preacher man for spirituality and social justice whilst being a live cannon.

From playing with bands like Dreadzone to playing the main stages at festivals across the UK, Invisible System have crossed dance, dub and reggae, rock, post-punk, acid and world music with similar shows taking place alongside their Ethiopian singers in Addis.

These recordings illustrate how Invisible System sound live. A much more intense and stripped down beast than some of their album track releases. 





01 - Invisible System - Grazella Heart   (live Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (5:51)
02 - Invisible System - Milash Situgn   (live Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (5:54)
03 - Invisible System - Sintun Ayehun  (live Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (4:14)
04 - Invisible System - Sewbekagn   (live Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (7:37)
05 - Invisible System - Min Atefahu   (live Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (4:54)


Monday, December 15, 2014

Daniel W/Gabriel - Wube [1990] [ethiopia]


                   
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01. Daniel W/Gabriel - Almaze (7:14)
02. Daniel W/Gabriel - Ye-Enat Wuletawa (8:09)
03. Daniel W/Gabriel - Ayenishin Ayiche (4:51)
04. Daniel W/Gabriel - Belet Kedame (5:05)
05. Daniel W/Gabriel - Yiberdatal Bileh (4:03)
06. Daniel W/Gabriel - Lenerebet/Ehedaleu Hagere (9:18)
07. Daniel W/Gabriel - Ines Wusheten-New (3:53)
08. Daniel W/Gabriel - Helm-Elem (4:41)
09. Daniel W/Gabriel - Yiwodehal (7:46)
10. Daniel W/Gabriel - Lidgemer Chewata (5:27)
11. Daniel W/Gabriel - Eshururu (12:18)

Friday, October 31, 2014

Massinko - DJ XL Yaffet & DJ Mengie (nyc) - [2001] - Vol. 1 [ethiopia]



originaly posted here > Awesome Tapes from Africa :












01 - Setegne - Ene eyewededkuat (5:03)
02 - Gigi - Nana Enji (4:47)
03 - Menyale - Saba Sabina (3:55)
04 - Aster Aweke - Arada (5:22)
05 - Haileye - Abet Abetu (4:26)
06 - Gigi - Tew Maneh (3:58)
07 - Various Artists - Seeya Deeju (4:20)
08 - Alemayehu Eshete - Mishitu Demeke (5:03)
09 - Haileye - Emotalehu Woy (3:52)
10 - La Fonte - Seejale (5:11)
11 - Take 5 - Arada (Remix) (4:19)
12 - Various Artists - Atalelegne (Remix) (5:25)
13 - Setegne - Yagereleje (4:23)



Saturday, October 25, 2014

Robel Musika - Nesa [2011] [usa+ethiopia]





Robel Musika - Gelila






Robel Musika - Tey Manesh (5:31)
Robel Musika - Ethio Swag (4:58)
Robel Musika - Gelila (3:01)
Robel Musika - Liben Tiche Metaw (3:00)
Robel Musika - Ase Tedros (3:21)
Robel Musika - Ebedubet (3:50)
Robel Musika - Sebebena (4:00)
Robel Musika - Hold ya (4:12)
Robel Musika - Nesanet (4:54)
Robel Musika - Abesha Party (3:45)
Robel Musika - Ene na my girlfriend (2:51)


Friday, October 3, 2014

Ayoe Angelica - I'm Amazed [2008] [denmark+ethiopia]





Ayoe Angelica - Sugar


       Ayoe Angelica (b. 1988), is a Danish-Ethiopian female jazz / soul singer. She débuted with her ”I’m Amazed” album, in co-operation with producer / composer Mads B. B. Krog (aka Plateaux Techniques). Ayoe delivers an exciting combination of soulful vocals, acoustic elements and crunchy electronics, complemented by a touch of lo-fi jazz.





      Ayoe is one of those young talents you unsuccessfully could travel around the world looking for. And then it turns out that she walks around in Scandinavia in the small country of Denmark. The 20-year-old Danish/Ethiopian singers’ debut I’m amazed is an album that sets new standards for what modern pop, jazz/soul can, and wants to do. Ayoe Angelica wants to do quite a lot. Besides presenting us to some of the most intelligent music with hit guarantee heard in a long time, she is also a young woman with great social and human indignation. Ayoe 
Angelica is determined that 10 percent of the profit from I’m Amazed goes to relieve poor children in her second home country of Ethiopia.


     Ayoe Angelica is a natural talent, who started singing before she could speak. She grew up in the countryside of Denmark, and from her parents she received musical input stretching from Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald to Spice Girls. To her parents free musical and creative upbringing and large record collection was added singing and music teaching, all though many of her song teachers had to - after first being overwhelmed - recognize that a talent of Ayoe Angelicas calibre was difficult to combine with an ordinary Scandinavian song teaching tradition. In school she became interested in jazz music, formed her own jazz band, while at the same time becoming lead singer in the local big band. This brought her to a traditional Riverboat jazz festival, where she during a jam session met the Danish producer Mads B. B. Krog. He was completely thrilled by Ayoe Angelicas voice and stage performance and immediately suggested that they worked together.





       The producer, musician and composer Mads B. B. Krog had, through a 10 year period with more than 100 releases behind him, finally developed his completely personal musical sound and musical language called Plateaux Techniques. The meeting between them sparkled. Immediately after ending high school Ayoe Angelica left home and moved to Copenhagen. Here she and Mads B.B. Krog began the work on what later would become the album I’m Amazed.


This is the result. 11 completely irresistible songs that all move around in a musical borderland, one can attempt to characterize as a mixture of crunchy electronics, lo-fi jazz and melodic soul. But one should be careful to label Ayoe Angelica and I’m Amazed with too many designations. Because this is first and last a musical mix of creative genre defining and refreshing character, that leaves one speechless - and you really just have to listen, sense and experience it with an open mind. 






01 - Ayoe Angelica - Dr. Jekyll (4:00)
02 - Ayoe Angelica - Left Side (3:08)
03 - Ayoe Angelica - Get A Hold (4:07)
04 - Ayoe Angelica - Everybody Loves You (4:15)
05 - Ayoe Angelica - Sugar (3:48)
06 - Ayoe Angelica - God Bless The Child (3:39)
07 - Ayoe Angelica - Also On A Tuesday (3:03)
08 - Ayoe Angelica - Face With Nobody (4:40)
09 - Ayoe Angelica - I Want You (4:07)
10 - Ayoe Angelica - Never Drown (4:43)

11 - Ayoe Angelica - I'm Your Piano (6:18)



   Danish press reviews:   

Woman 5/6 (Record of the month)

“Wow! You are overwhelmed by how beautifully, atmospherically, and tastefully this debutant singer melts together with the sound picture.”


Costume 5/6

“…An ultra charming version of Billie Holiday mixed with Portishead on a happy day.”


Q 4/5

“Great Sunday music! Denmark’s new jazz diva”

Bazar 4/6

“…A delicious mixture of pop, soul and jazz, which is the perfect sound tapestry for a quiet Sunday.”


Copenhagen Magazine 4/6 

“…A great offer for this summers warmest and crispest soundtrack.”


Chili 4/6 

“The only 20year old Ayoe’s vocal is eminently delicious, soft, natural and pleasant.”

Sirene 

“Rarely does a debut sound more seductive and inviting than on Ayoe Angelicas new CD, I’m Amazed”



Friday, June 6, 2014

Mulatu Astatke - [various remixes] [2012] [ethiopia]


             REUPLOAD  : 16 tracks                       








01. Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta [Jan Nemecek remix]  (7:09)  
02. Mulatu Astatke - A Man Of Experience And Wisdom [Zopelar Edit]  (7:05)
03. Mulatu Astatke - Kaasalefkut hulu [Will Magid Edit] (2:20)
04. Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta [Nicolas Jaar Edit] (8:04)
05. Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu's New Shoes [vs DocSpin] (5:11)
06. Mulatu Astatke - Mulah 2 (12:21)
07. Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta [Juan de Gomeval remix] (7:09)
08. Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew [Cajetanus Edit] (7:40)
09. Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta [1974][Remix 1] (11:37)
10. Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta [1974][Remix 2] (10:27)
11. Mulatu Astatke - Metché Dershé [remix by Sacha] (4:15)
12. Mulatu Astatke - Yekermo Sew [Te'Amir remix] (7:24)
13. Mulatu Astatke - Glitches Too [Glitch mix] (2:20)
14. Mulatu Astatke - Wubit [Alpha Bite Remix] (5:27)
15. Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu Groove 3 (2:31)
16. Mulatu Astatke - Yegellé Tezeta Down [Beastie Boys X Mulatu Astatke] (2:18) 

142 mb @192 kbps














Friday, February 14, 2014

Dub Colossus - Rockers Meet Addis Uptown EP [2010] + bonus


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Dub Colossus - Shegye Shegitu (Blue Nile Mix)



1. Dub Colossus - Uptown Top Ranking (Radio Edit) (4:18)
2. Dub Colossus - Guragigna (5:14)
3. Dub Colossus - Medina (3:08)
4. Dub Colossus - Selemi  (6:45)
5. Dub Colossus - Uptown Top Ranking (Full Mix) (5:02) 
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6. Dub Colossus & Sintayehu ** - Krems '09 VI 25 -A Town Called Addis– IX (16:52)
7. Dub Colossus & Sintayehu ** - Krems '09 VI 25 -A Town Called Addis– X (5:37)


**Sintayehu Zenebe | vocals
    Teremage Woretaw | vocals, mesenko
    Samuel Yirga Mitiku | keyboards
    Michael Riley | percussions


Thursday, February 13, 2014

Dub Colossus - Dub Me Tender [2012]

Original source : AfroCubanLatinJazz


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01. Dub Colossus - Dub in a Time of Cholera (4:48)
02. Dub Colossus - Dub Me Tender [Ezana Mix] (4:11)
03. Dub Colossus - Satta Massagana [Yeka Dub] (3:49)
04. Dub Colossus - I'm in Dub With a German Filmstar (4:25)
05. Dub Colossus - Falling in Dub Again (4:15)
06. Dub Colossus - Uptown Top Ranking [Negus Dub] (3:59)
07. Dub Colossus - Stop! In the Name of Dub (3:57)
08. Dub Colossus - This is Not a Dub Song (5:22)
09. Dub Colossus - Crazy in Dub (5:27)
10. Dub Colossus - I Dub the Sound of Breaking Glass (5:58)
11. Dub Colossus - What Time is Dub (3:02)
12. Dub Colossus - Living in the Dub of the Common People (4:01)
13. Dub Colossus - It’s Friday I’m in Dub (4:13)
14. Dub Colossus - Bizarre Dub Triangle (4:22)




Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Akalé Wubé - Remixed [2013] [france+ethiopia] [FLAC]






       Akalé Wubé is currently in the process of recording their third album to be released in spring.  Meanwhile, here is one release of their remixes. 




   If you want it, be fast. It's the matter of days, if not hours.


1. Akalé Wubé - Dodo remix by Ruben Valdez (4:06)
2. Akalé Wubé - Marye remix by Blundetto (4:56)



Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Imperial Tiger Orchestra - remixed [2013] [swiss-ethiopia]







1. Djemeregne (Imperial Tiger Orchestra) remix (4:14)
2. Yedao (Imperial Tiger Orchestra) remix (4:59)
3. Djemeregne (Canblaster Tribal mix) (4:20)


Wednesday, December 25, 2013

v.a. - New Ethio Jazz [dbl cd] [2013]


Merry Christmas to all my friends and blog readers. 

Consider this double compilation cd as Christmas present!
I made it in an effort to introduce recent ethiopian jazz & grooves to wider public.

Enjoy music and send some comments.



   cd 1   

01. Arat Kilo - Aykedashem Lebe (3:57)
02. Tezeta Band - Tey Geryeleshem (Forget It, Don't Worry) (2:55)
03. The Budos Band - Aynotchesh Yererfu (3:50)
04. Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Le Le Le (6:26)
05. Le Tigre (des Platanes) & Etenesh Wassie - Ney-Ney Weleba (4:27)
06. Samuel Yirga - Tiwista (Tinish Mix) (5:57)
07. JAzmaris - Far From Ambasel (6:11)
08. Yared Tefera - Uuta Ayaskefam ° (6:05)
09. Akale Wube - Ragale (5:09)
10. Arat Kilo - Get a Chew (4:48)
11. Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Selam Temagwet (5:36)
12. Ethioda - En plein dans le Nil (4:56)
13. Wudasse - Aba Gerima [Morning Song] (8:20)



   cd 2   


01. Skeletons - Mulatu (2:55)
02. The Shaolin Afronauts - Amhara (5:17)
03. Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - Ethio (3:41)
04. Tezeta Band - Hametegnaw (5:18)
05. Ukandanz - Belomi Benna (3:09)
06. Arat Kilo - Lonmewo Lalie feat. Mimi (3:23)
07. Badume's Band & Selamnesh Zemene - Korahu (5:54)
08. Debo Band - Mignoten Man Yawkal (4:06)
09. uKanDanz & Asnake Guebreyes - Aykedeshem Lebe (6:34)
10. Jungle by Night - Ethiopeno (3:28)
11. JAzmaris - Aha Gedawo (6:06)
12. Getatchew Mekuria & The Ex & Friends - Aha Gedawo (5:03)
13. Trio Kazanchis - Ende eyerusalem (5:10)




Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Biruk Kifle - Yegodash Yigoda [1996]


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01. Biruk Kifle - Sinewader (5:54)
02. Biruk Kifle - Yegodash - Yigoda (7:09)
03. Biruk Kifle - Simot - Sinik - Aeyihonegn (4:43)
04. Biruk Kifle - Tizita (5:19)
05. Biruk Kifle - Kalipso (3:03)
06. Biruk Kifle - Ene - Eshalishalhu (4:31)
07. Biruk Kifle - Simaeda - Aegabachign (4:35)
08. Biruk Kifle - Saniganegn - Keren (3:35)
09. Biruk Kifle - Lebonash - Bifedidegn (4:21)
10. Biruk Kifle - Gedam - Endegeba (4:53)
11. Biruk Kifle - Bemela - Besebeb (4:16)

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Clashing Egos feat. Minyeshu Kifle - Aminjig Nebere [I Trusted You] [2004]


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        Minyeshu Kifle Tedla was born in the city of Dire Dawa in the east of Ethiopia. During her childhood she moved to Addis Ababa and at the age of 17 she joined the leading ‘National Theatre’ of Ethiopia. Here she developed her artistic multi talents as a singer, dancer, producer and choreographer. With the crème de la crème of the Ethiopian music scene she toured the world around - within 4 month over more than 35 countries - and performed at the greatest Ethiopian music and dance production ever: ‘People to People’. 




     She joined the stage with famous Ethiopian musical icons such as Mulatu Astatke and singers Mahmoud Ahmed, Tilahun Gessesse, Bizunesh Bekele and many more. To widespread her wings as an artistic multi talent she performed in Ethiopian cinema as well, playing a leading role as an actress in the movie ‘Senait’



   
       Clashing Egos  successfully blend the sound of Mo' Wax-like trip hop grooves and exotic sounds with the voices of Darryll-Ann frontman Jelle Paulusma, British singer Kirsty Hawkshaw and Ethiopian vocalist Minyeshu Kifle. 



       Especially the latter does an impressive performance on the melancholic Afro tune 'Aminjig Nebere (I Trusted You)'. The album reveals itself as a steady grower, so don't trust your initial judgment and certainly use a headset when listening to it because it's truly a sound experrience. "We wanted to make a beautiful album’. It’s much more than just that, it's electronic soulmusic for the 21st century.