Arat Kilo - 12 Days in Addis [2013] [fra+ethiopia]

Arat Kilo - Babur feat. Socalled

       Ethiopian jazz is a major branch of African music that comes from the bars of Addis Ababa and draws its influence from jazz and traditional Ethiopian music, azmari, Latin sounds and Anglo-American funk. Choosing to adapt this music in a contemporary and more urban style, Arat Kilo draws inspiration from rock music and the hypnotic sounds of dub.

  Their show alternates compositions and standard Ethiopian arrangements (a beautiful meeting was held at RFI’s studio with Mulatu Astatké, the father of Ethiopian jazz) 

       Born of a meeting to the Musiqueyras’s festival in July 2008, Arat Kilo is an elecric quintet which revisits the Ethiopian jazz and grooves of the seventies: between modern grooves, compositions and Ethiopian standards.

01 - Arat Kilo - Ankober Hotel (3:42)

02 - Arat Kilo - Lonmewo Lalie (feat. Mimi) (3:24)

03 - Arat Kilo - Sugal Yelem (feat. Mimi) (4:15)

04 - Arat Kilo - Belu Inji (feat. Nardos Tesfaw & Fendika Crew) [Live] (4:00)

05 - Arat Kilo - Babur, Pt. 1 (S.Mos Remix) (3:00)

06 - Arat Kilo - Enie Konjo (Robert le Magnifique Remix) (3:10)

members are :

Fabien Girard - guitar, balafon
Michael Havard - saxophones, flute
Aristide Goncalves - trumpet, keyboards
Samuel Hirsch - bass, kalimba
Arnold Turpin - drums, melodica

Gérald Bonnegrace - congas, bongos