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7x7
Various
Robert Wyatt - "Red Alhambra" - (9:51) 140 BPM
Archie Shepp - "Blues In Orange" - (8:10) 111 BPM
Sean O'Hagan - "Yellow" - (10:22) 74 BPM
Mulatu Astatke - "Zellesenya" - (10:14) 53 BPM
Kassin - "Azul" - (12:47) 113 BPM
Nile Rodgers - "Harlem Nights (Indigo)" - (10:23) 57 BPM Hot
Terry Riley - "Sahasrara" - (15:37) 140 BPM
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TRINUMFR 077
15 Dec 23
Jazz
Timeless
Yekermo Sew - (7:32) 112 BPM
The Radcliffe - (8:29) 159 BPM
I Faram Gami - (7:45) 105 BPM
Yekatit - (7:15) 88 BPM
Kasalefkut Hulu - (8:05) 113 BPM
Mulatu - (7:10) 74 BPM
Munaye - (7:47) 127 BPM
Yegelle Tezeta - (5:24) 134 BPM Hot
Ebo Lala - (6:31) 142 BPM
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MOCHILLA 003
15 Apr 22
International
To Know Without Knowing
Mulatu - (6:20) 85 BPM
Ambassa Lemdi - (5:51) 56 BPM
Kulun Mankwaleshi - (7:47) 86 BPM
Living On Stolen Land - (10:25) 95 BPM
To Know Without Knowing - (7:35) 124 BPM
Lijay - (5:24) 94 BPM
Blue Light - (3:35) 129 BPM
Mascaram Setaba - (5:53) 136 BPM
A Chance To Give - (5:45) 92 BPM Hot
Played by: D-Funk
Review: One of Africa's most influential and enduring musical figures, and big time player in the Ethio-Jazz scene, Mulatu Astatke presents the To Know Without Knowing LP, an inspired work and second collaboration with twelve piece global-funk-machine, Black Jesus Experience. Laced with cool jazz and lounge vibes to wax poetics in both "A Chance To Give" and "Living On Stolen Land" find more laid back, alluring and sultry numbers in "To Know Without Knowing", with hotter rhythms coming through "Ambassa Lemdi" and the cocktail vibes of "Blue Light". Afro-beat free fusion and soul.
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AR 135D
03 Jul 20
International
Mascaram Setaba
Mascaram Setaba - (5:53) 136 BPM
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AR 135S3
09 Jun 20
Jazz
Lijay
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AR 135S 2
12 May 20
International
Kulun Mankwaleshi
Kulun Mankwaleshi - (7:47) 86 BPM
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AR 135S1
17 Feb 20
International
Yekereme Fikir EP
Yekereme Fikir - (5:05) 82 BPM
Eshet Eshet - (6:58) 81 BPM
Kutakawa - (4:27) 117 BPM Hot
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OCDPIR 3064
01 Dec 17
International
Yekereme Fikir
Yekereme Fikir - (5:05) 82 BPM
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OCD-PIR3064S 1
03 Nov 17
International
Mulatu Of Ethiopia
Mulatu (Stereo Master) - (5:03) 157 BPM Hot
Mascaram Setaba (Stereo Master) - (2:47) 140 BPM
Dewel (Stereo Master) - (4:12) 78 BPM
Kulunmanqueleshi (Stereo Master) - (2:11) 77 BPM
Kasalefkut Hulu (Stereo Master) - (2:26) 76 BPM
Munaye (Stereo Master) - (3:32) 119 BPM
Chifara (Stereo Master) - (7:08) 157 BPM
Mulatu (Mono Master) - (5:31) 78 BPM
Mascaram Setaba (Mono Master) - (3:06) 141 BPM
Dewel (Mono Master) - (4:16) 138 BPM
Kulunmanqueleshi (Mono Master) - (2:12) 50 BPM
Kasalefkut Hulu (Mono Master) - (2:29) 83 BPM
Munaye (Mono Master) - (5:24) 116 BPM
Chifara (Mono Master) - (7:31) 77 BPM
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STRUT 129D
19 May 17
International
Addis 1988
Ethio Stars - "Aderech Arada, Bekifir/Menged Lay Wodike" - (4:30) 114 BPM Hot
Ethio Stars - "Kermosew" - (3:28) 109 BPM
Ethio Stars - "Yetentu Tez Alew" - (3:58) 108 BPM
Ethio Stars - "Tiz Balegn Gize" - (5:16) 61 BPM
Tukul Band - "Bugalu" - (3:04) 123 BPM
Tukul Band - "Akale Woube" - (2:40) 88 BPM
Tukul Band - "Konso Music" - (4:30) 90 BPM
Tukul Band - "Wallel Beli" - (3:37) 73 BPM
Tukul Band - "Sound Of Washint & Masinko" - (3:33) 102 BPM
Played by: Flash Atkins
Review: Addis 1988 is a snapshot of when Mulatu Astatke was not yet the global Ethio Jazz superstar he is today, but a change sure came for him: and for the whole world in fact. In Ethiopia, the Derg had started to tumble and fall; Europe saw the wall between East and West gain more and more holes until it came down; Southern Africa witnessed Apartheid taking its final lap before Nelson Mandela was finally set free. With Ofra Haza's Yemenite Songs and Mory Kante's 'Yeke Yeke' high on the international charts, music of the wider world finally entered the house of Western pop, giving high hopes and deep inspirations for many musicians who were previously excluded. First released in 1992, available on CD only but out of print for many years, Addis 1988 has now been remastered.
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PIR 3060OCD
24 Mar 17
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Strut Afro Beats
Various
Ebo Taylor - "Ayesama" (taken from Appia Kwa Bridge) - (7:04) 112 BPM
Jabula - "Jabula Happiness" (taken from Spirit Of Malombo) - (3:02) 140 BPM
Mulatu Astatke - "Green Africa" (taken from Mulatu Steps Ahead) - (5:13) 87 BPM
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - "Koumi Dede" (taken from Cotonou Club) - (3:58) 120 BPM
Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics - "Aseni" (taken from Jaiyede Afro) - (5:18) 123 BPM
Jingo - "Fever" (taken from Afro Rock Vol 1) - (6:43) 57 BPM
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - "Phantom Of The Panther" (taken from Inspiration Information) - (2:21) 152 BPM
Fanga & Maalem Abdallah Guinea - "Kelen" (taken from Fangnawa Experience) - (9:39) 118 BPM
The Souljazz Orchestra - "One Life To Live" (taken from Inner Fire) - (4:03) 68 BPM Hot
Cornell Campbell meets Soothsayers - "We Want To Be Free" (taken from Nothing Can Stop Us) - (4:08) 76 BPM
Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen - "Against The Wall" (taken from Inspiration Information) - (4:39) 110 BPM
Julian Bahula's Jazz Afrika - "Woza Cindi" (taken from Spirit Of Malombo) - (7:55) 85 BPM
Orlando Julius with The Heliocentrics - "Jaiyede Afro" (taken from Jaiyede Afro) - (6:06) 102 BPM
The Souljazz Orchestra - "As The Crow Flies" (taken from Inner Fire) - (5:12) 78 BPM
Fanga & Maalem Abdallah Guinea - "Kononi" (taken from Fangnawa Experience) - (9:28) 91 BPM
Orlando Julius & His Modern Aces - "Efoye So" (taken from Super Afro Soul) - (3:17) 117 BPM
Ebo Taylor - "Abonsam" (taken from Appia Kwa Bridge) - (5:30) 104 BPM
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - "Holonon" (taken from Cotonou Club) - (3:21) 132 BPM
Mercury Dance Band - "Envy No Good" (taken from Afro Rock Vol 1) - (4:52) 98 BPM
Malombo Jazz Makers - "Hleziphi" (taken from Spirit Of Malombo) - (4:21) 140 BPM
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - "Esketa Dance" (taken from Inspiration Information) - (4:09) 129 BPM
Mulatu Astatke - "I Faram Gami I Faram" (taken from Mulatu Steps Ahead) - (5:33) 87 BPM
Jimi Tenor & Tony Allen - "Cella's Walk" (taken from Inspiration Information) - (5:17) 101 BPM
Ebo Taylor - "Nga Nga" (taken from Love & Death) - (5:24) 106 BPM
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STRUT 131CD
18 Dec 14
International
Sketches Of Ethiopia
Azmari - (5:00) 94 BPM
Gamo - (5:15) 101 BPM
Hager Fiker - (6:08) 92 BPM
Gambella - (6:12) 129 BPM Hot
Assosa Derache - (10:03) 93 BPM
Gumuz - (6:30) 111 BPM
Motherland Abay - (8:34) 135 BPM
Surma (feat Fatoumata Diawara) - (4:42) 126 BPM
Surma (feat Fatoumata Diawara - extended version Bonus Track) - (5:04) 127 BPM
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570015
27 Aug 13
International
Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian Volume 2
Broadcast - "Ominous Cloud" - (3:46) 108 BPM
The Wonder Who? - "Watch The Flowers Grow" - (3:20) 134 BPM
Joe Pass - "A Time For Us" - (3:15) 86 BPM
Mulatu Astatke - "Yekermo Sew - A Man Of Experience And Wisdom" - (4:15) 116 BPM
Milton Nascimento - "Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser" - (2:56) 97 BPM Hot
Marie Laforet - "Et Si Je T'Aime" - (2:06) 100 BPM
Bonnie Dobson - "Bird Of Space" - (2:52) 102 BPM
Dorothy Ashby - "Soul Vibrations" - (3:22) 94 BPM
McDonald & Giles - "Tomorrow's People" - (6:59) 96 BPM
Gold Panda - "Quitters Raga" - (1:57) 152 BPM
Broadcast - "Chord Simple" - (4:38) 98 BPM
Pop Group - "Savage Sea" - (3:00) 159 BPM
Stan Tracey - "Starless And Bible Black" - (3:51) 103 BPM
The Lovin Spoonful - "Darlin Be Home Soon" - (3:35) 98 BPM
Belle & Sebastian - "Crash" - (3:11) 127 BPM
Roland Vincent - "LSD Partie" - (3:00) 101 BPM
Toro - "Still Sound" - (4:29) 111 BPM
Cecile - "Rude Bwoy Thug Life" - (3:37) 120 BPM
Remember Remember - "Scottish Widows" - (5:25) 115 BPM
Trees - "Streets Of Derry" - (7:31) 140 BPM
Blood, Sweat & Tears - "Spinning Wheel" - (4:06) 97 BPM
Pete Shelley - "Homosapien" (dub) - (9:00) 132 BPM
Steve Parks - "Still Thinking Of You" - (3:09) 136 BPM
David Behrman - "On The Other Ocean (1977)" - (6:50) 143 BPM
Paul Morley - "Lost For Words" (part 3) - (3:50) 147 BPM
Various - "Late Night Tales - Belle & Sebastian Volume 2" (continuous DJ mix) - (1:19:06) 97 BPM
Review: Six years after the release of their first inspirational Late Night Tales mix, fey Scottish post-indie miserablists Belle & Sebastian unveil a second volume. Given the unusual and exciting nature of their first collection, hopes are naturally high for Volume 2. Thankfully, it's every bit as odd, enjoyable and enlightening as the first edition. Psychedelic folk-pop, Indian soul, Balkan beats, Spanish crooners, Chanson ballads, film soundtrack compositions, Gold Panda, The Lovin' Spoonful, dancehall, The Pop Group and Pete Shelley all feature, alongside a range of thrillingly strange records that defy easy categorization. As a collection of music, it's breathtakingly brilliant, while the accompanying DJ mix is wonderful.
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ALND 27
26 Mar 12
Indie/Alternative
Mulatu Steps Ahead
Radcliffe - (7:54) 95 BPM
Green Africa - (5:13) 88 BPM
The Way To Nice - (5:09) 120 BPM
Assosa - (2:39) 83 BPM
I Faram Gami I Faram - (5:33) 87 BPM
Mulatu's Mood - (5:56) 123 BPM
Ethio Blues - (7:02) 55 BPM
Boogaloo - (5:19) 60 BPM Hot
Motherland - (4:26) 110 BPM
Played by: Mellophonia, Mahatma X
Review: Generally accepted as the father of Ethio jazz, Mulatu Astatke releases his first studio album in over twenty years through Strut. Mulatu Steps Ahead signals somewhat of a new approach for the veteran who also engages with western jazz in favour of his more familiar, native style that has made him such a pioneering artist during the 60s and 70s. Having been making jazz music for the last 50 years, Mulatu Astatke has worked with some of the greats of the jazz world. On this album, he recorded with members of the Either/Orchestra in Boston, with members of The Heliocentrics and some of the UK's leading jazz and African players whilst also adding contributions by traditional Ethiopian musicians in Addis. The album follows on from the success of both the acclaimed Inspiration Information collaboration and recent Strut compilation, New York "Addis " London.

Mulatu Steps does not focus on his past roots however, indeed much of it was recorded in the States. The result is a more traditional sounding jazz record than we are used to from him. But that is not to say there is less intrigue and personality woven into it though. In fact, each track on the album tells its very own story. Opener "Radcliffe" reflects on his time as a lecturer at Harvard University.

"Assosa" adapts traditional music from the Assosa tribes of North-Western Ethiopia, "Mulatu's Mood" re-works a Mulatu jazz fusion composition from the early 1990s into a new swinging Afro high life arrangement and "Derashe" deals with the traditional diminishing scales of the Derashe people of Southern Ethiopia. Although different from his previous work, Mulatu Astatke continues to keep jazz fresh, contemporary and up to date whether it's African or American. Let's just hope it's not another twenty years until his next studio album.
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STRUT 056CD
25 Mar 10
Jazz
Inspiration Information 3
Masenqo - (6:23) 87 BPM Hot
Cha Cha - (4:35) 148 BPM
Addis Black Widow - (3:38) 145 BPM
Mulatu - (3:14) 98 BPM
Blue Nile - (3:12) 78 BPM
Esketa Dance - (4:09) 129 BPM
Chik Chikka - (5:04) 78 BPM
Live From Tigre Lounge - (2:54) 133 BPM
Chinese New Year - (3:46) 116 BPM
Phantom Of The Panther - (2:21) 76 BPM
Dewel - (5:49) 79 BPM
Fire In The Zoo - (3:36) 99 BPM
An Epic Story - (5:01) 87 BPM
Anglo Ethio Suit - (9:40) 101 BPM
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STRUT 040CD
07 Apr 09
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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