Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia

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Share / Embed Wishlistsupported bytopsycat thumbnailtopsycat Mulatu Astake has this special soul drive. His music is so lighthearted, connected with the universe, full of sublime echoes. A really good spiritual food.Favorite track: Kulunmanqueleshi.EDub thumbnailEDub A piece of music history! Wonderful sounds that invite you to immerse yourself in a world you do not want to get out of.

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Includes unlimited streaming of Mulatu Of Ethiopia via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.shipping out on or around May 10, 2024Buy Record/Vinyl £29 GBP or more Send as Gift Digital AlbumStreaming + DownloadIncludes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Immediate download of [numtracks]-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.Buy Digital Album £7 GBP or moreSend as Gift Mulatu Of Ethiopia (LP)Record/Vinyl + Digital Albumpackage imageA1 Mulatu 5:00A2 Mascaram Setaba 2:40A3 Dewel 4:00

B1 Kulunmanqueleshi 2:05B2 Kasalefkut-Hulu 2:25B3 Munaye 3:15B4 Chifara

Includes unlimited streaming of Mulatu Of Ethiopia via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 3 daysBuy Record/Vinyl £20 GBP or more Send as Gift Mulatu of Ethiopia (CD)Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Albumpackage image1. Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu2. Mulatu Astatke - Mascaram Setaba3. Mulatu Astatke - Dewel4. Mulatu Astatke - Kulunmanqueleshi5.Mulatu Astatke - Kasalefkut-hulu6. Mulatu Astatke - Munaye7. Mulatu Astatke - Chifara8. Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu10. Mulatu Astatke - Dewel11. Mulatu Astatke - Kulunmanqueleshi12. Mulatu Astatke - Kasalefkut-hulu13. Mulatu Astatke - Munaye14. Mulatu Astatke - Chifara

Includes unlimited streaming of Mulatu Of Ethiopia via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.Sold Out1.Mulatu 05:032.Mascaram Setaba 02:473.Dewel 04:124.Kulunmanqueleshi 02:115.Kasalefkut-Hulu 02:266.Munaye 03:327.Chifara 07:07aboutStrut present the first official reissue of a landmark album in the field of African music, Mulatu Astatke’s ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ from 1972. Recorded in New York, the album arrived at a time when Astatke had begun to master the delicate fusion of styles needed to create Ethio jazz. “I left the UK for America and studied at Berklee College in Boston. I learnt the technical aspects of jazz and gained a beautiful understanding of many different types of music. That’s where I got my tools. Berklee really shook me up.”

Journeying regularly to the Big Apple to play and watch live shows at the Cheetah, the Palladium and the Village Gate, Astatke met producer Gil Snapper on the circuit. “Gil was a nice and very interesting guy. He produced music and worked with all kinds of musicians.” The meeting would lead to a series of albums on Snapper’s Worthy label. The first, ‘Afro Latin Soul’, documented Astatke’s new-found directions. “Mulatu has created a new sound,” enthused Snapper on the album jacket. “He has taken the ancient five-tone scales of Asia and Africa and woven them into something unique and exciting; a mixture of three cultures, Ethiopian, Puerto Rican and American.”

A second volume of ‘Afro Latin Soul’ followed before Astatke began to hone his sound further, infusing funk and Azmari “chik-chikka” rhythms into the mix. Returning to a downtown Manhattan studio with Snapper and working with some of the city’s top young jazz and latin session players, ‘Mulatu Of Ethiopia’ began to take shape. “We rehearsed for 3-4 weeks,” remembers Astatke. “it took them a while to get the right feeling in the music.”

The resultant album represented the first fully formed document of Astatke’s trademark Ethio jazz sound. It features ‘Kulunmanqueleshi’, ‘Dewel’, and ‘Kasalefku-Hulu’, tracks that Mulatu would return to regularly on singles and in live shows, the Ethio-Latin workout ‘Chifara’ and the self-titled groover ‘Mulatu’ (“I wanted to make a track for…. myself!”).