World music, compiled by Stan Rijven.
African music, collected and selected by Stan Rijven.
Episode: International Africa Day/Africadelic Festival
Pop music fans usually associate the 60s and 70s with merseybeat, hard rock, psychedelia and punk. But some of them know to look beyond the obvious. In that period, a parallel ‘black’ pop history developed with soul, funk, reggae, salsa, afrobeat, cumbia and ethio jazz.
Ethio jazz became more widely known through the brilliant album series Ethiopiques that Frenchman Francis Falceto has been releasing since the mid-80s. It really caught on thanks to the film Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch, 2005) in which the music of Ethiopian bandleader/vibraphonist Mulatu Astatke plays a leading role. Astake not only plays a central role during the Africadelic festival (*) that is organised annually to tie in with International Africa Day in Amsterdam, but also in this Ethio special. links africadelic festival 2022
Playlist:
1) Mulatu Astatqé- Yékèrmo sèw (1969)
CD: Ethiopiques #4, Ethio jazz & musique intstrumentale 1969-1974 (Buda Musique)
2) Mulatu Astatqé- Mètché dershé (1969)
CD: Ethiopiques #4, Ethio jazz & musique intstrumentale 1969-1974 (Buda Musique)
3) Mahmoud Ahmed- Era mela mela
CD: Era Mela Mela (Crammed Discs- 1986)
4) Seyfu Yohannes- Mela mela
CD: The very best of Ethiopiques Vol.1 (Manteca- 2007)
5) Hirut Bèkèlè- Almokerkum neber (1972)
CD: Ethiopiques #3, Golden years of modern Ethiopian music 1969-1975 (Buda Music)
6) Tesfa Maryam Kidane- Heywèté
CD: The very best of Ethiopiques Vol. 1 (Manteca- 2007)
7) Alèmu Aga- Abatatchen Hoy
CD: The very best of Ethiopiques, Vol.1 (Manteca- 2007)
8) Aster Aweke- Ameseginalehu
CD: Checheho (Kebo Records- 2010)
9) Geteatchew Mekurya- Akalé Wubé
CD: The very best of Ethiopiques, Vol.2 (Manteca- 2007)
10) Minyeshu- Selam Lehtsanat
CD: Dire Dawa (Me & My Other Records- 2008)
11) Bole 2 Harlem- idem
CD: Bole 2 Harlem (World Connection- 2007)
12) Mulatu Atatqé- Yègellé Tezeta (1969)
CD: Ethiopiques #4, Ethio jazz & musique intstrumentale 1969-1974 (Buda Musique)
Addis Abeba 1973: Mulatu Astatke (left, on keyboard), Duke Ellington ! (right, beyond microphone)
