great double header , a side more techy vain, flip with jazzy laidback house focus

vibraphone and keyboard player, master arranger and bandleader, mulatu astatke is one of the all time greats of ethiopian music and the creator of his own original music form, ethio jazz.

repress! on mochilla presents timeless: mulatu astatke the sold out crowd at the luckman witnessed the famed ethiopian artist perform with veterans of the los angeles jazz community

moblack records’ gold series continues.

supported by solomun, horse meat disco and more

magic black plastic vol.1

mulatu astatke is widely considered to be the >godfather of ethiopian jazz<

following his acclaimed collaboration on strut with the heliocentrics, the father of ethio jazz presents his brand new studio album, >mulatu steps ahead< for 2010. the album explores new directions in fusions of western jazz with ethiopian modes, moving forward the pioneering sound mulatu developed during the Ê60s and Ê70s, showcased on the recent strut compilation >new york / addis / london<.

mulatu astaktke & his ethiopian quintet afro lation soul vol. 1+2 ! definitive reissue of classic 1966 albums remastered by the carvery includes liner notes by mulatu astatke