Kalbata

ENKUAN

Optimo Trax

OT 032

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The Penultimate Release On Optimo Trax (at Least For Now) Comes From Tel Aviv’s Mighty Kalbata. I Was Already A Big Fan And Was So Delighted When He Got In Touch To See If I Would Be Interested In Releasing Something By Him. Unusually For Optimo Trax This Is One Track In 3 Versions But Each Version Is So Different That Often I Play Them All In One Dj Set. Originally There Were Two Versions But As Kalbata Is A Renowned Master Of Dub (check Out The Documentary Online About Him Recording In Jamaica), I Gently Persuaded Him To Do A No-holds-barred Dub Mix Too Which Appears Here As Enkuan Pt 3. A Few Words About The Record From Kalbata – I Went To Ethiopia In The Beginning Of 2017 To Record Musicians. The Most Memorable One Was Mulugeta Teshome Who Plays The Washint Flute On This Record. It’s A Traditional Ethiopian Flute Made Out Of Wood, And Mulugeta Came To The Studio Carrying A Whole Bag Of Them, Each One In A Different Key. We Chose The Scale And Started The Recording Session. I Ended Up Taking The Tracks A Lot Further With The Three Cuts On The Record But Really It All Started That Day, In A Small Studio Shack In Addis Ababa.