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Review: London Celebrates Mulatu

Jonathan — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:30:30 +0000

it’s heartwarming that London continues to give love and respect to the Classic and timeless artists that roll through. This past Wednesday was no exception when Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, performing together with The Heliocentrics, was ecstatically celebrated by a capacity crowd at Koko. The diverse mix of musos, new converts and London based Ethiopian allowed for a whole lot of shaking and quivering goin’ on as Mulatu effortlessly strutted his Ethiopiques magic together with the dynamic Heliocentrics crew. I totally dig them on their own Stones Throw releases but their collab with Mulatu on the new ‘Inspiration Information 3′ album on Strut is mindblowing !

Phantom of the Panther

The pics here and in our gallery are shot by Yev Kazannik who has graced these pages many times with his excellent shots of previous GP WW10 events including the recent Q-Tip sensational return (and after party) to London after 15 years and the annual Worldwide Awards. Hats off to Adrian Gibson at AGMP and Gilles for another Classic and look forward to many more. Next WW10 event is Soil & “PIMP” Sessions on July 9th at Koko

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Jonathan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:56:08 +0000

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We love a Classic at KSPACE.TV and there is no doubt that the Ethiopian artist Mulatu Astatke is exactly that ! His collaboration with The Heliocentrics live at Cargo last year is already legend and out of that has come the equally as fantastic just released ‘Inspiration Information 3′ album on Strut Records (listen in the jukebox). To top that, Mulatu is on tour and will be playing live at the next WW10 event in London on May 20 at Koko celebrating 10 Years of Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio show together with Elmore Judd and GP himself on the decks. Check some more live footage here

As we love to do here, we are giving away a pair of tickets for this show in London OR a copy of the CD in case you reside elsewhere. The hic is that you need to let us know 5 reasons why you should WIN either prize and it could be yours – Inspiration Informationis a series of collaborative releases on Strut including Amp Fidller with Sly & Robbie and Ashley Beedle with Horace Andy. Now Strut your stuff !

mulatu & the heliocentrics at koko

Jonathan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:53:47 +0000

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‘Inspiration Information’ a great name to describe the excellent collaboration projects that the recently revived Strut Records are releasing (#1 Amp Fiddler/Sly & Robbie, #2 Horace Andy/Ashlee Beedle) with #3 being another true gem ! Ethiopia’s maestro Mulatu Astatke together with The Heliocentrics (Stones Throw) is a wonder of classic & the new and in celebration of the forthcoming release they will do a full live show at London’s Koko on May 20th. Tickets have just gone on sale and if in any doubt catch a peek from their phenomenal ‘Broadcasting’ coming together last year – believe me I was there ! A fitting 2nd show in the GP Worlwide 10 year long celebration.

Mulatu & The Heliocentrics – Addis Black Widow

Be sure to catch up on some of the other Ethiopiques gems available now – a goldmine of sounds.