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